Wade Clowes Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon Area

As a Vistage Chair, I help people who run companies become better leaders, make better decisions and achieve much better business results. I provide Portland's top business leaders with the forum to acquire proven management techniques through one-on-one consultation, and brainstorming with16 other chief executives, harnessing years of executive experience.

• Lead RadiSys’ non-telecom embedded computer business with an objective to grow business by implementing new product and market strategies. Defined and launched two new standard product lines replacing custom products.
• Defined, designed, launched and ramped Computer on Module (COM) and embedded server standard product lines. Both PLs grew dramatically from zero and more than offset legacy product decline to yield 5% overall revenue.
• Directed product strategy and program managed projects for startup Shanghai R&D team. Later R&D reported directly to CBU (Shanghai and US teams) and an experienced R&D director was hired. The Shanghai team successfully.
• Hired 3 strong Marketing Product Line Managers who lead product definition and program managed new product programs.
• Worked closely with Operations to improve product quality and new product release processes.

As a business management consultant worked with clients with an objective to grow business. In effort and in concert with customer assessed market and technology trends, competitors and key applications and prioritized top opportunities. Target market, product and implementation strategies were then defined and proposed to and accepted by management.

• FEI produces electron microscope/ion beam metrology tools for institutional research, semiconductor and life sciences markets. Reporting to the CEO, this position had direct responsibility for manufacturing operations.
• Created worldwide manufacturing organization and established critical management processes. Upgraded management by reducing and replacing multiple managers. Established product engineering function (65 engineers) to.
• Conceived, executed a product manufacturing roadmap reducing labor, overhead by 11% run-rate in 2002 (11%); execution of plan delivered additional 11% M in 2003 (total of 22%).
• Reduced material cost by 9% for full year 2003. Initiated China-based supply chain investigation.

• Initially hired as COO for this pre-IPO Internet startup that collected, characterized, repaired/cleaned and sold returned office technology products via the Internet. Promoted to CEO after one month.
• Created business plan and financial model, and established company strategic and tactical plan.
• Achieved high revenue growth (124% growth last six months versus preceding six months).
• Increased number of employees from 80 to 190; established company policies and organization. Implemented Chicago facility bring-up and multi-site SAP implementation.

• Created a new worldwide deployment service business by creating Integration Centers (in California, France, Germany, Singapore and Japan) and then combining with existing installation business. The new business.
• Created Integrations Center concept and organization within HP. Achieved financial self-sufficiency and reduced cost to HP. Grew business 200%. (1996-1998).
• Created Global Integrations & Installation business plan; proposed and received approval to create new, high-growth business and organization. Designed organization and hired staff; defined and executed organization.

• Re-engineering Manager, Computer Systems Organization (CSO) California (1993-1997)Lead project to redesign the order fulfillment process for CSO (a $5B business). Integrated supply chain, factory and the front-end.
• Developed new product introduction process that became the standard for product launches in HP. Introduced 46 new products worldwide.
• Reduced material cost average of 19% per year.
• Reduced product warranty rate 40%; production cycle times 35% (1986-1988)Manufacturing Manager, Guadalajara Computer Operation Mexico (1982-1986)Established full function manufacturing for market-presence driven.

Stanford Executive Program

Msme, Mechanical Engineering

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: ASME, Varsity Wrestling