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Business leader with experience in business development, product strategy and management, technology and marketing of storage solutions in the Enterprise and Cloud market. P&L responsibility, strategy development and execution. Strong capabilities in engaging with customers and partners to understand, solve and operationalize strategies to solve their problems and enable profitable growth globally. In-depth expertise in driving strategic initiatives and connecting with new partners and customers to increase sales. Accomplished business leader with strong strategic-thinking and analytical skills. Technical Customer Account Management storage devices and systems experience with global OEM Enterprise customers. Strong team focus on accountability and results. Successfully qualified storage devices at several global OEM server and storage accounts.Experience leading and collaborating across multiple functions (sales, product development, marketing, finance, operations and customer technical teams) and cross-geo teams (China, EMEA, Asia, LATAM, U.S.). Excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication skills. Thorough understanding of Enterprise and Cloud datacenter market, trends, customers and competitors. Successfully structured international agreements and pricing models across diverse cultures with partners and customers. Intensely customer focused and accomplished speaker.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Member of the Board of Directors at Differbilities Experience, Inc., a non-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to transform and foster communities of inclusion for students with and without disabilities. I provide business leadership, strategic planning and business development oversight.

Full P&L responsibility for an electronic imaging products company. Extensive international sales partner development.

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Full P&L responsibility for an electronic imaging products and systems engineering venture company. Successfully completed M&A with Danfoss Inc.

P&L for an entrepreneurial 60-person business providing electronic imaging-based 2-D and 3-D non-contact inspection systems for process control to industrial, commercial and scientific markets worldwide.

Responsible for business development and operations - Developed new business and provided leadership to a multi-disciplined engineering and product development organization. Corporate strategic planning, product planning and market strategy. Developed pricing policies, licensing agreements and negotiated contracts.

Mba, Marketing & Finance (Dual Degree)

Activities and Societies: 3.8/4.0 Phi Beta Kappa Honors

Bsed, Engineering

Activities and Societies: 3.9/4.0 Graduate Honors with Distinction