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Over 20 years of progressive global roles leading businesses in P&L, sales, marketing, business development, and operations. A visionary leader creating a healthy culture resulting in:

• Consistent and sustainable profitable top-line growth
• Lean business system for waste identification and elimination
• Recruiting and hiring a diverse and inclusive team

I have led businesses using my key strengths of strategic planning, product management, continuous improvement and culture change management. I am known to be a visionary and authentic leader with a proven track record of shaping organizational culture to achieve profitable growth; developing innovative strategies to implement change; defining solutions that maximize bottom-line improvements while growing the organization’s global footprint. I have developed highly collaborative, aligned, “drama-free” and functional teams to achieve our annual objectives. My competitive advantages include (1) my expatriate experience in Shanghai, China (shaping my perspectives on managing global sites and employees), and (2) the results I have achieved in small and large companies in public and family ownership structures.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Global Executive Leadership. My entire career and experiences have allowed me to travel internationally for work in addition to being an expatriate in Shanghai, PRC. I have led global teams and channel partners successfully to meet annual objectives.

Strategic Planning. Keen understanding of political, environmental, social, technology, market, and operational trends for the creation of a long term holistic strategic plan to grow both the business and its employees using Lean methodologies as a business system.

Product Portfolio Management. Rich experience in B2B product marketing and management. Drove top-line growth with a systematic and analytical approach to product life cycle management, new product development, and sales both in the Industrial and Electrical sectors.

Building Effective Teams. Maximized and developed the talents of individuals to create a healthy team dynamic where continuous learning and problem solving (“the elimination of the red dot”) were strongly encouraged.

Culture Change Agent. Played the long game to create a healthy organizational culture where employees feel part of the team and share a common purpose/goal.

Location: Illinois & Tennessee.