Functional Skills
Project Management
Product Strategy
Business Planning
Technology Strategy
Competitive Landscaping
Sector Experience
Consumer Goods
Energy
Industrials
Manufacturing
Technology
Fortune 500
Experience
NextBig
Management Consulting
Managing Partner
1/2018 - Present
Lead consulting and venturing group in connecting large companies with entrepreneurial partners and managing the design and launch of new business ventures.
IN-2-Market
Other
Executive Director
4/2020 - Present
Led the establishment of this non-profit consortium, focused on advancing industrial innovation in the tri-state (OH/PA/WV) region.
Venture2 Inc
Management Consulting
CEO
9/2003 - 12/2018
Management consulting with focus on open innovation.
Spencer Trask
Start-Up
President
2/2009 - 8/2012
Led a portfolio startup for this venture firm, then recruited as president of venture firm.
Sunbeam Corporation
Corporate Strategy & Development
SVP/GM
9/1999 - 8/2003
VP New Product Development for Appliance Division, then SVP/GM for Global Health Products, during the successful turnaround of this consumer products company with brands including Sunbeam, Oster, Mr. Coffee, Health-o-meter and more.
Sundberg-Ferar
Design
Director, Product Development
7/1992 - 8/1995
Led the growth of this industrial design firm into full-service product development.
Ford Motor Company
Product Management / Strategy
Senior Program Manager
8/1989 - 5/1992
Product development and program management within Ford Light Truck division.
General Electric
Corporate Strategy & Development
Corporate Marketing Manager
6/1988 - 8/1989
Corporate market development and strategic sales, with a focus on cross-division opportunities.