Sector Experience

Automotive
Industrials
Manufacturing

Experience

LLC Management Consulting
Principal
2/2017 - Present
Independent consultant for automotive and industrial manufacturing with focus in business and technology valuation and portfolio development for growth.
Lean business process for Growth Strategy and Technology Portfolio developments.
Stant Corporation Corporate Strategy & Development
Executive Vice President - Commercial & Technology
3/2016 - 2/2017
+ Responsible for Stant’s global growth strategies.
+ Successful transfer of the company ownership from HIG Capital to Cerberus Capital.
+ Direct line management of 120+ Corporate staff, Regional Managing Directors and their respective operations in Europe (125 staff) and Asia (155 staff) including a joint-venture company in China.
+ Direct responsibility of global sales & marketing for OE and Aftermarket channels.
+ Direct responsibility of product line management and R&D.
Gates Corporation Corporate Strategy & Development
Senior Vice President - Commercial Development
9/2014 - 2/2016
+ Responsible for the Company’s global growth strategies for all end-markets including automotive, transportation, infrastructure and agricultural equipments, manufacturing process and specialty, oil & gas and mining through first-fit, replacement, and distribution channels.
+ Global product line management driving market strategies with new product initiatives.
+ Global ownership of business development process through prioritization and approval of all new product development initiatives.
Gates Corporation Corporate Strategy & Development
Vice President - Global Automotive & Transportation Business Unit
7/2011 - 9/2014
+ Business unit ownership of $1.7 billion global automotive & transportation end market management P&L.
+ Direct ownership of global strategic plan for profitable growth, product line management, and program launches.
Gates Corporation Operations
Vice President - Technology
4/2009 - 7/2011
Lead the Company’s efforts in developing new products and processes to maintain its leadership position in rubber and urethane power transmission and linear motion products.
Gates Corporation Corporate Strategy & Development
Global Business Director - Asian AOE
8/2004 - 6/2007
Establish and implement global business strategy for maintaining and growing the Company’s position at Asian Auto-OE.
Gates Corporation Operations
Systems Engineering Director
9/2002 - 8/2004
Responsible for global belt drive systems engineering and product application engineering.
Lucent Technologies / OFS BrightWave Operations
Member of Technical Staff, Bell Labs
4/2001 - 9/2002
Responsible for the development of the Company’s air-blown optical fiber product and fiber-optic ribbon product platform.
Gates Rubber Company Operations
System Development Manager
7/1998 - 3/2001
Responsible for establishing and operating the belt drive systems and product applications engineering team for North American Automotive OEM.
Gates Korea Ltd. Operations
Technical Manager
8/1994 - 6/1998
Expatriate assignment to a Gates Rubber Company Joint-Venture company in Daegu, Korea. Responsible for operational and business start-up business focused in Korean Automotive OEM.