Manager Sales

RONALD ZVER

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Lake Zurich, IL ***47

Cell 847-***-****

abm5so@r.postjobfree.com

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Senior Business and Engineering Leader guiding technology teams to deliver

next generation products from business concept through market introduction

enhancing the bottom line. Effective with motivating teams toward

innovative development and manufacture of hardware, firmware, software and

mechanical products. Accomplished executive creating profitable business

strategies and processes that drive internal productivity programs at all

levels of the organization.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SIEMENS BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Buffalo Grove, IL 1992 - 2009

$2.2 billion North American engineering business unit of Siemens AG.

Senior Manager Business Excellence 2001-2009

Reported to Division President and Manufacturing Senior V.P. - Responsible

for developing and managing executive level programs to deliver improved

business processes, identify and quantify division sales opportunities, and

to develop division financial scorecards.

. Co-partnered business plan, and headed engineering development to

introduce new VFD (variable frequency drive) product line. This high

voltage electronic bypass switch was a "first of its kind" for the

division is now a $5 million annual business. Managing internal and

external engineering resources, this product line was completed through

manufacturing within 7 months resulting with an innovative product patent

(Patent 7,598,628.)

. Reduced down time at 150 employee factory by developing and implementing

a WEB-based production monitoring system still in use today (Patent

7,281,221.)

. Created and managed programs to ensure product R&D development teams were

properly allocated to meet division and global product development

schedules.

. Oversight of large matrix of teams focused on increasing efficiency of

manufacturing and office processes. Implemented programs to reduce

portfolio offerings; phase one identified over $500K in savings.

. Managed R&D/IT project launching 10,000 products into new WEB sales

catalog.

. Created first sales tracking programs that tied department monthly goals

to both division and corporate performance goals.

Manager, Manufacturing Engineering Test 1999-2001

Responsible for development of standards and program quality improvements

for all manufacturing test functions. Staff of 14.

. Developed programs for manufacturing quality focused on reduced product

returns, realizing more than $500K in savings within 24 months.

. Devised and published standards for functional testing responsibilities

assigned to manufacturing test and R&D design, resulting with future

manufacturing cost reductions.

Product Support Department Manager 1995-1999

Responsible for supporting 40 field offices providing hardware, software,

and installation upgrades. Staff of 12.

. Managed development program for laboratory market marrying a proprietary

flow sensor technology with in-house design. My innovative concepts

resulted in a patent for the associated software calibration process.

. Headed special project that developed and delivered company's first

computerized residential HVAC product suite to new market as part of

multi-company consortium including Microsoft, PG&E and TCI Cable.

OEM Engineering Department Manager 1992-1995

Staff of 8.

. Managed all functions of hardware design and software development

department, guiding matrix teams that develop microprocessor based

electronic control assemblies from concept through manufacturing.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

NUVATEC INC., Downers Grove, IL

Custom designer and manufacturer of hardware, software and mechanical

products.

Senior Engineering Manager

Directed the engineering teams responsible for delivering custom turn-key

product suites for various industries.

Director of Engineering (Kestrel, INC.)

Venture-funded offshoot of NUVATEC, Kestrel focused on creating products

for the point of purchase market. Developed business proposals for POP

products; represented engineering during customer sales interface; headed

all design functions for product prototypes and manufacturing.

LANDIS & GYR, INC., Northbrook, IL

Design Engineer

Performed core engineering design, product testing and team management

for HVAC products.

EDUCATION

MBA Lake Forest Graduate School, Lake Forest, IL

BSEE Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Six Sigma; Lean; 5S

Working Knowledge of SAP; Oracle; COGNOS

MS .Net Technologies; C; C++; Visual Basic; HTML

PATENTS ISSUED

Networked Fume Hood Monitoring System 5,562,537

Work Cell Problem Identification and Notification System

7,281,221

Automated Bypass Method and Apparatus 7,598,628

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