KENNETH R. BEAUDOIN
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SUMMARY
Professional manager experienced in Product Design and Development, Program
Management, Account Management and growing profitable business.
EXPERIENCE
Goddard Technologies, Inc., Beverly, MA 2005 - 2010
Leading product design and development firm specializing in the design of
medical,
consumer, industrial and commercial products.
Director of Sales and Marketing
Responsibility for Sales, Marketing, Program Management and Mechanical
Engineering activities for $5million in design programs for market leading
clients.
. Overall responsibility for pricing, scheduling, deliverables and
invoicing for all Design and Development programs with ISO 13485 medical,
consumer, industrial and commercial projects.
. Responsible for initial client meetings, development of proposals,
creation and maintenance of all program schedules using MS Project and
daily monitoring of support resources applied to all programs.
. Responsibility for identification, negotiation and establishment of all
contracted electronics, software and fabrication and development vendors
reporting into our programs.
. Overall Program Management for numerous product development projects
ranging from $5K to $500K, ensuring on time and on budget performance by
the GTI design team against clients goals.
. Provided Program Management for the design and development of a high-
pressure surgical cutting console for the leading Medical Device provider
in the New England market.
. Provided Program Management for the development of a new post dilatation
catheter console measuring device for a recent ISO 13485 medical startup
client.
. Provided Mechanical Engineering support on multiple programs.
BOSTON RETAIL PRODUCTS, INC., Medford, MA 1996 - 2004
$40M international design and manufacturer of retail displays and fixtures.
Product Marketing Manager, Powered Products (12V-220V) and Non-Powered
Products 2002 - 2004
Responsibility for Program Management, Mechanical Engineering, Marketing
and
Product Management activities for three corporate product lines.
. Promoted to assume Program Management responsibility for $20million in
annual roll-out programs including all product development, engineering
and manufacturing activities for the products.
. Provided Project Management and installation support to all clients when
products were shipped into the field and being readied for installation.
. Responsibility for all regulatory agency approvals for products within my
business unit including UL, CE, KEMA and CSA.
. Coordinated and managed all product training, pricing and value
proposition messaging to all outside and inside sales personnel.
Product Manager, Powered Products (12V-220V) 2001 - 2002
Responsibility for Program Management, Mechanical Engineering and Product
Management activities for two product lines.
. Promoted to management responsibility for $12 million in annual Powered
(12V-220V) Display Products.
. Responsibility for all pricing and gross margins, product training,
vendor management and new product development.
. Responsibility for all Mechanical Engineering activities for products
within the line.
. Regulatory responsibility for all products, UL, CSA and KEMA.
Product Group Manager, Modular Power and Data Products 1999 - 2001
Responsibility for all Product Group staff, Program Management, Mechanical
Engineering
and Product Management activities.
. Promoted to management responsibility for $3.5 million in annual product
sales and product line support staff.
. Responsibility for Product Design, Applications Engineering, Product
Management and Technical Account Management teams.
. Responsibility for OEM vendors supplying product to the group and
established inventory policy, pricing and costing for purchased and sold
goods.
. Created and led multi-company team responsible for all new product
development initiatives.
Product Manager, Modular Power and Data Products 1997 - 1999
Responsibility for Mechanical Engineering and Product Management for
establishment
of a new structured power and data wiring product line.
. Promoted to assume management responsibility for the newly created
Modular Power and Data product line.
. Responsibility for management of fabrication vendors for all power and
telecommunication products that were not assembled or fabricated at
Boston Retail Products.
. Supervised all on-site equipment installations with clients.
. Responsibility for training of all outside and inside sales personnel
with new products.
Mechanical Engineer & Project Manager 1996 - 1997
Mechanical Engineering and Project Management responsibility for the design
and
installation of retail displays and structured wiring solutions for
international and domestic clients.
. Responsible for all Mechanical Engineering, Product Development and
Design for Manufacturing of client displays.
. Created new corporate design standards for all engineering staff reducing
design times and improved accuracy for all new products.
. Created an electronic Engineering Change Notice (ECN) procedure for use
by all engineering and operations staff.
RRT RECYCLE AMERICA, INC., Chelmsford, MA 1995 - 1996
$50M Design and Build firm that operated 12 Materials Recycling Facilities
(MRFs) worldwide.
Lead Mechanical Engineer
Program Management and Mechanical Engineering responsibility for a new
optical glass sort system.
. Lead Mechanical Engineer responsible for procurement and installation of
a new optical glass sorting system for the Johnston, RI Recycling
Facility.
NEW ENGLAND CRInc., Chelmsford, MA 1991 - 1995
$60M Design and Build firm that operated 27 Material Recycling Facilities
(MRFs) worldwide.
Mechanical Engineer
Responsibility for the design of $50M of capital equipment for 15 system
installations worldwide.
. Provided Mechanical Engineering support for materials handling systems
and components.
. Responsibility of all Project Management activities maintaining the
master schedules for all design and build programs with clients.
. Designed and developed in-house glass crushing equipment that became the
standard for use in all systems installed that processed greater than 100
tons per hour of commingled recycled glass.
. Lead engineer responsible for system design in the world's first
successfully operated single stream (paper and plastics) Materials
Recycling Facility in Phoenix, AZ.
EDUCATION & SKILLS
. B.S., Mechanical Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF LOWELL, Lowell, MA, 1991
. SolidWorks, AutoCAD, CosmosWorks, MS Office, MS Project, Adobe
Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign