David Miles

Email: abp08r@r.postjobfree.com

Address: **** ******** *****

City: Port Huron

State: MI

Zip: 48060

Country: USA

Phone: 810-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: $125,000

Willing to Relocate

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David E. Miles, Ph.D.

Turning ideas into commercial products with strategy, technology, and team building

3166 Whittier, Port Huron, MI 48060

C. 810-***-****

H. 810-***-****

abp08r@r.postjobfree.com

R&D management, business development, emerging technology, and operations executive with extensive global experience using a variety of technologies for transportation, electronics, and aerospace markets. Broad-based knowledge in strategic planning, managing global new product development, capital improvements, operations, and new business development. Strong verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated leadership in innovation for successful implementation of programs and commercialization of products.

Delivering Results to the Bottom Line

* Directed development of new coating technologies capturing $25M of new business for an emerging automotive market, and a corporate innovation team award.

* Identified new opportunities and led business development for energy generation and storage market that resulted in over $8M of new business for solar cells and batteries.

* Increased sales attributable to products developed in the last five years from 25% to over 34% by strategic re-alignment of R&D resources to meet business objectives.

* Facilitated team of multi-disciplinary managers from largest research center to identify and remedy issues related to communications, budget, purchasing and high operational costs, resulting in 12% annual savings.

A Career Commercializing Innovative Ideas and

Implementing Strategies to Improve Performance

FRAUNHOFER USA, Plymouth, MI 2009 - December 2012

Subsidiary of Fraunhofer Gesellschaft conducting applied research to serve as a bridge between academic research and industrial needs in energy, health, and manufacturing sectors.

Director of Operations 2009 - December 2012

Appointed to remedy operational issues related to project management, accounting, business development, and communication for eight US centers.

* Led team of managers from largest center to identify and remedy issues related to communications, budget, purchasing, and high operational costs, resulting in a 12% annual savings.

* Identified and implemented new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system resulting in over 50% time reduction for month-end close, and web availability of up-to-date project status reports for management.

* Managed Alternative Energy Technology for Transportation program between Fraunhofer and the University of Michigan. Explored new energy storage materials and manufacturing techniques, and improved combustion process, resulting in a $24 million proposal for a Clean Energy Innovation Cluster.

* Coordinated business development with academic, state and federal partners and various Fraunhofer Research Centers resulting in a $10 million, six-year university agreement, over $20 million in grant proposals, and two implemented industrial partnerships.

ACHESON INDUSTRIES, Port Huron, MI 1988-2008

Division of Henkel supplying specialty materials, including coatings, additives, and lubricants for energy, automotive, and metal processing.

Director Emerging Technology 2006-2008

Collaborated with technical and market managers, universities, and start-up companies to evaluate technology, establish licensing agreements, and commercialize new technology related to advanced batteries, solar cells, fuel cells, and lubrication.

* Identified new thin film solar cell market that resulted in over $3M of new business for conductive coatings for this high-growth emerging market.

* Managed new business development for next-generation coatings and additives for lithium ion batteries and supercapacitors with potential new sales of $5M / year.

* Developed partnerships, in conjunction with sales and marketing, with major companies to develop materials for automotive and stationary fuel cell applications.

* Developed key customer relationships with lubricant companies for commercialization of energy efficient additives with the goal of increasing revenues when fully developed.

* Initiated and secured funding for university research on nano-graphite. Investigated and secured sources of non-carbon nano-particles and coordinated evaluation.

Global Technology and New Business Development Director 2004-2006

Directed the technology development from R&D laboratories in the USA, Europe, and Japan. Worked extensively with marketing and sales to commercialize new products for energy generation and storage devices, automotive coatings, metalworking, and oil additives.

* Directed development of new coating technologies, resulting in a corporate innovation team award, and $25M in new business for noise reduction automotive coatings.

* Implemented a global stage-gate process and electronic database for management of new product development.

* Established a five-year strategic plan to enable growth of 6 to 8% per annum as a member of the executive team, and strengthened international technical presence by working extensively with customers and colleagues in Asia and Europe.

* Supervised three technical managers and analytical services with $7 million budget.

Global Technical Director 2000-2004

Managed global technology groups responsible for development of products for electronic materials and specialty coatings applications.

* Increased sales attributable to products developed over a five-year period from 25% to over 34% by strategic re-alignment of R&D resources to meet business objectives.

* Reduced raw material and production cost 20% by managing the introduction of novel graphite materials and processes, alongside purchasing and process engineering.

* Expanded and upgraded European and Japanese technical centers to meet demand for increased global product development.

EDUCATION / TRAINING

PhD, Physical Organic Chemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

BS, Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

* Leadership for Extraordinary Performance

* Design of Experiments

* Value Selling

* Marketing Fundamentals

* Global Technical Management

* ISO and QS 9000

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Habitat for Humanity

President, Board of Directors, Port Huron, MI 2008 - 2012

Vice President, Board of Directors, Port Huron, MI 2005 - 2008, current

Leader, Global Village trips to Argentina and Guatemala 2005 and 2008

Leader, HFH trips to Kentucky and South Dakota 2000 and 2011

Construction Volunteer 1993-Present

Community Social Service, Port Huron, MI

Board of Directors and Treasurer 1994 - 2004

Soccer referee (AYSO and AYSO) 1990 - 2001

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