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Director or COO
CONFIDENTIAL
PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW
Experience in both small company start-up operation and divisional executive management. Exceptionally strong with new company technology initiation to include staffing technical personnel, setting-up engineering and manufacturing, implementing operating systems and customer services. On several occasions have specified and put into service IT and HR functions.
MAJOR SKILLS
Product Development & Commercialization
R&D Management
Financial (P&L, Cash Flow, Budgeting)
Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sub-contracting
Global Customer Service Initiation & Operation
Business Development & Strategic Planning
PRODUCT EXPERIENCE
Electronic Instrumentation
SW & PCB Based Electromechanical Products
Diagnostic Laboratory Products
Class II Medical Device Instruments
Sub-contracted PCB developed Products
Complex Capital Equipment Products
EDUCATION / COMMUNITY
MBA, Northeastern University
B.S. Chemical Engineering / Minor in Computer Science, University of Massachusetts
Member of the Board of Advisors -- University of Massachusetts Lowell, School of Engineering
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Company Confidential, Lincoln, MA 2012 - Present
A raw 6 person start-up company that is developing and commercializing hand held Electro mechanical & SW based millimeter wave RF products for seeing through walls and solid objects for the construction and security markets.
Chief Operating Officer
Responsible for setting-up and operating all aspects of the company
Set-up all contracted engineering, PCB manufacturing, molded part vendors, supply chain and internal engineering staff
As Acting CFO, put in place the financial operating system, all benefit programs, credit card charging and payroll
Maintain and develop all financials for the company to include financial reporting to the board and tax accountants
Company Confidential, Woburn, MA, 2007 -- 2012
A $60M privately held corporation.
Chief Operating Officer
Responsible for all aspects of running internal operations of the company
7 direct reports with 100 people within R&D, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, global service and facilities
Operationally prepared the company to reach $60M in sales followed by a 6 month due diligence process that resulted in a very successful acquisition
Developed and Managed all CoGS, development budgets and MFG targets
Reduced CoGS 10% in the 1st and 4% 2nd year through that resulted in a $2M savings per year
Reduced inventories from $8M to $5M in 1 year while sales increased by 25% by implementing JIT and Kanban methods
Re-staffed key management; such as MFG Dir., Supply Chain Mngr., Eng. Dir., R&D Dir., Global Service Mngr.
Launched 6 new products from inception to full manufacturing with development cycles of 6 months to 1 year
Developed consignment and purchase agreement programs for all key suppliers
Converted companies single source key component suppliers to multiple supply channels to mitigate revenue loss risks
Prepared the company for recent recession that resulted in a break-even situation for 2009 and was considered to be a success
Restructured Global Service to include upgrading Technical Support and start-up of new Global Repair Depots
Set up several global OEM product contracts with large public corporations to include exclusive sales and service.
Company Confidential, Chelmsford, MA, 2000 - 2007
A $700M publicly held corporation leading the industry in semiconductor wafer fab facility automation
Vice President and General Manager, AFC Division (2005 -- 2007)
Responsible for profit & loss, strategic planning, development, sales, marketing, operations and service functions
Revived this failing division in 18 months to produce a 25% revenue increase (to $5.5M), a 10% GM increase (to 65%) and a 25% profit increase which yielded a bottom line profit of $2.75M / year yielding a "Cash Cow" for the company
Restructured all global sales channels which included contract negotiations with OEMS and Sales Reps
Developed and executed OEM purchase agreements Tokyo Electron Limited, Applied Materials and IBM
Vice President of Operations, Life Sciences Division (2000 -- 2005)
Directly responsible for this $8.5M division of 70 employees to include P&L management, strategic planning, development, sales, marketing, operations and service functions
Planned/executed the transition of IAS from a custom automation company to a product division within the Company
Achieved $2.5M for a new product launch in the first 8 months of sales by strategically planning and executing the product development/commercialization of a $150,000 DNA cycle sequencing and PCR instrument
Turned around a $500K loss per quarter division to be break-even in 18 months
Performed the Operational due diligence activities resulting in a $17.6M acquisition by the Company (2.5x revenue)
Developed/launched 3 products to the Genomics, Metrology and Photonics markets with 30 engineers/scientists
Company Confidential, Biopharm Division, Marlborough, MA 1998 -2000
Director of Operations - Northeast Region
Responsible for the day-to-day operations (30 permanent employees + 150 contractors) which included contract development, sales estimates, market development, sales management, engineering, PM, procurement and support
Increased regional revenues from $35M to $70M in 2 years by aggressively winning local pharma contracts
Consistently delivered quarterly operating profits between $0.5M and $1M
Completed several profitable capital plant construction projects (ranging from $2m to $50M in size) at sites such as Wyeth, Genetics Institute, Proctor & Gamble, Alkermese, Genzyme and Biogen
Company Confidential, Chelmsford, MA 1993 -1999
President (Co-Founder)
Set-up and managed all aspects of the company and its subsidiaries from ground up to revenues of $2M with 15 employees
Established a JV partnership with Glanbia Foods (a $2.1B corporation) to develop products
Built two plants and manufactured 5 targeted proteins purified from cheese whey both in Wisconsin and Idaho
Secured $2M in private placement funds for subsidiary
Profitably divested the company and subsidiary's assets in 1998 while providing an 50% annual return on investor's money
Set-up operations of our wholly owned subsidiary to manufacture 5 USDA approved nutritional pharmaceutical products
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Company Confidential, Marlborough, MA
Systems Engineer
Company Confidential, Bedford, MA
Process Engineer
REFERENCES
Furnished upon request