Chief Operating Officer

Charles Haba

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Senior Executive with extensive experience in leading global manufacturing, product & process engineering, R&D for new product development, and IT systems to deliver above market returns for profitable growth to several worldwide businesses. Successful at building and leading global cross functional teams to a culture of successful year after year top and bottom line improvements. A change champion excelling at leveraging product innovation into organic growth to outpace competitors. Strategic and visionary leader with career experience in the tactical minutia for managing multi-million dollar P&L’s.

Core Leadership Competencies

• Global Business Operations Management • Product & Process Engineering R&D: 18 patents

• Business Strategic Planning & Tactical execution • B2B and B2C experience

• IT systems & customized software development • P&L strategy development & execution

• Go to Market IT & Engineering development • High Energy leader: competitive athlete & coach

• Repeated success at cross functional team building to attract, develop, & retain top talent

Professional Experience

OVERHEAD DOOR CORPORATION: $1 billion garage door & access system manufacturer. Mt Hope, OH 6/06 to present

Sr Executive Vice President of Operations, IT Systems, Application, & Validation Engineering R&D: 3/11 to present

Led Operational Engineering, R&D, Product Management, New Product Development with P&L, and IT Development activities across 9 plants for Overhead’s $700 million garage door division. Created sustainable value improvements through leadership in new product design, product validation, process design, new manufacturing equipment implementation & assembly line set up, plant kaizen lean sigma quality continuous improvements, change management, pre & post sale support, & product litigation.

Increased responsibly & skill set by leading Product Configuration & Software implementation within Overhead’s Oracle ERP system to improve customer’s ease of doing business. Developed Configurator infrastructure, set up, programming, custom solution development, and issue resolution from customer quoting with product visualization and order entry through bill of material creation, manufacturing work flow routings, shipping and invoicing.

Voted 1st place, Most Innovative Company by Home Improvement Executives & readers of various Builder & Architectural magazines from 2007 through 2016. These new, innovative products directly attributed to 20% new sales growth averaging over 10% higher-than-standard EBIT from 2007-2016.

Voted #1 Quality Supplier award for garage door market by Hanley Wood Building & Construction survey by designing in quality and continuous improvement in 2008, 2010, 2012, & 2015.

Implemented an average of $7 million / year in material & labor productivity / lean sigma cost reductions.

Changed the company’s culture to one that seeks creative solutions to fill special orders and create a customized product offering. Developed & implemented new technical sales & IT tools to yield much improved customer delight. Results were over 10,000 new orders/year, and $10 million/ year of new business growth.

Implemented a Change Management streamlined process resulting in an increased output from 1 product change per week to 1.5 product changes per day while reducing staffing by over 35%.

Achieved zero safety incidents from 2010-2016 by implementing sustainable safety procedures, equipment, and employee culture.

Obtained & maintained ISO, IEC, UL, FM certificates & accreditation for multiple facilities.

Granted 4 patents + 4 patents pending for impact resistance hurricane glazing, insulated door jamb seals, cable break safety device, canister band spring, 3” thick door joint spacers, & a fade out stamping design.

Director of Product Engineering and R&D 6/06 to 3/11. Originally Wayne-Dalton which was acquired by Overhead in Dec 2009.

LEAR CORPORATION: $17B Automotive Interior Trim system supplier. Dearborn, MI 11/98 to 9/00 and 5/03 to 6/06

Lear Principal Engineer for Business Development, Advanced Engineering, and Product Strategy: 5/03 to 6/06

Led Lear’s Advanced Business Development team for Instrument Panels (IP), Floor Consoles, Door Panels, Pillar, & Garnish Trim. Managed all technical aspects for new business pursuits including identification of and implementation readiness for new technology, technical cost card reviews, & customer technical presentations.

The team grew Lear’s North American IP market share from 6% to 13% and achieved the #1 Door Panel market position. Specific emphasis on Asian OEM new business growth.

Granted 7 patents for: seamless airbag tear seam design, plastic side impact bracket, tunable side impact foam, electronic multi-tray, G-force push-push latch, & edge mounted touch-less switches.

United Technologies / Lear Engineering Manager: 11/98 to 9/00

Led various Automotive Tier 1 engineering, manufacturing, & design teams:

Led UTA’s12 person team to meet cost, mass, & performance targets for GM’s Cadillac Seville Instrument Panel (IP) structural components. Achieved 18% ($30.59/IP) cost, 15% tooling, & 6.4% ( 1.2 kg) mass reduction from awarded quote.

Led all engineering activities for GM’s 2004 GMT305 Midgate. Parts included exterior weatherable SMC Panels, roll formed steel structure, window regulators, latches, wiring, & hinge systems.

Lead Structure Engineer for the 2002 Delta (GM’s Chevrolet Cavalier & Pontiac Sunfire) Instrument Panel Program for United Technologies Automotive Corporation (UTA). Responsible for achieving 11.7% cost savings ($6.50/IP) & 13% mass reduction from the 1st to 2nd cockpit build iteration for all I/P components. Granted 2 US patents for plastics structural ducts and magnesium steering column support bracket designs (Lear bought UTA in 8/99)

DOW AUTOMOTIVE: Automotive Plastic & Part supplier division of Dow Chemical. Auburn Hills, MI & Camacari, Brazil 9/00 to 4/03

Global Technology Leader with P&L responsibility for Dow Automotive’s technology offering in the Chassis and Powertrain automotive market. Strategic & Tactical development of product technology, application, & feasibility assessment, concept development, concept validation, product & system development through to product launch. Primary technologies include plastic bonded intake manifolds, valve covers, radiator fans & shrouds, engine acoustics, and hydrogen fuel cell components. Managed over 20 direct reports in 4 countries. 10/01 to 4/03.

Engineering Manager for Dow Automotive’s 2003 Ford Amazon program. P&L responsibility including concept development, part design, tool design, molding trials, part validation, prototype builds, and assembly of all interior and exterior trim for Ford’s Amazon mini-SUV vehicle produced in Camacari, Brazil. Managed 14 direct reports in USA and Brazil. Granted one patent for rear cargo cover support on the interior trim. 9/00 to 10/01

GENERAL ELECTRIC PLASTICS: Global supplier of engineered thermoplastics. Pittsfield, MA & Southfield, MI 10/93 to 11/98

Field Application Development Engineer: GE Plastics- Automotive Region: 6/97 to 11/98.

Engineering program manager for GE Plastics’ Chrysler, Toyota, & Mitsubishi automotive interior applications. Co-located at Automotive OEM facilities throughout the Detroit, MI area. Grew GE’s plastic sales by converting parts to plastic.

Program Manager for 4 Instrument Panel programs totaling over $22 million/year in resin sales for GE: 2002 Dodge Ram Truck, 2002 Toyota Camry, 1999 Mitsubishi Galant, & 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse. Provided processing, design, & engineering support as a member of the OEM-Tier 1 Product Development Teams.

Led GE’s application development for blowmolded loadfloors, rear deck shelves, and seat backs.

Engineering support for electrical connectors, power distribution & junction boxes, & various electrical housings.

Technical Quality Leader/Product Support Engineer: GE Plastics- Automotive & Medical Industries: 10/93 to 6/97.

Customer support & consulting for piece part design, plastics processing (injection, extrusion, & blow molding), tooling, secondary operations, and product quality resolution for GE’s $380 million Automotive & Medical Industries. Oversaw entire Order to Remittance cycle for various GE Plastics’ accounts. Won Effective Presentation Speaker of the Year award and multiple customer satisfaction awards.

Education / Certifications

BS in Biomedical/Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Spring 1993

DASMA Vice Chairman, industry elected trade organization position, writes Standards for building code. 2013 to present

Certification: Six Sigma Black Belt, GE Plastics – won 6 Sigma project of the year in 1997

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