Change Management Business Development

Ravi Chadha **** Surrey Drive, Morrison, CO *****

563-***-**** • **********@*****.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rchadha1/

BUSINESS STRATEGY PLANNING OPERATIONS MARKETING EXECUTIVE Results-driven executive with over 25 years of experience leading corporate strategies, marketing, and business transformations through global teams for engineered products, energy transitions, and go-to-market initiatives. Successful in managing cross-functional teams to drive corporate growth, business improvement, and execute customer-focused integrated product and marketing plans. SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS

● Business/Technology/Marketing Strategic Planning and Execution: Led global teams for products and services, new technology planning and energy transitions, and aftermarket to drive growth

● Marketing & Sales: Led all aspects of marketing from initial concept through sales, to aftermarket. Oversaw business development activities including partnerships, consultative sales, and M&A

● Business Transformation and Change Management: Successfully managed company transformation and change management initiatives for process improvements, corporate initiatives, and M&A

● Digital Marketing & Analytics: Leveraging various digital assets and processes to better drive marketing campaigns, client management, and execute business strategies

● P&L and Business Unit Management: Led the Profit & Loss for business units for several Fortune 50 companies for P&L to $500M. Accountable for products, budget, marketing, and profitability CAREER EXPERIENCE

CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER 2023 - 2024

BROWN & CALDWELL (ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING) Colorado

● Led business growth Strategies, change management, and corporate communications

● Oversaw ~$30M strategic investments and enterprise Program Office

● Member of strategy and enterprise investment committee with Board of Directors SR. DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE STRATEGY AND GOVERNANCE, CHIEF OF STAFF 2017 - 2023 CATERPILLAR, INC Illinois

● SR. DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY AND CHIEF OF STAFF FOR CONSTRUCTION GROUP PRESIDENT Developed & implemented global growth and technology strategies for >$20B Construction group:

- Energy transition planning for electrified equipment/power sources/and aftermarket, digitization, alternative power sources, machine intelligence,

- Business improvement and market growth strategies to drive increased revenue and profitability

- Led Global Chief Economists, Business Insights, and internal/external executive communications

● DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE STRATEGY

Developed and led enterprise-wide projects, strategic analysis for M&A, lifecycle growth strategies, and new technology plans across multiple business units while maintaining C-suite relationships Ravi Chadha Page 1

VP OF GLOBAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT - INDUSTRIALS SECTOR 2010 - 2017 CAPGEMINI CONSULTING AND GENPACT CONSULTING Virtual

● Focussed on industrial clients: Dow Corning, LyondellBasell, US Gypsum, International Paper, and 3M

● Generated >$5M annually in client relationship activities through consulting in business strategy and operations strategy, go-to-market planning, and business process transformations and outsourcing

● Managed the C-level client relationships for growth, issue resolution, and business improvements in manufacturing, chemicals, petrochemicals, and materials in the US, Asia, Europe, and South America GLOBAL DIRECTOR: Integrated Marketing & Sales, Strategy, and Business Transformation 2004 – 2010 JOHN DEERE COMPANY North Carolina / Illinois

Held progressively greater roles including marketing, sales, transformations, and P&L Management:

● GLOBAL DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS PROCESS TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT Executed enterprise-wide Programs & Change Management to improve business processes

● GROUP DIRECTOR OF INTEGRATED MARKETING SERVICE

Oversaw $80M marketing budget across various marketing services, service centers, and channels

● GLOBAL DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AND NATIONAL ACCOUNTS SALES Managed global business unit for >$500M in annual revenue with growth rate of 10-15% annually

● BUSINESS UNIT DIRECTOR OF UTILITY VEHICLES MARKETING, SALES, AND OPERATIONS Led $350M business unit including full product lifecycle from concept through aftermarket BUSINESS OPERATIONS, MARKETING, AND SALES DIRECTOR 2001 - 2004 GEDAS IT CONSULTING COMPANY (A VOLKSWAGEN COMPANY) Michigan

● Part of new leadership team to grow startup to $100M within four years by overseeing all marketing, business strategies, and organizational growth for Volkswagen’s Information Technology Company EDUCATION AND LEARNING

● MBA in Corporate Strategy & Marketing from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

● Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Lawrence Technological University - Detroit

● Sustainability Management Certification from Cambridge University - England

● Organizational Change Management Certification from Prosci Institute - Denver ADDITIONAL CREDENTIALS (PUBLIC SPEAKING AND TEACHING)

● Multiple external speaking engagements including Duke University, marketing & diversity panels

● Member of Harvard Business Review Advisory Council

● Former Member of the Mayor’s Economic Development Commission, Cary, NC

● Adjunct Professor of Global Business and Marketing at several different colleges

● Trained and performed Improv Comedy at Second City in Chicago Ravi Chadha Page 2

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