NEIL R. GILLEN

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978-***-**** adpsdi@r.postjobfree.com

Chief Executive Officer

Performance driven senior executive with an MBA in international business and a BS in manufacturing and service operations. Over 20 years of experience leveraging business acumen across diverse cultures and economies. Managed multi-million-dollar budgets with full P&L responsibility. Proven leader experienced in managing global multi-plant manufacturing & distribution operations, product development, supply chain, customer success and M&A’s. Recognized for ability to incorporate innovative management techniques resulting in enhanced business practices, increased productivity and profits. Adept at transforming organizations, creating processes and procedures that increase productivity, decrease costs and drive profitability. Change-agent skilled at inspiring teams, realigning cultures and building esprit de corps organization-wide.

Executive Leadership

Global Manufacturing

Customer Success

Strategic & Global Sourcing

Team Building, Mentor

Full P & L Responsibility

Product Development/Engineering

Mergers & Acquisitions

Sales & Marketing

Global Field Service

Global Supply Chain Management

Opex & Capex Management

Product Development

MSA and Contract Negotiations

Lean & Six Sigma Green Belt

“Neil is a leader in the truest sense of the word. He is an exceptional communicator with a unique blend of technical and people skills. He brings out the best in others and those that work for him are fiercely loyal.”

John Kulp, President, JHK Technical Solutions

Established manufacturing operations in Fuyang China for the automated production of hydrogen fuel cells and HFC engines for the commercial bus market. Enabling the company to transition to commercial manufacturing and achieving profitability.

Increased sales revenues for aftermarket products and services over 10X with sustained year over year growth more than doubling sales by leading projects that vaulted company’s customer care to #1, achieving industry gold-standard status at Axcelis.

Reduced by 40% time required to bring new products to market by introducing enhanced Stage Gate process at Doble.

Drove overall reduction of 8% in operational costs and increased on-time delivery from 86% to over 98% by increasing operational excellence throughout organization at Doble.

Reduced global inventories by over $6M by renegotiating price / quality and delivery guarantees for supply contracts and implementing direct fulfillment supply process across the global supply chain at Axcelis.

Established commercial team. Erased a $55K monthly cash burn rate and grew annual revenues $200K to $20M+ with total sales reaching $24M at PanelClaw.

Reduced product cost by 45% and managed a team of 35 supply chain professionals and a materials budget of $1.2B for the procurement of production materials, manufacturing tooling, services and MRO at Evergreen Solar.

NUVERA FUEL CELLS LLC BILLERICA, MA 2019 – Present

$150M manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cell engines for motive OEM’s; manage 6 senior level direct reports responsible for global operations; managing P&L of $150M.

Vice President/Chief Operating Officer

Led executive leadership team that grew sales over a 1-year period enabling the company to breakeven.

Developed and implemented global commercial strategy. Increased customer engagement over 3X.

Developed strategy and executed global manufacturing deployment and optimization initiative, reducing product to market time.

Introduced Stage Gate processes for new product introduction and life cycle management.

Established world-wide business operations & supply chain for make-to-order and make to stock products.

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Established business processes to enable company transition from a technology development focus to a viable commercial producer of goods.

Automated US manufacturing center to enable the production of 5,000 HFC engines annually

Established automated Chinese manufacturing center to produce 10,000 HFC engines annually

Established Quality Assurance, Customer Care and logistics organizations

DOBLE ENGINEERING COMPANY WATERTOWN, MA 2012 – 2018

$400M manufacturer of high technology instruments and service provider for electrical power generation industry; managed 15 senior level direct reports responsible for global operations; managing a budget of $200M.

VP / Head of Global Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Customer Success and Operations

Member of executive leadership team that grew sales over a 2-year period by 17% and achieving an EBIT of 26%.

Developed strategy and executed global manufacturing revitalization initiative, reducing product to market time.

Introduced Stage Gate processes for new product introduction and life cycle management.

Optimized world-wide business operations & supply chain for make-to-order and make to stock products.

Operational responsibility for all manufacturing plants and fulfillment centers located in 14 countries including supply chain, planning, engineering, logistics, document control, quality, depot repair, laboratories, field and customer service.

Developed and implemented world-class global sourcing strategy while achieving 11% product cost reduction..

Established governance, KPI’s, dashboards and analytics.

Utilized Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen events to optimize manufacturing and operational functions company wide.

PANEL CLAW INC. NORTH ANDOVER, MA 2010 – 2011

$24M startup manufacturer of commercial flat roof solar panel racking systems including product development, engineering, finance, manufacturing, supply chain, sales, marketing and IT; oversaw team of 55 and $19M budget.

Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Led product development and design programs successfully introducing 2 new solar panel racking system product lines.

Developed, implemented and led commercial strategy. Taking company from zero sales to over $24M.

Established product manufacturing centers in the US, Mexico and India.

Successfully implemented Stage Gate and NPI that enabled product transition from R&D to high volume production.

Utilized Lean processes, Six Sigma and Value Engineering techniques to reduce costs and drive quality improvements.

Coordinated with all functional departments to develop integrated annual plan, including functional metrics (headcount, employment costs, price, volume, production and supply chain productivity & quality).

Developed an effective executive operational leadership team who delivered products and services meeting the needs and requirements of our customers while executing the company’s strategy and achieving business objectives.

Recruited and hired the company’s CFO and regional sales vice presidents.

Increased net operating income to 17% while increasing market share of flat roof racking systems.

Improved overall productivity by 8% and the lowest-cost manufacturing position within the industry by utilizing selective low-cost region outsourcing, Six Sigma disciplines, and more challenging metrics with better accountability.

EVERGREEN SOLAR, INC MARLBOROUGH, MA 2008 – 2009

$2.2B Solar Panel manufacturer; managed 15 director level direct reports for global plant operations, manufacturing, supply chain and quality - managing a $275M construction budget.

Senior Director of Global Supply Chain & Manufacturing Operations

Re-engineered global supply chain reporting directly to CEO while managing a 1.2B materials budget.

Negotiated all high value manufacturing, capital and construction agreements.

Key participant and contributor to product development and sustaining engineering programs.

Successfully built and oversaw 3 manufacturing plant operations located in the US, Germany and China completing project 6 months ahead of schedule and on budget enabling the manufacture of over 60,000 solar panels per month.

Held P&L responsibility for global manufacturing and supply chain operations.

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AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC BEVERLY, MA 2001 – 2008

$700M manufacturer of complex Semiconductor processing equipment; managed team of 60 supply chain, logistics, service and compliance professionals located in the US, China and Singapore; responsible for a $200M material budget.

Director of Materials & Logistics

Introduced and deployed regional contract manufacturing, improving delivery and reducing product cost by $260K.

Managed over 10 key contracted manufacturing centers and over 400 material suppliers.

Responsible for sales, inventory and operations planning and creating global supply chain KPI’s.

Re-engineered material planning processes for product manufacturing and aftermarket support.

Achieved 12% reduction of material costs and reduced world-wide inventories by 10%, doubling inventory turns.

Responsible for 8 manufacturing and 78 distribution / forward stocking locations in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

MBA, International Operations, Keller School of Business, Devry University, Chicago, IL

Graduated Summa Cum Laude

BS, Operations & Finance, Minor in Electrical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Graduated Summa Cum Laude

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - Continued

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - Continued

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