Senior Executive and Program Manager

Kathleen M. Weatherson, PMP

SENIOR EXECUTIVE & PROGRAM MANAGER

Experienced and dynamic global executive with proven results in Business Development, Marketing Operations,

and complex Program Management. Excels in business start-ups; from ideation through the execution phases.

P&L experience for joint venture of ground breaking new energy optimization products and services.

· Program management of global, multi-million dollar complex programs. Identified and developed strategy to

expand market leadership through multiple joint ventures for a multi-million dollar one of a kind products and

services offering. Gained approval from the board and was responsible for start up of business and

development of a $10m pipeline and $250k of capital sales in less than 6 months. Managed a $1.5m P & L.

· Results oriented leader with proven results in motivating people and complex program management. Recently

led a global marketing team of 40 people and representing over 20 countries through a consolidation of $6

marketing plan. Eliminated $2m in duplication of efforts and implemented a centralized dB for all marketing

disciplines including collateral, campaigns, and research. Resulted in less spend and faster speed to market.

· Highly effective communicator skilled at building successful cross-functional relationships with internal and

external clients across diverse cultures.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Marketing

· Strategic Planning

· Brand Development

· Product Development Lifecycle

· dB Marketing & Campaign

Management

· Research & Intelligence

Energy & Sustainability Initiatives

Manufacturing & Operations

Business & IT Program Management

§ Project Management

§ Business Consulting & Analysis

§ Software Development Lifecycle

§ Process Improvement & Business Process

Reengineering

§ Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Team Leadership & Management

Organizational Change Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

IMIplc. – Birmingham, England 2004 to June 2009

IMI is a multi billion dollar international engineering and manufacturing business supplying high value-add products

to major global customers across growing diverse markets. The company operates in two main areas, fluid

controls and retail dispense.

Norgren Inc. – Littleton, CO 08/2006 to 06/2009

Norgren is a billion dollar business unit of IMI whose strategic focus is to providing engineering advantage to their

customer’s fluid power and motion control applications.

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§ Developed and executed a robust marketing and sales plan that led to over $7m dollars in initial pipeline within

6 months of the startup; including design and development of the website, PR plans and collateral.

§ Defined & implemented all supporting processes including partnerships & contracts with supporting vendors

and manufacturing representatives

Global Director of Marketing Communications & Intelligence

Director responsible for developing and executing a cohesive $6m dollar global marketing plan through 5 direct

reports and globally matrixed organization.

§ Defined and executed strategy for merging global, regional and country level marketing organizations planning

and operations into one synergistic approach. Enabled increased marketing value, brand image and campaign

management through effectively leveraging investments.

§ Developed a centralized repository for PR best practices, segment and product development, research and

library development, database mining, and KPI development.

§ Created and supported a Business Development Program’s that defined and maintained the $10 billion dollar

5-year growth roadmap including M & A activities and identification of new business opportunities.

Global Product Director

Ownership and accountability for the $150m flag ship product portfolio’s global strategic plan, product lifecycle,

and new product development.

§ Increased sales by $10m in a declining market and developed 5 year product and services roadmap as well as

the marketing and communications plan to escalate revenue growth.

§ Acted as the Program Manager for the product development lifecycle and successfully launched within 1 year

a product that had been caught in the conceptual engineering phase for 4 years

§ Integrated and managed commercial plans with the regional and country level business unit’s financial

planning process to ensure a balanced supporting infrastructure in each of the cross functional disciplines

resulting in less out of stocks and increased customer satisfaction scores.

Cannon Solutions – Rosemount, MN 03/2004 to 08/2006

Cannon is a $350m dollar business unit of IMI whose strategic focus is to provide permanent point of sale

solutions and technologies that increase revenue by driving up impulse purchases.

Executive Director of Program Management & Innovation

· Managed the organization’s $5.5m in capital expenditure within the program and change management

practices, as well as championed the innovation processes to ensure we met or exceeded expectations for

growth.

· Developed and instituted a Program Management Office methodology and change management best

practices resulting in a significant increase in program execution and overall capital investment management

by decreasing average program timelines by 50% using PMI principles. Managed and mentored six program

managers – 3 out of 6 received their PMP certification

· Facilitated ideation and innovation with our external and internal customers using a world class methodology

developed by Synectics resulting in new experiments that were tested in store, measured & refined, and

launched.

· Project Managed multiple integration focused process improvement initiatives – e.g. consolidated the Key

Account Management and sales processes across four separate business units into one ensuring one face to

the customer resulting in increased sales and customer satisfaction.

Deluxe Corporation - Shoreview, MN 1986 to 2004

Deluxe Corporation is a billion dollar Fortune 1000 company and a leader in providing personal and business

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§ Facilitated marketing leadership team through strategy definition and 5 year planning for a $750 million

business unit; devised methods to define project criteria and facilitated the prioritization of projects for an

annual operating plan of $40 million.

Manager Business Consulting & Analysis

Responsible for managing, coaching, and developing employees, while managing corporate projects.

§ Defined, organized and implemented a team of 45 internal and external business systems analysts &

Consultants for a $1 billion business and managed a team of 12 internal and external business analysts who

acted as the liaison between the business and IT

§ Reduced costs by $3 million by automating an on boarding system within SAP HR

Process Improvement Consultant & Business Process Reengineering

Acted as a consultant & project manager for various business units to analyze business processes using statistical

process control methods and provide recommendations on how to increase efficiency, quality, job satisfaction, and

reduce costs.

§ Managed cross functional team consisting of external client and internal resources for a joint savings of $6

million and a renewed contract for one of our top10 clients with $50 billion in assets

§ Reduced costs by $2.2 million by automating a quality measurement and reporting system in call center

§ Increased sales, reduced costs by $7 million, and reduced turnover by 10% through defining and

implementing new marketing and field sales processes, the enabling technology, and a new organizational

structure. Led the process and technology components of this reengineering effort.

§ Decreased costs by $9million for a $50million direct marketing business unit in a reengineering effort that

spanned from marketing, sales, data management, procurement, manufacturing and call center.

1986 – 1996 Various leadership roles in Customer Service, Accounts Receivables, Billing, Computer Systems &

Manufacturing Operations, Staff Specialist

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS

§ Bachelor of Arts (Organizational Leadership) Bethel College, Roseville, MN – 2004 Magna Cum Laude

§ Project Management Professional – Project Management Institute – September 2005

§ Certified Ideation / Innovation Facilitator – Synectics - March 2005

§ Certified in multi variable testing & statistical process control – Qual Pro – Knoxville, TN

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

§ Executive Leadership Development – Aspire Program, IMI plc. – Birmingham, England

§ Executive Leadership Series and Management Assessment – Personnel Decision Inc., Minneapolis, MN

§ Process Mapping and Applied Systems Thinking – University of Minnesota – Minneapolis, MN

§ Business Analysis, Requirements Definition and Testing Techniques – Hathaway & Associates

§ Capability Maturity Model (CMM) – Quality Improvement Process Inc. – St. Paul, MN

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