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ACCOMPLISHMENTS President leading two turnarounds: 1) $90M specialty chemical and materials business owned by private equity, restoring $60M in lost value. 2) $40M abrasives business - halting sales decline, growing market share, reducing costs $2.3M/year and reducing inventories $3.8M, for a subsidiary of a $230M Finnish parent company. * Successful Product Manager: Led two companies with sales in the $100-120 million range, focusing on meeting customers needs and strengthening channels to market. 1) Increased return on sales from -3% to +7% for GE's Automotive Lighting Business, leveraging new products, service and quality, to increase sales and pricing. 2) Strengthened relationships with growing national distributors, product brand positioning and product design, preparing a commercial wallcovering business for growth. * Successful acquisitions ($750 million) and strategic planning for two businesses with sales ranging from $400-800 million, increasing operating profits by 100-200%. Various successes with GE's Lighting Business - Plant Manager of multiple plants, generating combined Lean/Six Sigma savings of $6 million/year, plus quality and capacity gains negating the need for a costly ($25 million) plant expansion * - Successful project leader for complete renovation of the Tungsten Products Plant and a high impact sales training and product demonstration facility (GE Lighting Institute)
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