Product Management Strategic Product - Market Channel Brand Sales - Business - Development
Savvy business-oriented Product Management professional offering over 18 years experience in product management and 9 in engineering. A global businessman specializing in growing revenue with new business, product, channel, brand, and sales strategies. An accomplished leader with an affinity for leading turn around and start-up initiatives. Delivered success in:
Revenue Growth ♦ Product Development ♦ Life Cycle Management ♦ Strategic Product, Market and Channel Strategies ♦ Market Development ♦ Branding ♦ Market Research ♦ Strategic Planning
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
GRP ADVISORS, Ocala, FL 2005 Present A product management and marketing limited liability consulting practice
Principal Helping companies to improve sales, profitability and market image with innovative brand, marketing and product strategies. Customers include Tymphany Audio, Peerless, CBS, Solargenix, and Auragen.
FEDERAL SIGNAL, E-ONE Division, Ocala, FL 2003 2005 A $425M division of Federal Signal Corporation
Vice-President Product Management, Product Configurator (2003 2005) Key responsibilities included product management, marketing, public relations, research and the enterprise wide product configurator system.
Improved product line margin 3% by reducing product offerings and focusing on value Increased sales leads 30% by focusing product at key customer segments Increased sales $10.5M by introducing new products, features and technologies
ALTEC LANSING TECHNOLOGIES, Milford, PA 2000 2002 A $125M privately owned OEM, retail and commercial audio market leader.
Senior Vice-President Product Management (2000 2002) Key responsibilities included product management, marketing, public relations, research, business development, channel marketing, pricing, and strategic planning.
Increased sales $12M by creating new product lines targeting new emerging markets Improved product line profitability $2.5M by reducing our low end product offering Grew retail market share 14% by introducing a new market segment based product strategy Increased retail margin 15% by implementing a channel marketing team that leveraged dealer promotions and improved our promotion ROI
Senior Vice-President Operations (2000 2001) P&L / operating responsibility for product management, marketing, quality, customer service, inventory management, logistics, engineering and manufacturing.
Saved our #1 OEM account, Dell, by implementing a corporate wide metrics program to improve our Quarterly Business Review score Took $8M in cost out of the supply chain process by managing a lean transformation of the world wide supply chain process
ZENITH ELECTRONICS, Glenview, IL 1997 2000 A $1.4B manufacturer of consumer and commercial video and TV products.
Vice-President Strategic Planning (1998 2000) Responsible for developing a new strategic direction and brand identity.
Redirected business to more profitable segments and product categories outside of analog TV
Vice-President Product Development (1997 1998) Product development responsibility for seven categories of consumer and commercial products.
Exceeded the plan by $21M, while in Chapter 11, by reducing the number of loss leader skus Selected as a key member of the Presidents core turnaround team
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, Houston, TX 1995 1997
A $1B consumer division of a $5B worldwide provider of pcs, servers, monitors and associated products and services.
Product Manager, Consumer Portables, Options and Monitors Defined the global hardware and software MRD, product marketing strategy and managed the life cycle model.
Created a new to the industry entry level notebook product line Awarded a patent for a new user friendly monitor
INTERNATIONAL JENSEN INCORPORATED, Lincolnshire, IL 1980 1995 A $300M manufacturer and distributor of consumer and OEM car and home audio products.
Vice-President Product Development (1984 1995) Managed the world wide product definition of home, car and pc audio products for Jensen, Advent, AR and Phase Linear.
Grew Advent home speaker market share to top three Increased Electronics sales $50M Spearheaded Asian sourcing efforts
Home Audio Engineering Manager (1980-1984)
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Engineering manger positions with Motorola and BRK Electronics.
EDUCATION B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Product Development Managers Association Member and Past Chicago Chapter President
AWARDS Five Patents Granted
INTERESTS General Aviation IFR Pilot and experimental aircraft owner |