11
years

Years of Experience

4/15

Member Since


Fortune 500

Experience

 
Electro Rent/ Platinum Equity Finance
VP, Operations and Transformation
09/2016 - 04/2017
Hired by Platinum Equity as a senior member of Electro Rent’s leadership team working closely with CEO/ CFO on merger integration and leading operational turnaround. Electro Rent is a global test & measurement rental company with $300M in annual revenue.

Siemens Operations
Regional Sales Director
04/2014 - 01/2016
Manage $15M sales P&L and 8 sales account managers for Life Safety business line in Southern California.

Siemens Operations
CEO Program Associate
06/2013 - 04/2014
• Reported to: VP of $1B business unit of Building Technologies
• Led strategic turnaround and growth project for $150M business line including, evaluating the cost structure and market competitiveness. Led cross-functional team to identify key value levers, analyze impact, and convince leadership to adopt changes, resulting in 7% cost reduction, 10% Order Intake increase, and higher profitability.

Siemens Corporate Strategy & Development
CEO Program Associate
06/2012 - 06/2013
• Reported to: Global Head of Power Generation Sales w/ $10B Sales P&L
• Led cross-divisional Loss Analysis of $2B Energy Mega Deal, resulting in valuable findings and recommendations; gained buy-in of senior management to implement specific changes in go-to-market approach, organizational and operational structure, and quotation development for bidding future Mega Deals.
• Co-led commercial strategy for $1B/$100M IPP projects in Thailand and Nigeria, including risk evaluation.

Siemens Operations
CEO Program Associate
09/2011 - 05/2012
• Reported to COO of $5B Medical Device division
• Assessed Healthcare division’s strategic and operational procurement processes and co-led 6-member team that developed and implemented strategy for reducing spend in two commodities leading to 5M+ in savings and sustainable tools to monitor and improve future procurement activities.

Next Auto Works (Kleiner Perkins Start-up) Operations
Operations Manager
05/2009 - 04/2010
• Lead development of new plant and supplier partnerships.
• Managed and supported 12-member cross functional team in vehicle assembly process, manufacturing engineering, and procurement activities for building a new assembly plant with lean operational principals.
• Co-developed detailed financial model for plant operating expenses, production ramp, and plant economics.
• Analyzed, negotiated, structured supplier partnership and equipment procurement contracts totaling $50M.

General Motors Operations
Operations Lead
09/2003 - 08/2008
• Led purchasing activities for a global Powertrain controller. Responsible for leading $1B purchasing package.
• Selected as first person ‘on the ground’ to learn, improve, and implement GM’s new supply chain strategy.
• Led cell layout optimization and assembly build sequence for 80 union operators. Implemented major process and quality improvements through persuasion and negotiations with cross-functional plant departments and UAW.