Consultant and senior business professional with 20 years experience leading New Business Development activities for Dow Corning Corporation, Owens-Illinois and Owens-Corning Fiberglas. Experienced in start-up new businesses, business operations and business turnarounds. Industry background includes specialty chemicals, engineered plastics, bio-engineered materials and industrial products for electronics, building construction, automotive, personal care, packaging, medical device and pharmaceutical drug markets.

Also experienced in launching new products and selling technology-based solutions to Fortune 1000 firms. General management experience includes profit-loss responsibility for several operations with over $100 million sales. Demonstrated leadership skills in managing $10 million to $100 million corporate investments including privately held and franchise businesses; launching new products; protecting global assets including intellectual property; negotiating technology licensing agreements and managing competitive intelligence networks.

• Senior Business Consultant, President

• Client assignments include: “green” products for adhesion promoter systems and advanced rubber compounds; engineered plastics for residential building products; advanced technology platform planning and commercialstart-up for Fortune 100 bio-science company; fuel cell technology; specialty chemicals expansion for Fortune 500 company; strategic business plan for Fortune 1000 computer sciences subsidiary; competitive intelligence program for Medical Materials JDA.

• Director New Business Market Development
  New Business Market Development ($1.7B sales)
• Industry Manager, Construction Materials &
  Building Products ($450 million sales)
  
• Director of New Product Marketing, Elastomers &
  Engineering Industries Business

• Manager, New Product Development for Glass Container,
  Plastic Packaging Television Products and Forest Products Divisions ($150 million)
  

• Chief Financial Officer, Elected to Board of Directors
• General Manager, Branch Operations,
  Technology/Engineering Group
• Project Engineer

• MBA (Marketing/Management)
  Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
• MS (Engineering)
  Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
• BS (Engineering)
  Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
  

• Certified New Product Development Professional (NPDP),
  Product Development Management Association.
• Member, Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE)
• Registered Professional Engineer
• Executive Management Training Program, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  

• “Breakthrough Innovation,” Award Winner,
  Institute for International Research
• 2-time ADDY Award winner, National Advertisers Council
• Awarded 2 USA patents, United States Patent Office