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Expert has thirty years experience in business development of specialty chemicals, adhesives, materials, coatings, foams, films and conductive polymers in specific markets of automotive, aerospace/defense, construction, electronics, food, industrial, medical and transportation. He has identified new niche markets for specialty products such as medical adhesives, automotive materials, industrial assembly materials and printable electronics. He has worked closely with clients to link their strengths with viable market opportunities.

Expert has managed acquisitions, integrated new businesses and turned around ailing divisions that were losing money. Extensive P&L responsibility and General Management experience with manufacturing operation, sales force development, technical marketing and new business development. Some examples are:
1. turned around ailing automotive business to achieve 28% growth in sales
2. managed two acquisitions, built new manufacturing plant and integrated businesses
3. managed New Ventures group to capture new strategic businesses for acquisition, licensing and distribution.

Extensive experience with major distribution channels for industrial materials, medical devices, electronics materials, food, automotive tiers and contract manufacturing. He has developed new business initiatives and technical marketing programs for manufacturers, distributors, converters, medical precision fabricators and contract manufacturers.

Expert has managed international marketing assignments in Europe, North America, South America and Pacific Rim. He has worked with industrial, medical device, specialty electronics materials and specialty chemical manufacturers to develop new business with validation of new opportunities, technical marketing for launching new products into target accounts and sales development to add new sales resources in expanding regions.

Assisted clients with strategic decision making with market assessments or validations to identify specific information relating to market size, competitive assessment, unmet customer needs, developing market trends and key contacts for client follow-up and testing. Extensive market contacts facilitate accuracy, confidentiality and successful business ventures. Examples of past assessments have been conductive printable materials, medical devices, automotive insulative materials and medical wound dressings.

Expert has thirty years experience with both market and commercial development of industrial, automotive, medical, electronics, food and transportation applications. His extensive knowledge of products, markets and applications provides a extensive network of companies and contacts to provide market insight and competitive information.

Extensive expertise in technical marketing in key areas of medical devices, automotive, industrial, food, aerospace/defense, construction and transportation. Extensive use of cost effective marketing communications techniques such as search engine marketing, web PR, CRM, stage gate product development and intensive focus on customer realtionships to provide new market opportunities. Developed applications based technical assistance group that generated $1 million in new applications annually.

Expert's eighteen years with Loctite Corporation in a variety of business development, marketing and sales management roles has provided extensive experience with brand management and image and consistent sales performance. International development of eight new trademarks and dozens of new product introductions. Enhanced Loctite's brand recognition in the medical, industrial and electronics markets to significantly grow business. While at Scapa Tapes, the business was grown from $22 to 118 million during the nine years of Expert's role as Vice President of Marketing.

Developed very cost effective methods for enhanced marketing communications techniques, such as Web PR, search engine marketing, new product releases, technical articles, web site enhancement and news releases via web, CRM and electronic communications of new application techniques. Developed marketing communications system, in sync with applications solutions group that provided a technical source for incoming application questions, which resulted in annual new sales exceeding $1 million.

Expert developed business, techical marketing, sales specialists and product teams that were well trained in the execution of price, product, pipeline and promotion of the marketing mix. Developed significant new product ranges of new adhesives, conductive materials and medical wound care products. Achieved reduced time to market of new products with simplified stage gate process, coordinated with pipeline and promotion activities.

Developed targeted strategic plans for specialty chemical, conductive electronic materials and medical device manufacturers. Extensive market research, competitive intelligence process and application knowledge base of medical device, automotive, industrial, aerospace/defense and contract manufacturing. Integrated planning process to capture company core competencies and focus on significant market opportunities.

Medical device market assessment for specialty materials that identified target applications, key manufacturers and growth trends for specialty fabricated, die-cut components. Developed strategic plan for specialty materials manufacturer that identified significant new, multi-million dollar applications in electronics, medical, industrial and aerospace markets. Technical marketing and sales development for specialty adhesives manufacturer to expand business globally. Identified global sales representation, segmented markets, developed sales and marketing plan and developed global target opportunities to significantly grow business.Market assesment and strategic plan for industrial cleaning and degreasing equipment for automotive, industrial, medical and electronics markets. Also developed sales development and sales compensation plans to accelerate company sales growth.Pricing and competitive assessment for medical wound care market. Provided competitor pricing analysis, along with recommendations for distribution and market trends.