Experience

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  Torsted Advisors

  • Mid-Atlanlic Region, USA

  • Senior Partner

    • Nov 2017 - Present
    • Mid-Atlanlic Region, USA

    Torsted provides strategic and financial advice for companies in high change situations, especially in technology-based industries. The company partners with Senior Management, Board of Directors and Owners to improve company performance globally. The firm's Partners solve client problems by...

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  Newport Board Group

  • Mid-Atlantic Region, USA

  • Partner

    • Feb 2015 - Nov 2017
    • Mid-Atlantic Region, USA

    Newport Board Group is a partnership of board directors and senior executive leaders with deep knowledge of business strategy, operations, and capital markets. We have created a specialized category of national professional service firm to help emerging growth, middle market and private equity cl...

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  OPS Rules Management Consultants

  • Senior Team Manager

    • Mar 2010 - Dec 2014

    U.S. Government | Federal Reserve NY Utilize broad scope of industry knowledge and dynamic business acumen toward directing forward-thinking project team operations tasked with developing Business Requirements Documents for Securities Transfer Service.Coordinate legacy applications characterization and cataloguing of diverse specific system components (e.g. Application Overview Maps, Data Dictionaries, Business Process Flows, Data Models, Business Rules, and Use Cases)Create a comprehensive repository with knowledge mining results to facilitate review and analysis as input in the creation of business requirements documentation, including key business logic flow, business rules, and use cases.

  • Senior Team Manager

    • Oct 2002 - Feb 2010

    U.S. Government | Military | Navy Led development and implementation of Entitled Modernization Process for Surface Fleet, Carriers, Submarines, and NetWarCom, including working with Commands across four Navy Enterprises to drive culture change via PVM tools.• Generated $400+ million in savings and key metrics improvements as a Senior Team Manager.

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  Thomas Group Management Consultants

  • United States
  • Business Consulting and Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Senior Manager

    • Mar 2001 - Sep 2002

    Tier 1 – European Automotive Parts | Systems Manufacturer Capitalized on the opportunity to work with 200+ engineers within a two-division New Product Development group, including installing a New Product Development (NPD) process while concentrating on improving Project Management and Project Review Processes and implementing a market-driven NPD process to boost operations.• Reduced scrap by 40% ($10 million annual savings) and increased FPYs 40% and TTM metrics 50%.

  • Manager

    • Sep 1999 - Mar 2001

    Medical Device ManufacturerCoordinated efforts with a global development organization of 300 engineers and scientists to achieve significant improvements in the quality of products manufactured by strategically implementing effective NPD processes, establishing competence goals, and installing DFM standards which were instrumental in driving overall success.• Generated $400+ million in savings and key metrics improvements as a Senior Team Manager.• Reduced scrap by 40% ($10 million annual savings) and increased FPYs 40% and TTM metrics 50%.• Improved TTM metrics (OTD 40% to 90%; FPY 30% to 90%) and reduced project costs as Senior Manager.

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  Introgen Therapeutics, Inc.

  • Houston, TX

  • Chief Operating Officer

    • 1998 - 1999
    • Houston, TX

    Spearheaded operations for this start-up biotech company, including maintaining accountability for Director of Human Resources and Vice President staff in operations and planning, clinical / basic research, and manufacturing.Led targeted decision-making in the strategic development of business pl...

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  Bristol-Myers Squibb

  • New Jersey | Puerto Rico | Hong Kong

  • Vice President – Operations | General Manager

    • 1984 - 1998
    • New Jersey | Puerto Rico | Hong Kong

    Latin America | Canada | Puerto Rico | Caribbean | Hong Kong | Southeast Asia Played a vital role in directing initiatives and large-scale territories critical to corporate positioning within a global marketplace, including directing planning, strategic alliances and partnerships, integration of ...

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  Schering-Plough

  • New Jersey

  • Senior Product Manager | Manager, New Business Development | Senior Scientist...

    • 1974 - 1984
    • New Jersey

    Progressed professionally through the scientific organization and transitioned into a business position responsible for the development and commercialization of Interferon and other bio-engineered products. Developed positioning and message strategies, and prepared product launch plans.