Experience

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  Opus

  • Principal Consultant

    • 1995 - Present

    Interim general management & senior level project management. Typical clients over 15 years have been owners, CEO's and Boards of Directors. A typical assignment would include:* A structured assessment of the current strategic, financial and operational situation* Recommendations* Optional Implementation assistance

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  Nextspace Ltd

  • Member

    • 2008 - 2010

    As the Interim Executive Director of the Santa Cruz Design Innovation Center co-located the agency with the newly founded NextSpace Community. It was a very good decision resulting in benefits of synergy and support to the fledgling Design Center.

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  Santa Cruz Design Innovation Center

  • Ex. Dir.

    • 2008 - 2009

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  RPC Industries

  • President and Chief Operating Officer

    • 1989 - 1995

    Chief Operating Officer and member of the Board of Directors. RPC was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Heavy Industries and served the world wide market for it's highly sophisticated technology. I was hired upon the change in ownership and reported directly to the Japanese to affect a turn around. The effort was successful. Sumitomo decided to withdraw from the market RPC served and hired me to help with that process leading to a founding of my consulting practice Opus.

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  Measurex Incl

  • Area Manager, Mgr. Corp Service, Sr. Mgr Software Engineering

    • 1979 - 1984

    Hired in as an Executive Sales representative and then served in various functional capacities primarily as an internal trouble shooter. Measurex was a successful venture capital start up in a very competitive Industrial Automation Market with a fast paced in demanding culture. I left to pursue a startup executive team position as a V.P. of Marketing and Product Development.

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  Applied Materials Inc.

  • General Manager Industrial Products Division

    • 1975 - 1979

    Promoted by the New CEO James Morgan to turn around and then sell a non strategic but valuable product division. The assignment last 18 months and resulted in a successful sell off. Declined a promotion and left to pursue an executive sales position at Measurex Inc.