Experience

Superior Brandz

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Business Development

  • 2017 - Present

  I am part owner of Superior Brandz. My main role is Director of Business Development with emphasis on growing our business and acquiring new customers. I am part owner of Superior Brandz. My main role is Director of Business Development with emphasis on growing our business and acquiring new customers.



Nidec Motor Corporation

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Account Executive

  • Aug 2017 - Jan 2018

  Worked part time with Nidec handling new key accounts in a Business Development role similar to my previous role, and trained my replacements.

• Director Of Business Development

  • Apr 2014 - Aug 2017

  Responsible for the Marketing, Selling, and Strategic Product Development for motors and motor controls for Nidec Motor Company. My role is to utilize the capabilities of Nidec's global capablities in bringing new customers, products, and applications to Nidec. My main focus is growing the sales and profitability of the company. In May 2017 I won the Nidec Motion Salesperson of the year award at the Nidec Motor annual Sales Conference.

• Director of Marketing

  • Oct 2012 - Mar 2014

  Responsible for the maketing for two divisions of Nidec Motor Corporation, 'Switched Reluctance Drives' and 'Hurst'. Both companies deal with complex motor and control applications in the variable speed market space. Switched Reluctance Drives designs and sells switched reluctance motors and controls ranging in sizes from sub-fractional to 1.5megawatt.Hurst designs and sells sub-fractional and fractional size brushless DC motors and motor controls along with stepper, AC induction, and gear motors. Show less

• Director of Engineering and Marketing

  • Oct 2009 - Sep 2012

  Responsible for a Design Engineering and Marketing group in the designing, marketing, and selling of BLDC motors and controls, stepper motors, gear motors, and AC induction motors. Our group also helped 'incubate' motors for other Nidec divisions by providing new product development and manufacturing expertise. Over the last two decades this group has been involved in many large and successful new product launches.The Nidec division I worked for during this time is named 'Hurst'.Nidec purchased the Emerson Motor Company which included Hurst in October, 2010. Show less



Federal Assembly, Inc

• Owner

  • 2000 - Nov 2016

  I was 50% owner for 16 years until 2016 when I sold my share of the business. Federal Assembly is a contract manufacturing company located in Southern Indiana. Our employment ranged from 50 to 200 employees over the 16 years of ownership. I was responsible for Marketing, Sales, Financial Analysis, and Strategy Development. I was 50% owner for 16 years until 2016 when I sold my share of the business. Federal Assembly is a contract manufacturing company located in Southern Indiana. Our employment ranged from 50 to 200 employees over the 16 years of ownership. I was responsible for Marketing, Sales, Financial Analysis, and Strategy Development.



Emerson

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Design and New Product Manufacturing Engineering

  • Jul 1996 - Sep 2009

  Responsible for managing a 15 person team consisting of design engineers, manufacturing engineers, tool designers, lab and CAD personnel, and procurement. The Emerson Electric Motor division I worked for during this time is named 'Hurst'.

• Chief Engineer/Manager of Application Engineering Group

  • Jul 1987 - Jun 1996

  From 1992 to 1996 I managed a 9 person group as Chief Engineer. My engineering group consisted of design engineers and CAD technicians. We designed fractional and integral size AC induction motors for the air compressor and pump markets. Over this time we successfully grew sales by double digits year after year.From 1987 to 1992 I was an application engineer for speciality AC induction motors. I also lead the transfer of the engineering group at Doerr Electric in Cedarburg, Wisconsin to St. Louis, Missouri, which happened shortly after Emerson purchased Doerr Electric. Show less



Baldor Electric Company – A Member of the ABB Group

• United States
• Industrial Automation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Application Engineer

  • Jun 1980 - Jul 1987

  Formerly Reliance Electric: Responsible for electromagnetic motor designs for the majority of new customer applications. I also worked with manufacturing to develop new motor winding processes. The Madison, Indiana facility had approximately 500 employees. This was my initial job after graduating from college. Formerly Reliance Electric: Responsible for electromagnetic motor designs for the majority of new customer applications. I also worked with manufacturing to develop new motor winding processes. The Madison, Indiana facility had approximately 500 employees. This was my initial job after graduating from college.