Profession: Senior International Business Professional
Professional experience and career objectives: Senior professional with verifiable record of strong, decisive leadership in organizations ranging from privately held companies through Global 100 enterprises. Thorough understanding of critical business drivers across multiple markets and industries with a command of English, Spanish, German and French combined with an international background enabled timely, cost-effective solutions to corporate issues. Extensive experience in the Americas, Europe, Mid East/Africa and APAC countries.
Skills and areas of expertise: Corporate/Business Development, Finance, Strategy, Acquisitions & Integration, Strategic Partnerships, Operations Management, P&L Management, Budget Planning, Engineering, Technology Insertion
Advise companies seeking to enter and/or grow their international market presence: market studies, strategic plan development and implementation, M&A advisory services, post-M&A integration, distribution channel development and strategic partnerships. Geographic scope: Americas, EMEA and APAC.
Former Employment
Director, Business Planning
Santa Barbara Sistemas, SA
(Manufacturing) - Spain
Reporting to Managing Director, member of 4-man expatriate management team tasked to integrate $270M state armaments company Empresa Nacional Santa Bárbara de Industrias Militares, S.A. (ENSB) into General Dynamics Corporation following its privatization by Kingdom of Spain in 2000.
Director, International Programs
General Dynamics Land Systems
(Manufacturing) - United States
Reporting to VP – International, managed international business development for $135M producer of propulsion systems used in 2nd generation combat vehicles. Customers included governments and their military in 25 countries in Asia and EMEA.
Principal
DIRR Consult
(Consultancy) - United States
january 1991 - january 1995 (4 years)
Advised companies seeking to enter and/or grow their international market presence: market studies, strategic plan development and implementation, and distribution channel development. Geographic scope: Americas, Europe.
Education
Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business United States (North Carolina)
, august 1985 - may 1987
MBA
Rice University United States (Texas)
, august 1978 - may 1980
MChE
Rice University United States (Texas)
, august 1974 - may 1978
BSChE
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