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Chief Executive Officer, Founder

For Kichler Lighting, managing graphics has represented a significant undertaking - and one that is very important to the company's customers and partners. Kichler produces a new catalog every six months featuring thousands of images of the company's high-end decorative light fixtures, many taken from different angles or in different settings. In the past, the images were stored on various personal and shared hard drives and folders. Finding the right image to meet a dealer request was time-consuming and error prone. Now, bringing the full power of Artesia DAM to bear, images can be quickly located by product ID, product family or catalog version - all without involvement from the graphics team.

INNOVATION ✦ CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM LEADERSHIP ✦ P&L MANAGEMENT ✦ OPERATIONS ✦ CHANGE MANAGEMENT ✦ GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN ✦ STRATEGIC SOURCING ✦ LEAN MANUFACTURING ✦ PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT/LAUNCH Throughout my career as an operations and change leader, I’ve helped companies gain competitive advantage, grow, and prosper. An industry innovator with a continuous improvement mindset, I consistently drive operational excellence (Lean, Six Sigma, KPIs), integrated supply chain design, and product development based on what customers value. Committed to diversity and engagement, I am known for hiring, coaching, mentoring, leading, and creating an environment with engaged teams that achieve business goals. My diverse industry background includes Durable Consumer Goods (Kitchen and Bath and Decorative Lighting), Medical Equipment (Class I and II DME), engineered metal components, and other manufactured products. Multilingual with fluency in Spanish and conversational skills in Mandarin Chinese. I have developed strong cultural sensitivity/awareness based on my extensive international experience. A few examples of my contributions in business unit leadership, change management, operational excellence, business expansion, and custom-focused supply chain strategy: ✔ Business Unit Leadership: Spearheaded startup of a new Decorative Lighting division for Kohler Co. as General Manager. Built team, supply chain, and omnichannel sales structure. Led development and launched products in 300+ lighting showrooms and key eCommerce platform within 18 months. ✔ Strategic Change Agent: Developed and deployed a multifaceted strategy across Sourcing, S&OP, Plant Management, and Warehousing that delivered $25M in improved cash flow while increasing customer service levels as VP, Operations at American Standard. ✔ Operational Excellence: Implemented advanced Operational Excellence and Lean tools such as Total Productive Maintenance, Strategy Deployment, and Six Sigma to reduce Customer Quality PPMs 53% and decrease inventory $12M+ as SVP, Operations at Superior Essex Corp. ✔ Customer-Focused Supply Chain Design: Shaped consumer-centric supply chains based on eCommerce channel service requirements capable of same-day shipment for both Kohler Co. and Kichler. Improved on-time delivery to 95%+ at Prism Medical, Kichler Lighting, and Superior Essex Corp. ✔ International Expansion: Led startup of two new manufacturing plants in China on time and on budget. Scaled plants to 1,200 employees to support Invacare’s global business growth while lowering costs 30% as GM of China Operations.