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Executive Vice President Sales, Marketing, Regional Manufacturing and Center for Small Manufacturers

Makino is a company of many dimensions. Makino is really many companies in one: A world leader in metal cutting and manufacturing technology. A manufacturer of horizontal machining centers, vertical machining centers, wire EDM and ram EDM machines, and graphite machining centers. A software company and an application engineering company. A service company and a financing company. A turnkey engineering company and an integration services company. An automation company and a machine tool supplies company. A training company and a process technology company. A global company and a local company. That's why Makino is all a manufacturer needs to machine parts more accurately, productively and at a lower cost per part

Results-focused, agile marketing strategist with decades of experience in branding, demand generation, product commercialization, creating change and building high performing teams. With both CPG and B2B experience, Kara believes in using the voice of the customer to build brands. Her experience across a wide variety of industry segments and brands both big and small has many describe her as more than a marketing leader but a business leader. Her "seek to understand" and "add value" mind-set enables her to quickly engage and tackle tough challenges. She is dedicated, visionary, energetic and a catalyst for change. Expertise in: customer insight research, business/marketing strategy, branding/global branding, new product development/commercialization, digital marketing strategy and team building.