Electronic Materials Expert: New Product Development, Acquisitions and Divestitures (1347)
Expertise
Fluoropolymer materials and their applications.
Expanded PTFE (polytetrafluroethylene) materials and their applications.
Electronic packaging and materials.
Printed circuit boards, flexible printed circuit board technology, materials and markets.
EMI shielding materials.
Thermally conductive electronic packaging materials.
LCP films for electronic applications.
Financial and market analysis.
New product and new business development.
Acquisitions and divestitures of high technology electronic and medical businesses.
Experienced with:
Technical materials marketing in Japan and the Far East.
Minimally invasive medical products.
Intravascular medical products.
European electronic markets.
High performance fabrics.
High performance fibers.
Fuel cells and micro filtration technology, products and systems.
Experience
W. L. Gore, Newark, DE, Corporate Operations Committee 1998 - 2005
Reported to the President as a senior member of the Corporate Operations Committee. This Committee was responsible the long-term health of the Enterprise by providing guidance and strategic direction to the global business units. Responsibilities:
Corporate Development and Strategic Plans.
Liaison with the Electronic Products Division.
Leadership of the Electronic Packaging Materials Group.
Liaison with our Japanese subsidiaries.
Oversaw the growth of the Enterprise from $1.2B to $2B while maintaining pre-tax margins in the double digits.
Lead the annual global business planning process.
Restructured the Electronic Products Division which led to the divestiture of the VCSEL parallel optics business.
Divested Gore's electronic module business to 3M at a substantial EBITDA multiple.
Founded and lead Gore's first Corporate M&A team.
Purchased a medical device business and developed plans for other strategic acquisitions;
Forged closer corporate relationships with our Japanese subsidiaries.
Electronic Packaging and Materials 1994 - 1998
Leader of a new venture group focused on expanding Gore's participation in advanced electronic composite materials, EMI shielding products and high performance IC packages. Responsibilities:
Global P&L for a group of new ventures that grew sales eight fold by rapidly introducing new, leading-edge electronic materials and products.
Formed new electronics group from a collection on new ventures scattered throughout Gore and its Japanese subsidiaries. Created the focus and strategies that grew the groups sales 8 fold in 4 years.
Worked with key IC and systems suppliers like Silicon Graphics, IBM and LSI logic to expand the IC packaging business.
Developed extensive business and technical relationships with: Japanese manufactures of electronic systems, materials and components, such as NEC, Kyocera and NTK; Taiwanese and Korean electronic manufacturers of printed circuit boards and cell phones; US and European cell phone manufactures such as Nokia and Motorola.
Built a technical laboratory for doing research in advanced composite materials for printed circuit boards and IC packages.
Supported our Japanese subsidiary in marketing new IC packaging materials and Flexible Printed Circuit Board laminates to US customers like 3M.
Electronic Product Division 1987 - 1994
Business Leader of the $100 million global Electronic Products Division.
Grew sales from 34% while maintaining high profit margins.
Restructured the aging wire and cable business to focus on high speed electronic assemblies and interconnection products.
Began diversifying the business into other electronic products such as electronic materials, EMI shielding and thermal interface gaskets.
Associate 1984 - 1987
New product development leader for composite materials.
Discovered and patented a new expanded PTFE composite material for low dielectric constant high speed printed circuit board laminates
Formed a new group to manufacture and market this new material
Grew sales to $5 million within 3 years
DuPont Corporation, Wilmington, DE
Various Technical, Marketing and Sales positions 1969 - 1984
Worked 15 years with DuPont in the Petroleum Products and Electronic Products Divisions
Sold "Riston" photoresist to the printed circuit industry.
Technical Service Supervisor supporting the photoresist business.
New Product Development manager for photoresists.
Invented and patented a new petroleum additive.
Top photoresist salesman in the division.
Invented and patented a new photo-imageable tape for masking printed circuit boards.
Began the marketing of a photo-imageable printed circuit board dielectric.
Education
B.S., Chemistry, University of Florida