Bio

An executive leader in Industry and Digital Transformation, Business Incubation, Enterprise, Industrial and Consumer IoT, Smart Cities, Cloud & Telecommunications. In my current role, as Chief Commercial Officer at Hitachi, I embrace leadership philosophies that foster customer centricity, internal and external teaming and collaborative strategies, employee development, while driving sales, revenues and organizational enhancements / effectiveness. My teams think outside the box, have high standards and hold one another accountable for meeting and exceeding expectations. I have spent most of my career as a change agent within large corporations, prior to Hitachi, as the Chief Commercial Officer at General Electric - Current and the Head of IoT & Emerging Markets for Ericsson where I was responsible for managing international cross-functional, multi-regional teams in the areas of Cloud Services, Industrial, Enterprise & Consumer IoT, and Smart Cities. I have participated in over $20B in M&A in my career, have managed up to 1500 employees and run organizations with $4B+ in revenues. I believe in taking educated guesses, failing fast, hiring the best, cultivating future leaders, leading by example, and that everyone should roll up their sleeves and do whatever it takes to get the job done. For the past 20 years, I've run international and domestic enterprise organizations within Fortune 10 / 50 / 150 / 350 companies, as well as more than six years as CEO of an IoT / M2M start-up. I enjoy defining best-of-class standards and methodologies, and deploying enterprise-wide initiatives. I am constantly learning and as such have had the honor to learn numerous professions, industries and verticals throughout my career. I studied at the University of Washington, Western Washington University and Seattle University School of Law where I earned degrees in Finance, Marketing, and a JD cum laude. I am passionate about family, travel and giving back, and currently sit on the Advisory Board for DIA, USGBCC, and IDEAS For Us, as well as recently representing Ericsson as the North American Sustainability Lead. My Areas of Influence enhance 10 specific areas: Business Incubation / Co-creation & Collaboration / Customer Centricity & Relationships Built on Trust / Organic Growth & M&A / Build and Develop High-Performing Teams / Organizational Performance Management / Market Making / Business Strategy Development & Execution / Sales Strategies / and Operational Excellence & Leadership Collaboration.