Accomplished Executive

Engineering, Innovation, and New Product Development

ANTHONY MILLS

A “LEADER’S LEADER”

• Masters Degree in Management

• Executive training from around the world… US, UK, India

• Global perspective from world travels –

North America, Central America, Europe, Asia

• Driven to move from good to great. A passion for excellence.

• A “fire in the belly” for leading teams in delivering products that make raving fans…

and make history!

• A strategic leader who grasps the big picture of an organization’s value proposition

within its markets and the global economy.

• A visionary leader who casts a compelling vision to motivate teams to move!

• A decisive leader who thinks on his feet, who uses critical thinking to make

intelligent moves, and who effectively orchestrates teams to pull together and deliver!

AN “ENGINEER’S ENGINEER”

• BS in Mechanical Engineeringminor in Computer Science

• MS in Mechanical Engineeringminor in Applied Mathematics

• Maintain private engineering library

• Licensed Professional Engineer

• Trained and worked as a DfSS Six-Sigma Black Belt

• Over 25 years productive and progressive engineering experience

• Over 12 years explicitly managing engineering and cross-functional teams

• Expert proficiency in CAD, FEA, GD&T, DFMEA / PFMEA, instrumented testing,

project management, structured problem-solving, DfSS, and much more.

A VERY BROAD & DIVERSE BACKGROUND

• Industries: Education / Construction / Utilities / Pharmaceutical / Automotive / Bicycle /

Life-Science Instruments / Consumer Appliances / Management Consulting

• Company Sizes: Sole Proprietor / Small / Medium / Large / Empire

• Business Structures: Public / Private / Conglomerate / Acquisition & Merger / Divestiture

• Production Structures: Batch / Discrete / Engineer-to-Order / Technology R&D

• Roles: Manufacturing Engineer / Product Design Engineer / Senior Engineer / Consultant

Engineering Manager / Engineering Specialist / Director of Engineering / VP of Engineering

• Products: Pharmaceuticals, Automotive Body Structures, Automotive Suspension, Automotive

Mirrors, Automotive Exterior Trim, Automotive Interiors, Electronics, Disc Brakes, Suspension

Forks & Shocks, Bicycle Wheels, Solenoid Valves, Solenoid Pumps, Stepper-Motor Rotary

Valves, Fluidics Modules, Clothes Washers & Dryers, and more.

A RECOGNIZED THOUGHT LEADER IN NPD / NPI

• Authored the book Collaborative Engineering: Linking Product Development Partners via

the Web, published by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 1998.

• Authored the SME Blue Books Collaborative Engineering as an Element of the

Integrated Manufacturing Enterprise and the award-winning Manufacturing Enterprise

Leadership: Insights for Adaptation and Survival in the 21st Century.

• Authored numerous magazines articles relating to product development.

• Traveled the east coast and spoke on product development.

• Featured as the keynote speaker at the 1997 Computer Aided Engineering conference in

Cleveland, Ohio (Penton Publishing).

• Served on the advisory board of the Computer and Automated Systems Association of

the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, CASA/SME (1998 – 2000).

• Active member of the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA). Served

as the Vice President of Marketing for the New York / New Jersey Chapter (2012-2013).

• Participated in NPD training sponsored by The Management Roundtable.

A PRACTITIONER OF COLLABORATIVE NPD / NPI

• Hold a comprehensive understanding of the whole product development process.

• Have used this to bring together cross-functional resources to create effective new product development (NPD) programs with highly successful new product commercializations.

• Have developed my own signature model for framing effective product development…

• Product Definition / Product Design / Product Execution / Product Marketing.

• Have employed leading-edge NPD and strategic marketing tools with effective results… defined phase-gate processes, technology & product roadmaps, portfolio management, pipeline management, VOC collection, market analysis, etc.

• Have led several disruptive innovation developments.

• Have championed several open innovation partnerships with partners from around the world.

• Extensive experience redefining and deploying optimized business processes for significant productivity and effectiveness gains.

• Have embedded this into the broader strategic planning process…. SWOT analysis, business strategy, market strategy, sales strategy, manufacturing strategy, etc.

A RECOGNIZED CHANGE AGENT

• Have brought about tremendous changes – altering corporate cultures, attracting top-notch

talent, establishing new procedures, and raising effectiveness to new levels.

• As attested by many who came along with me…

• “Anthony is someone with a verve for life, a willingness to listen and also be heard !”

• “Anthony’s experience was exactly what was needed to bring together the Engineering Team

under the Hayes Bicycle Group banner. He worked his vision of a unified engineering team

seamlessly, working with Quality and Manufacturing and with players in multiple sites, both

domestic and Asian. His grasp of product development pushed us all to the top of our game

and was key to the introduction of some of the best products on the market.”

• “Anthony is an exceptional mentor that impacts an organization well beyond his personal

contributions through those that report to him. Anthony takes a genuine interest in the growth of

his direct reports and continuously builds strength and efficiency within his department.”

• “Anthony has a wealth of experience that he often drew upon while leading the Engineering team.

He constantly sought to improve efficiency of the company’s processes and procedures and he

directly brought about a lot of positive changes. Anthony is a great technical leader and mentor

who ensured that all of his subordinates were working to their full potential .”

A PROLIFIC NETWORKER

• Have employed numerous key outside consultants and consulting vendors:

• HumanCentric – Human Factors Assessment of Rear Seat Entertainment System

• Mig-Tech Consulting – IVD Market Analysis

• Design Point Solutions – Enterprise Product Data Management Implementation

• Metals Engineering & Testing Labs, Polyhedron Labs – metals & plastics materials analysis

• Trelleborg, Saint Gobain, Columbia Engineered Rubber, Precision Polymer Engineering –

performance engineered elastomers

• Quadrant, Tri-Star Plastics – performance machining thermoplastics

• Ticona, Infinity Compounding – performance molding thermoplastics (custom)

• Spectrum Plastics, Aero-Med, Royal Plastics – high-performance plastic injection molding

• AccuDynamics, Severna – extremely high precision machining

• Engineering & Design Concepts, Tek Industries – custom electronic design / fabrication

• Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, White Hirschboeck Dudek SC – patent assessments / filings

AN INFORMATION SYSTEMS CHAMPION

• Proficient in Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, Outlook

• Proficient in Minitab

• Proficient in SolidWorkshave used other CAD software… CATIA, Pro-Engineer, I-DEAS, PDGS, etc.

• Have employed numerous specialty software tools over the years…MathCad, Matlab, LabVIEW, LMS Test.lab, PATRAN, NASTRAN, FEMB, Correlation Master,

Monte Carlo simulators, ViewMate, Trinamic IDE, etc.

• Have developed engineering software in Fortran and other structured programming

languages, and control software in TMCL (a motion control language).

• Have built HTML-based web sites.

• Have defined and led implementation of Automated Workflow for the ECO/ECN process.

• Have directly implemented an Enterprise Product Data Management system (PDM)

across the US, UK, and China.

A GLOBAL BUSINESS PERSON

• Review the global financial markets most weekdays.

• Stay abreast of significant global events in business, technology, design, news, and culture.

• Always on the alert for events and trends that may impact my current business or

its business environment.

• Particularly keen on technology trends.

• In tune with the unique dynamics of emerging markets.

A SOUND BUSINESS MANAGER

• Conservative fiscal management policies.

• Invest to grow, based on sound financial models and well-formed business plans.

• Well-developed understanding of the direct connections between day-to-day

business actions and quarterly & annual financial results.

• Experienced and versant in P&L and related financial management analyses.

• Experienced in departmental budgeting, variance-analysis, and rolling adjustments.

• Experienced in the use of sales forecasts for decision-making.

• Experienced in the use of ERP systems for business analysis (e.g. product movement).

• Experienced in recruiting, hiring, firing, lay-offs, staff development, promotions, etc.

AN AMBASSADOR

• Polished professional, well-practiced in representing employer interests in “diplomatic”

relationships with all outside parties.

• Lengthy experience hosting and entertaining clients for business-development purposes.

• Lengthy experience developing business partnerships for cross-marketing of products.

• Lengthy experience managing vendor relationships to set expectations and drive

desired results (have also “dismissed” numerous vendors).

• Experience engaging standards bodies to represent employer interests.

A PROGRESSIVE “FREE-RANGE THINKER”

• Constantly scanning the fields of art, design, poetry, literature, entertainment, economics,

politics, religion, sports, and anywhere else I can find for inspiration on creative ideas.

• Have an eye and taste for really good design.

• Constantly open to new experiences / very few inhibitions / willing to take reasonable risks.

• Broadly read on management, leadership, business, organizations, product development,

sociology, and religion.

A DELIVERER OF RESULTS

• Have commercialized an extensive array of new products, including:

• 3/8” Mini-Valve Re-development / Re-launch – 2012

• Electric Rotary Valve (PTFE / PCTFE components) – 2011 (line extension in 2013)

• Molded Component Pinch Valve – 2010

• Stroker Plus Hydraulic Disc Brake System – 2008

• Drake Front Suspension Fork – 2008

• Sunvisor – 2007 Jeep Cherokee

• Grabhandles – 2006 Ford Taurus

• Sunvisor & Overhead Console – 2005 Ford Mustang

• AutoVision Family Entertainment System – JCI Corporate, 2004 Ford Explorer, 2005 BMW X5

• Overhead System – 2001 Lincoln Town Car / Mercury Grand Marquis / Ford Crown Victoria

• Exterior Ornamentation – 1994 Ford Ranger

A GENUINE PERSON

• Authentic

• Down to earth

• No games / straight-shooter

• Love people and love watching them bloom

• A true believer in the dignity of the human race

• Strong family orientation

• Traditional conservative values with a strong humanitarian and conservationist bent

• Seriously enjoy outdoor recreation… hiking, backpacking, paddling, road -biking,mountain-biking, rock-climbing, inline-skating, nordic skiing, alpine skiing, andexploring in general.

• Seriously enjoy shopping, dining, and entertainment with my wife.

Proven Executive

Engineering, Innovation, and New Product Development

ANTHONY MILLS