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Travis Wilson
11951 Meade Ct.
Westminster, CO 80031, United States
Mobile: 847-340-6025
https://www.linkedin.com/in/trvswilson OBJECTIVE
A senior or mid-level leadership position with a growing firm, where strong administrative,
communications, and planning abilities will be used to improve performance, productivity and
profitability.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS • Effective, versatile manager who earned respect of superiors and subordinates for results
and motivation skills.
• Recognized for outstanding job performance, reliability, ability to handle multiple projects,
efficiency, accuracy, and timely completion of all assignments.
• Skilled at bringing a diverse group of people together to pursue a common goal whether
within a firm or among partner institutions.
• A proven, verifiable track record for accomplishing the most challenging goals, making a
"strong commitment with a sense of personal responsibility for the whole, resulting in
superior products or service.
• Personable but firm professional with a good sense of humor and a strong sense of
commitment toward success.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Lead a new multi-national cross-functional team from US, China, and India to respond to
identified New Business Opportunities worth over $3M.
• Product management of global and domestic product platforms representing over $700M in
revenue.
• Led multiple teams by directing resources and executing the completion of the most
valuable projects that met the company's long term goals.
• Led a $4M material inflation avoidance team that directly impacted revenue on one product
platform.
• Served multiple times as liaison with internal and global teams (marketing, technical, and
operations staffs), partners (account executives, technical, and operations staffs), and
customers to coordinate and implement new or improved products.
EXPERIENCE
LHP Engineering Solutions, Columbus, Indiana
Solutions Engineer, 2016 – Present
Active consultant and liaison between LHP Data Analytics team and additional personnel and
LHP's clients and partners. Focus is given to data analytics, business intelligence, Internet of
Things (IoT) opportunities/applications, machine learning, etc.
Emerson Climate Technologies, Sidney, Ohio
Air Conditioning Product/Strategic Planner, Sr., 2008 - 2016
• Assisted in the development and fully executed business plans to successfully grow six
product lines through the development of new products or features while containing or
reducing overall product cost.
• Product and project management: guided the new product process of three product families
and assisted in multiple other products through cross functional teams (engineering,
testing, procurement, sales and marketing, etc.) and oversaw the execution of the overall
business plan from beginning to end.
• Product knowledge: was the business expert for more than 50% of the residential and light
commercial air conditioning products and projects. I presented progress updates both
internally and externally to the upper management, the sales force and customers.
• Worked with marketing, sales/customers, operations, suppliers, and other functions to
understand their needs and concerns as they relate to my product lines.
• Conducted competitive analysis to understand the competition, their products, strategy and
tactics to develop plans to maintain and win new business.
• Oversaw collaboration efforts with various functions and partners globally to ensure leading
edge technology and speed to market by leveraging common designs.
• Led multi-national, cross-functional teams from the US, China, and India for cost
reductions, product enhancements, and new product offerings
• Led new multi-national cross-functional team from US, China, and India to respond to
identified New Business Opportunities worth $3M and growing
• Co-identified a new technology (software algorithm) that improves single circuit multi
compressor efficiency and reliability. Idea is in the patent process.
• Developed and executed product phase-out strategies; consolidated demand and reduced
line changeovers
• Directed engineering and capital investment resources to highest priority products to
profitably meet long-term strategic business needs
• Coordinated and led cost reduction programs saving $2M in one year across engineering
and procurement organizations
• Received macroeconomic compressor family forecasts; distill these forecasts into individual
model data in order to analyze customer trends, suggest cost reductions/capital
improvements and evaluate products
• Wrote/published three to five customer marketing bulletins annually that introduced product
launches, product improvements, and new product features. Recipients included OEMs,
wholesalers, distributors and internal customers
• Participated in customer visits/communications to introduce new products/product
improvements, directly answered questions/concerns, relayed customer
concerns/suggestions (VOC) to product teams
• Provided monthly to biweekly written/oral product updates to sales staff
• Mentored eight new Air Conditioning Product Planners and two MBA interns
Parker Hannifin, Lincolnshire, Illinois
Hydraulics Application Engineer, Mobile Systems, 2001 - 2006
• Designed new or improved hydraulic system applications including the application of IQAN
products (Parker’s proprietary CAN bus hardware and software products)
• Presented new/improved product designs to customer; prototyped and qualified designs on
customer equipment; and commissioned the designs
• Provided systematic troubleshooting through data acquisition; remote wireless monitoring;
and data analysis
• Acted as both sales account representative and application engineer for one project
resulting in new business with the second largest global construction manufacturer
• Submitted two to five cost reductions per year totaling $10-100K
• Trained/mentored two System Application Engineers and two Sales Trainees
Cummins, Columbus, Indiana
Service Engineer, Heavy Duty Diesel, 1998 - 1999
• Provided systematic troubleshooting and conducted field test through data acquisition and
failure analyses on base engine components resulting in proposed design changes to
current and future products
• Rapid Problem Solving team member skilled in root cause analysis; collected and analyzed
warranty data
• Developed and/or revised standard repair times, manuals, service booklets, and service
information
• Cummins Service representative for three engine platforms to Holset and Wabco
• Worldwide coordinator leading the design and compilation of service literature for Wabco
Air Compressors
EDUCATION
Purdue University, Krannert School of Management, West Lafayette, Indiana
M.B.A., General Management/Strategy and Operations, 2008
Purdue University, College of Engineering - Agricultural and Biological Engineering,
West Lafayette, Indiana
M.S., Machine Systems Engineering, 2001
Master Thesis: Design and Development of a Dynamic Loading Test Machine and Proposed
Industry Test Standard for Hardwood Athletic Playing Surfaces. Travis Neil Wilson, M.S. ABE,
May 2001.
Conference Paper: Design of Testing Apparatus and Proposed Standard for Static and
Dynamic Loads on Athletic Floors. paper number AETC03004. 2003 Agricultural
Equipment Technology Conference Sponsored by ASAE, Louisville, Kentucky, USA,
February 9 – February 11, 2003
Purdue University, College of Engineering - Agricultural and Biological Engineering,
West Lafayette, Indiana
B.S., Machine Systems Engineering, 1997
Continuing and Professional Education
Lean Champion (Emerson internal) 2015
Project Management 2014
Lean New Product Development 2013
Clear Thinking Decision Analysis (Kepner Tregoe based) 2013
Leadership Through People Skills (Emerson Corp. MBA class) 2013
Leading At Emerson 2012
Situational Leadership 2012
Strategic Management 2012
Human Centered Design 2012
Leadership Through People Skills 2011
Improving Office Process with A3 Thinking 2011
Lean Practioners 2010
Dale Carnegie Course Graduate 2010
Shapiro Negotiations Institute Graduate 2008
