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ROBERT H. BLOCK 3980 Little Falls Drive Cumming, GA 30041 78) 237-3973 robblock2@gmail.

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Senior Executive experienced in global leadership with proven success converting organizational intent into action to drive revenue growth. Offers deep experie nce in instituting the processes and structure to improve both top-line and bott om-line efficiencies. Change Agent with wide-ranging expertise in technical and operational management, customer relations, strategic planning, and product dev elopment and launch for world renowned, multi-billion dollar corporations. Exce ptional communicator able to train, develop, motivate and build strong global or ganizations that deliver impressive results. * Product Innovation: Doubled pipeline efficiency at Newell Rubbermaid B&PE in 12 months, and reduced time to market by 50%, through initiating and implementin g full innovation and stage-gate process. * Business Development: Identified $10 Million in new aviation and military bus iness for Takata through revamped market strategy and reduced cost and turn-arou nd time to develop critical new safety technology. * Operational Excellence: Reduced scrap from 8% of revenue to 2.5% at KSS by id entifying and correcting quality system deficiencies and swiftly implementing pr ocess equipment and control logic upgrades. * Revenue Growth: Delivered Federal-Mogul Lighting's highest annual customer sa les growth by securing over $180M in new life-of-program recurring revenue. * Large Capital Projects: Designed, built & started up 5 manufacturing faciliti es in the US, Europe & Asia for TRW, Federal-Mogul and KSS. Installed European assembly lines and supply chain for Takata. * Global Management: Reduced SG&A costs at Newell Rubbermaid 20% by consolidati ng resources from 2 recent overseas acquisitions into 1 high performing global o rganization. EURO-PRO LLC, Boston, Massachusetts 2012 - 2013 $1B+ privately held designer and manufacturer of consumer durable electronics. Named to Inc. magazine's Inc. 5000 list of the "fastest-growing private companie s in America" 3 consecutive years! Senior Vice-President of Engineering and Program Management Recruited by the President to bring executive leadership and focus to their rapi dly growing product categories and bring order to chaos. Build a world-class te am and lead all product development, engineering, software, industrial design, m anufacturing launch, and program management for innovative high end branded cons umer appliances and electronics. Tasked with doubling top-line revenue through enhanced innovation program, organizational restructuring and culture change. D irectly aligned and upgraded all third-party quality and manufacturing in China across multiple suppliers. * Upon joining, undertook a detailed analysis of the product development and man ufacturing systems and put in place new structure, strategies, processes, PDM sy stem and workforce to double efficiency and improve quality. * Doubled pipeline efficiency to launch 25 new products in 6 months, twice that of the previous year. TAKATA CORPORATION, Greensboro, North Carolina 2012 $5 B international designer and manufacturer of safety-critical consumer, commer cial, automotive, military & aerospace components and systems. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Vice-President of Global Business Development/Business Unit General Manager Sought out by Takata for a 12 month contract to develop the complete business pl an for a high profile global consumer products business to increase revenue five

-fold in 5 years, including manufacturing, sourcing, organizational structure an d staffing, pricing, e-commerce strategy and retail distribution. Directly led sales, marketing, operations, engineering, quality and procurement. Direct P&L responsibility for $30 Million. * Developed supply chain strategy, e-commerce, and installed new manufacturing i nto Germany to expand footprint of Japanese domestic product line into Europe, c apturing $7.5M in additional revenue in the first year. * Developed complete business plan for global consumer products business to incr ease revenue five-fold in 5 years and improve profitability by 1500 basis points and reduce COGS by 1200 basis points. NEWELL RUBBERMAID, Atlanta, Georgia 2009-2012 $6 B international designer and manufacturer of globally known branded consumer durable and commercial products. Global Vice-President of Research, Design & Technology Brought into Newell to restructure and redefine the innovation process and globa l organization. Rebuilt a team of 125+ personnel and directly led all engineeri ng, software, six-sigma, research, industrial design, intellectual property, pro gram management and technical services across 5 global R&D centers and a budget of $27M. Defined and executed global innovation strategy and all elements of ne w product development to drive new business, grow revenue and deliver GBU P&L re sults. * Doubled pipeline efficiency in 12 months, and reduced time to market by 50%, t hrough initiating and implementing full innovation, stage-gate and PLM system to manage NPD, resource planning and product portfolio. * Reduced SG&A costs 20% by re-aligning the global structure and consolidating r esources from two recent acquisitions into one high performing efficient and eff ective global R&D organization. KEY SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC. (KSS), Sterling Heights, Michigan 2001-2009 PE owned $1.5 B international designer and manufacturer of safety-critical autom otive and military components and systems. Vice-President & General Manager (2008-2009) Chief Technology Officer and head of the Corporate Technology Council. Restruct ured and directly led all internal technical services, design, laboratories and product and system engineering functions. Development of new corporate entity t o position the company as a technical solutions provider for B2B sales of softwa re, simulation and analysis. Worked with C-level executives to develop and exec ute strategic plans, product roadmaps and product portfolios. * Created a new profit center/ business unit including all elements of Sales & M arketing, Engineering, e-Commerce, etc. Full Global P&L responsibility. 100% r evenue growth in 16 months. * Drove a 50% reduction in time to market by redesigning corporate short and lon g-term technology and innovation strategies to align with OEM insights. Senior Vice-President of Operations and Engineering (2007-2008) Brought in to specifically address operational deficiencies. Drove increased ef ficiency, safety, quality and revenue as leader of multi-site manufacturing oper ations for $150M division with facilities in Florida, Mexico, Italy and China. Provided decisive leadership and direction for corporate operations and all asso ciated P&L functions encompassing Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, IT, EH& S, Quality and HR. Employed 750 direct and indirect reports. * Operational Excellence: Reduced scrap from 8% of revenue to 2.5% by correctin g quality system and process deficiencies. Reduced inventory by $2M, and increa sed inventory turns by 20%. * Launched new greenfield factory in China. Led all aspects of facility constru ction and startup. * Installed new $10M capital expansion of chemical processing for new technology product line.

Vice President of Global Engineering (2003-2007) Built the team and led all program management, product development and launch ac ross 4 engineering centers in the US, Germany and China with over 300 technical staff and a budget of $32M. Key member of 3-person private equity backed (Carly le Management Group) turnaround team charged with the technical, operational, co mmercial, and financial success of the Division. * Tripled divisional EBITDA by bolstering efficiency and slashing overhead expen ses while boosting production. * Awarded R&D 100 award for most significant new technologies of the year. Director of Global R&D (2001-2003) Global accountability for the North American and European Research and Developme nt and Core Engineering operations as the manager of 7 direct and 40 indirect pe rsonnel. Performed technology needs assessments and rightsizing tests to ensure a high rate of commercialization for specific emerging technologies. * Championed new product developments and implementations to global OEM clients in North America, Europe, and Asia as company's primary technical and compliance representative for new technology. * Captured $20M in new revenue in 12 months as part of a large-scale research pr oject participated in by several well-known universities and hospitals to invent a cutting edge lower extremity protection device. FEDERAL-MOGUL, Troy, Michigan 1998-2001 Diversified $6.3 billion global supplier to the automotive, truck, agricultural, marine, rail and industrial markets. Senior Sales & Program Manager Platform Manager, led all facets of direct OEM sales, product development and la unch for full automotive modules, and electrical systems across five manufacturi ng locations. Responsible for all commercial efforts, product costing and recov ery, program budgets, EVA, sales, program timing, problem solving, and engineeri ng design and performance. * Secured over $180M in new life-of-program recurring revenue in 2000, deliverin g company's highest annual customer sales growth. * Improved gross profit margin from 14% to 32% through aggressive pricing negoti ations. Turned around an out-of-control program, regaining customer confidence and delivering under budget. * Installed JIT sequencing center and assembly lines to service new Chrysler veh icle assembly. TRW, Washington, Michigan 1990-1998 $13 billion automotive and aerospace supplier and one of the top financial perfo rmers in the industry. Manager, Value Analysis (1997 - 1998) Led a department to identify, develop, track, and implement engineering and manu facturing VA/VE projects across multiple disciplines. Responsible for six plant locations in Michigan, Tennessee, Arizona and Mexico. Provided hands-on traini ng seminars and workshops to all employees. Conducted advanced product planning . * Saved $83M of an $870M material spend in 1998 by aggressively identifying and implementing cost reductions for all TRW division locations. * Tripled historical savings metrics by developing and implementing new function analysis based VA procedures. Group Leader, Applications Engineering (1993 - 1997) Design manager and departmental supervisor for team of product development engin eers. Responsible for all global regulatory requirements and ensuring complianc e. Start-up of new UK inflator manufacturing facility. Direct liaison to domes tic and international OEMs. New product launch coordinator.

* Resolved major technical issues with a new product line about to be launched, allowing them to be successfully brought to market for sales in excess of $20M. * Following several years of poor relations, played a pivotal role in regaining Asian OEM customer confidence in TRW and gaining new business in excess of $10M. Project Manager, Project Team (1992 - 1993) Lead engineer and manager for the design, construction and startup of chemical p lant upgrade. Responsible for budget, scheduling, process design, equipment spe cification and procurement, construction interface and system integration. * As project manager for TRW's new chemical manufacturing plant, directed a sele ct engineering team as well as construction personnel to double plant capacity i n 9 months - ahead of schedule and under budget. Senior Development Engineer, Research Labs (1990 - 1992) Design and safely evaluate new production chemical processes for every phase of airbag propellant manufacture. Head process development and lead team of engine ers and laboratory technicians. Carry research from bench scale to pilot plant to plant scale-up. Design and planning of new laboratory facility. * Developed new airbag propellant and booster coating formulation and manufactur ing process through a "skunk-works" R&D facility. Successfully brought these pr ocesses through scale-up and into manufacturing. ADCO Products (subsidiary of Nalco Chemical), Michigan Center, MI 1987 - 1 990 ADCO Global, Inc. is a focused rubber & plastics and specialty chemical company. Development Chemist, Research & Development Dept. Research and develop new specialty chemicals and products for the Consumer Goods , Tire, Roofing and Automotive industries. Production design and scale-up of ne cessary product manufacturing equipment. Supervision of laboratory analysis, te chnicians and production personnel. Technical service to new and existing OEM c ustomers. * Researched, developed and implemented line of innovative, environmentally frie ndly, water based coatings and adhesives to replace VOC based products. * Company expert in Taguchi DOE design for robustness and problem solving. 3M, Wayne, MI 1986 3M is a diversified technology and chemical company serving customers with innov ative products and services. Process Engineer Manage GC and Mass Spec. analysis, packaging, handling, labeling, transportation , and disposal of all on-site hazardous waste. Update product formulations and standards. Issue laboratory test reports with quality control product certifica tion to customers. Assisted in closing of plant and moving production equipment to another 3M site. * Led a team of engineers working in a plant unionized environment * Analyzed and safely disposed of over 100,000 gallons of hazardous chemical mat erial in three months. Completed task in 3 months at no net cost to the company . Master of Arts in Organizational Management, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Ari zona Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Board of Directors, Institute for Innovators Board of Directors, Automotive Occupant Restraint Council (AORC)

Board of Directors, Automotive Safety Council Board of Directors, KHIC Council Member - Gerson Lehrman Group Research Consulting Management Platform Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Featured speaker: - 2005 Airbag and Seatbelt Technology Conference - 2007 SAE Congress - 2007 Hong Kong International Conference Asia Pacific Automotive Industry, 200 7 - 2008 Wards Auto Interiors Show - 2010 AORC Annual meeting - 2011 Automotive Safety Council annual meeting. Patents: - US Patent 7,048,298 Inflatable Knee Bolster - US Patent 7,354,064 Active Tether Airbag - US Patent Application 2005/0006884A1 Occupant Safety Protection System PUBLIC PROFILE http://www.linkedin.com/in/robertblock

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