• Led Lexmark, the multi-billion dollar, Fortune-500 IBM imaging division spin-off, with over 10,000 employees, serving accounts ranging over $100M across 170 countries and in every industry sector.
• Grew device sales faster than any time in the previous 10 years from 1.35M to 1.48M units, and as a result, increased market share and restored the installed base, and simultaneously…
• Executed deep process reengineering, thereby transforming the business from negative EBITDA to a positive $303M EBITDA and reducing a high debt level to a healthier debt level, from a debt/EBITDA ratio over 10 to 5.
• Exceeded both revenue and EBITDA targets month after month and every quarter, and overachieved annual EBITDA target by 2x.
• Achieved the largest reduction in channel inventory in company history from 44 to 29 billion pages, thus eliminating excess inventory payments and stabilizing the business.
• Executed the biggest product launch in company history refreshing 92% of the product line.
• Restructured the company, globalized services, and re-engineered systems and processes, and specifically lowered cycle time by 49%, cut SKUs by 51%, reduced parts by 24%, and eliminated overdesign.
• Expanded the addressable market by launching new low-end product offerings that leveraged newly acquired manufacturing capabilities, and developed new OEM and Channel partners.
• Stimulated installed base productivity with vertical and horizontal software solutions, and price incentives.
• Led Lexmark, the multi-billion dollar, Fortune-500 IBM imaging division spin-off, with over 10,000 employees, serving accounts ranging over $100M across 170 countries and in every industry sector. • Grew device sales faster than any time in the previous 10 years from 1.35M to 1.48M units, and as a result, increased market share and restored the installed base, and simultaneously… • Executed deep process reengineering, thereby transforming the business from negative EBITDA to a positive $303M EBITDA and reducing a high debt level to a healthier debt level, from a debt/EBITDA ratio over 10 to 5. • Exceeded both revenue and EBITDA targets month after month and every quarter, and overachieved annual EBITDA target by 2x. • Achieved the largest reduction in channel inventory in company history from 44 to 29 billion pages, thus eliminating excess inventory payments and stabilizing the business. • Executed the biggest product launch in company history refreshing 92% of the product line. • Restructured the company, globalized services, and re-engineered systems and processes, and specifically lowered cycle time by 49%, cut SKUs by 51%, reduced parts by 24%, and eliminated overdesign. • Expanded the addressable market by launching new low-end product offerings that leveraged newly acquired manufacturing capabilities, and developed new OEM and Channel partners. • Stimulated installed base productivity with vertical and horizontal software solutions, and price incentives.