james lyon

vice president, asia pacific ipd sales and marketing

About

Jim is an executive with a career of unique breadth in management roles spanning business general management, M&A, product development, operations and account management including P&L responsibility. Proven track record of delivering top-line growth, new products to market and improving the bottom line. Jim builds, mentors and inspires high-performing teams and creates cultures of accountability and responsibility while empowering his team to think independently and solve complex business problems creatively. Jim has thirty years of high-tech global business leadership and operations experience spanning early stage start-ups through Fortune 100 companies including over ten years based in China and ten years in an FDA regulated environment.

Country

china

City

shanghai

Industry

electrical/electronic manufacturing

Skill

product development, strategy, start ups, management, leadership, manufacturing, strategic planning, cross functional team leadership, supply chain, supply chain management, program management, business strategy, organizational development, mergers and acquisitions, management consulting, sourcing, lean manufacturing, quality assurance, medical devices, china business development, china and ap operations, cross border m&a, global supply chain management, lean and 6 sigma, new product development, process and production control, product and market management, business development

Experience

managing director, south east asia

graco

2017-7 - Present · 9 yrs 3 mos

Lead commercial operations across all 5 of Graco's divisional platforms. Develop and implement regional strategy, drive growth and deliver top & bottom line results.

director, strategy and business development, asia pacific

owens corning

2015-6 - 2017-7 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Led regional strategy and business development across both Composites and Building Materials for Asia Pacific Region. Focused on inorganic growth and partnerships to leverage sophisticated commercial channels. Led cross border M&A activity.

advanced engineering manager

abbott

1993-1 - 1995-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

vice president, asia pacific ipd sales and marketing

graco

2018-7 - Present · 8 yrs 3 mos

founder and managing director

imfg group

2004-7 - 2006-1 · 1 yr 7 mos

Founded operations and management consulting firm specializing in business restructure to international standards, supply chain and sourcing.

managing director and vice president

robotoolz

1999-10 - 2004-7 · 4 yrs 10 mos

The company designs and manufactures professional grade measurement tools based on laser and advanced electronic technologies. Sold to Bosch in 2008. Responsible for worldwide operations encompassing manufacturing, materials and distribution. Developed start up operations strategy to leverage limited capital. Relocated to Asia to lead the expansion and re-engineering of the Hong Kong and China operation. Full P&L responsibility including Operations, Quality, Product Development and Finance.

director, operations and qa and ra

lifechart

1995-10 - 1999-10 · 4 yrs 1 mo

The Company pioneered remote patient monitoring through automated data uploads. Joint venture between Nokia and Johnson & Johnson Responsible for all Operational activities encompassing manufacturing, distribution and internal data center operations in an FDA regulated environment. Corporate Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs. Liaison to the FDA.

director, innovation, asia pacific

owens corning

2007-11 - 2009-11 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Led multi-site product development team for thriving building materials business in Asia Pacific. Developed the AP Innovation strategy to support the regional customer needs and provide low-cost country product and solutions development to the Company globally.

director, operations, asia pacific

owens corning

2005-12 - 2008-11 · 3 yrs

Directed the operations of a nine (9) plant network throughout the Asia Pacific region comprised of three joint-ventures and six wholly owned entities in building materials segment. Responsible for setting goals/targets to ensure effective achievement of corporate objectives in the areas of safety, quality, availability and cost.

general manager, specialty solutions business, asia pacific

owens corning

2009-11 - 2015-6 · 5 yrs 8 mos

Developed and implemented growth strategy for Owens Corning’s specialty business segment, responsible to drive top/bottom line growth; lead all business operations and full P&L for newly-created business segment.