Duane Preiss

Semiconductor vertical global product leader responsible for identifying and commercializing cross Honeywell products and services that deliver unique customer value within the semiconductor fab environment.

Focused on commercialization development activities and the development and management of ecosystem partners for the launch of 3M's Expanded Beam Optical ferrule and connector technology.

P&L and strategic planning responsibility for complex global interconnect business with broad product portfolio including low speed wire to board, high reliability industrial connectors and assemblies, and high speed cable and cable assembly solutions focused on data center and high performance computing applications.

Global marketing and product management responsibilities for 3M's Twin Axial Cable and Storage Connectors which provide increased performance and flexible options for data storage design and installations - www.3MTwinAx.com

Focused on identifying and developing opportunities to expand 3M's presence in the mobile electronics market space.

Project manager focused on high priority projects within the department. Main tasks were to conduct and lead high impact projects resulting in inventory reduction, cost reduction, and sales growth, and market development for the department.

Territory Sales Representative for education, corporate and government focused audiovisual products including both distribution and end-user customer development. • Developed and managed nationwide government and military product awareness and business development program. • Conduct both end-user and distribution level product awareness activities including end-user demonstrations, dealer lunch and learns, vendor customer days, and product trade shows. • Manage multiple-state territory involving 25 - 40% travel with responsibility for training distribution on new product releases and building end-user awareness through product demonstrations, trade show participation, and targeted customer cold-call development. • Received VSD Elite Sales Team Award in 2006 for exceeding annual sales goal.

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Senior on-site manager for 10,000 SqFt, 20 employee 3M outsource global distribution, technical repair and manufacturing facility. • Developed and managed total MRP for 3M manufacturing project including the sourcing and inventory management of consigned raw materials at outsourced global manufacturing sites. • Managed all aspects of global supply chain for 3M projector sales with monthly inventories exceeding $4M including monthly finished goods purchase requests, warehousing and inventory control, and global finished goods distribution. • Instituted cradle-to-grave serialized inventory tracking system that significantly reduced inventory-reporting errors from 15% to <1% in first three months on the job and provided the basis for over-and-short analysis and correction. • Maintained responsibility for all facility’s HR decisions and infrastructure updates and maintenance.