Madelaine Saunders, MBA

- Drove continuous improvement in wire and cable manufacturing by defining equipment capabilities and process windows, and improving efficiency, quality, cost, and equipment utilization. - Led safety and scrap reduction initiatives through root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and optimization of materials, processes, and manufacturing techniques - Partnered with production, maintenance, and vendors to implement operational improvements and develop standardized process documentation

• Strategy: Researched power application spaces, created competitive marketing assessments, and presented recommendations to senior management, leading to the development of new projects with NPV of $60M. • Leadership: Created and led Reliability Team and spearheaded supplier contract negotiations, improving quality and reducing out-of-spec product by $10.7MM annually using Lean and Six Sigma concepts, tracked and managed project budgets and led teams to deliver goals on time • Innovation: Developed new wire and cable products and led customer qualification testing, generating incremental annual revenue of $2.5M.

• Market Research: Conducted customer interviews to identify application-space needs, leading to approval of 3 new R&D projects. • Strategy: Managed 10-person cross-functional team to develop a five-year marketing strategic plan and growth strategy, driving strategic alignment with stakeholders. • Project Management: Managed stage-gate reviews for five global projects with $65M+ NPV, ensuring customer relevancy and project timeliness.

• Marketing Strategy: Conducted 5P’s market assessment, identifying new marketing messaging that showcased products’ technical benefits to customers. • Market Research: Benchmarked competitors to identify product gaps and opportunities, recommending new product launches.

• Initiative: Created documentation for over 100+ products in a global portfolio to facilitate internal product knowledge and customer-facing discussions, leading to incremental revenue of $10M+. • Continuous Improvement: Streamlined plant trial process, driving more effective, efficient, and faster product qualifications. • Technical Service: Led 10 customer product qualifications, leading to 15MM pounds in new business volume.

• Optimization: Improved manufacturing waste stream process through operating discipline, decreasing product cycle time by 25% and generating $750K in annual savings. • Process Improvement: Implemented process control scheme to improve cleanliness of line, increasing production rate by10% per day.

• Adaptability: Led plant qualification of new supplier/material during raw material shortage, avoiding shutdown; Received Technology Center Award for Resilience and Value Generation. • Leadership: Represented production engineers on Site Leadership Operations Council Steering Team, coordinating operational optimization initiatives. • Communication: Liaised with external stakeholders, translating technical concepts to a non-technical audience.

Energy Business Track with Marketing and Strategy concentration

• Assisted with design and specification of reactor vessels • Aided in the design and sizing of rupture disks and other safety relief devices • Performed technical review of P&IDs and process datasheets prior to release

• Tracking and reporting of design submittals and requests for information via database • Equipment and instrumentation list coordination and database entry • Document quality reviews of process and mechanical drawings prior to release • Technical research and general support of design staff

• Performed multiple scientific procedures including Western blotting, RNA Immunoprecipatation, and bacterial transformation • Instructed interns in laboratory techniques and safety procedures • Applied learned techniques to illustrate to children the benefits of entering a science related field

BS in Chemical Engineering, SWE Board Member, Karate,

Lab Research