Anthony Mills

Consulting and training in strategic innovation and innovation management. Strategic leadership of NPD projects using a nuclear, network-based model, helping businesses develop and commercialize new product and service innovations.

Lead innovation projects in the Fabric Care Advanced Development Group & New Business Creation IBU.

Led Engineering, R&D, and New Product Development functions, with key emphasis on assessing market needs and developing / executing a freshened product / technology roadmap to fill in critical portfolio gaps. Also led Global Application Engineering Group, with staff in North America, Europe, and Asia, driving close attention to customer requirements and delivery of novel solutions to challenging OEM applications.

Hired to lead Engineering Department, driving a unified engineering vision, organizational structure, and business discipline following acquisition of two systems/component manufacturers, per HBG’s goal to emerge as a full-line provider to the bicycle market. Major product focus involved disc brakes, suspension forks, rear shocks, rims and wheels.

Appointed to a select team of four engineering leaders displaying advanced levels of technical, communication, and business skills/acumen to serve as internal consultants on Lean and Design for Six Sigma methods/tools, advising departments and cross-functional teams throughout the Product Development Center.

Progressive and evolving responsibilities leading teams of 4-12 Product/Design Engineers, and driving new strategies and tactics in products developed for Ford. Role encompassed broad responsibility for oversight of new product launches and maintenance/improvement of existing products.

As primary engineer, successfully led the launch of several new automotive interior products in the vehicle overhead zone, including headliners, consoles, maplamps, grabhandles, and electronics integration. Successfully led design, prove-out, and production tooling for Ford’s compliance to FMVSS 201 for head impact – a major new company and industry-wide challenge. Pivotal in the development of JCI’s AutoVision DVD Family Entertainment System

Offered training and consulting services in world-class business practices for new product development (NPD), including a focus on the technologies that enable NPD. Primary client objectives involved faster time-to-market, increased market share, improved quality, and lowered costs, achieved via improved business processes and infrastructures.

Structural Analyst – assessed static and dynamic structural performance of body-structure components using linear Finite Element Analysis (primary metrics: stress, displacement, and strain-energy density). Worked with the product design team to drive structural modifications to meet strength and weight targets. Successfully completed the two-year Ford College Graduate Program, gaining a broad understanding of the automotive industry while developing and applying various engineering and

Marketing, Leadership

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