Dipl.-Ing. Erik Petersen
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Berufserfahrung von Erik Petersen
- Current 1 year and 2 months, since Apr 2025
Strategic Advisor
Skyraptor, Inc
Skyraptor is disrupting the wind power services market with its robotics solutions to age old challenges in servicing and repairing wind turbine blades. I am actively supporting commercialization and leading fund-raising efforts as a strategic advisor.
- Current 2 years and 2 months, since Apr 2024
Managing Director
Alpha Returns Consulting, LLC
Executive consulting services for small and medium size B2B manufacturing businesses. Services include strategy development and execution, commercial excellence, operational excellence, and trade compliance.
Magnetic Holdings, LLC, a Private Equity backed portfolio business, I served as Head of Sales & Marketing for all brands globally including sales, marketing, customer service, business development, and product management as well as government relations and contract law. During my tenure, I grew the annual orders rate by ~3.5x and sales by ~2.9x with significant growth in EBITDA %. Initiatives included strategy deployment, commercial excellence, and building a physical presence in Europe.
- 5 months, May 2022 - Sep 2022
Interim General Manager
Magnetic Component Engineering: a portfolio business of Dexter/Permag
Interim General Manager role with full P&L responsibilities for MCE, a bolt-on acquisition. During this stretch assignment, I led the business to retain all members of the management team, initiated its lean transformation, and improved its direct labor practices that resulted in growth of EBITDA by 50bps.
Interim Head of R&D Engineering for a Dexter Magnetic Technologies, a platform operating business under the Dexter Holdings umbrella. During this stretch assignment, I led the team to launch SolidWorks project management software and transitioned the engineering team to have a direct role in the company's NPI sales process that resulted in a 3x increase in successful NPI projects inclusive of owned and applied IP.
- 4 years and 9 months, Apr 2011 - Dec 2015
Business Development Manager (Americas)
Konecranes
Lead all sales, marketing, and support service operations for a line of branded control products including co-located and remote international teams covering North America and South America.
- 1 year and 11 months, Jun 2009 - Apr 2011
Regional Sales Manager
Konecranes
Capital equipment distribution management for US West Coast.
- 1 year and 6 months, Jan 2008 - Jun 2009
Business Development Support Engineer
Konecranes
Provided technical sales support to Regional Managers covering a distribution network across the US and Canada.
- 4 years and 1 month, Jan 2004 - Jan 2008
Technical Expert
Konecranes
Supervised after-market technical services including customer support and warranty.
Ausbildung von Erik Petersen
- 2 months, Mar 2019 - Apr 2019
International Business
IPADE Mexico City, MX
Doing Business in Mexico as an Emerging Market
- 3 years and 1 month, Jul 2016 - Jul 2019
MBA
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
Finance, Leadership, and Strategy
- 11 months, Aug 2001 - Jun 2002
Elektrotechnik
Technische Hochschule Lübeck
Wireless communications, German language and culture.
- 4 years and 4 months, Aug 1999 - Nov 2003
Electrical Engineering
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Wireless communications, power networks, and marketing.
Sprachen
English
C2 (Verhandlungssicher / Muttersprachlich)
German
B1-B2 (Gute Kenntnisse)
Spanish
A1-A2 (Grundkenntnisse)
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