Dipl.-Ing. Erik Petersen

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Inhaber, Managing Director, Alpha Returns Consulting, LLC
Chicago, Vereinigte Staaten

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Berufserfahrung von Erik Petersen

  • Bis heute 9 Monate, seit 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.

  • Bis heute 1 Jahr und 9 Monate, seit 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.

  • 7 Jahre und 5 Monate, Dez. 2016 - Apr. 2024

    VP of Sales & Marketing

    Dexter Magnetic Technologies GmbH

    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 Monate, Mai 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.

  • 6 Monate, März 2020 - Aug. 2020

    Interim Head of R&D Engineering

    Dexter Magnetic Technologies

    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 Jahre und 9 Monate, Apr. 2011 - Dez. 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 Jahr und 11 Monate, Juni 2009 - Apr. 2011

    Regional Sales Manager

    Konecranes

    Capital equipment distribution management for US West Coast.

  • 1 Jahr und 6 Monate, Jan. 2008 - Juni 2009

    Business Development Support Engineer

    Konecranes

    Provided technical sales support to Regional Managers covering a distribution network across the US and Canada.

  • 4 Jahre und 1 Monat, Jan. 2004 - Jan. 2008

    Technical Expert

    Konecranes

    Supervised after-market technical services including customer support and warranty.

Ausbildung von Erik Petersen

  • 2 Monate, März 2019 - Apr. 2019

    International Business

    IPADE Mexico City, MX

    Doing Business in Mexico as an Emerging Market

  • 3 Jahre und 1 Monat, Juli 2016 - Juli 2019

    MBA

    Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management

    Finance, Leadership, and Strategy

  • 11 Monate, Aug. 2001 - Juni 2002

    Elektrotechnik

    Technische Hochschule Lübeck

    Wireless communications, German language and culture.

  • 4 Jahre und 4 Monate, Aug. 1999 - Nov. 2003

    Electrical Engineering

    Milwaukee School of Engineering

    Wireless communications, power networks, and marketing.

Sprachen

  • Englisch

    Muttersprache

  • Deutsch

    Gut

  • Spanisch

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