Benjamin Goode

About Benjamin Goode

As an innovative, data-driven, and visionary executive leader, I have a diverse management background in the commercial and defense sectors. This has involved full profit & loss (P&L) control, operations management, leadership of programs, new product development, supply chain oversight, and quality management, as well as allocating resources and complex problem solving.During my career, I have been recognized for leading with integrity, solid ethics, and a people approach, to successfully create a solid understanding of key business drivers and motivations, which has resulted in building organizations, teams, and processes to drive operational excellence. I also champion continuous improvement, process re-engineering, and technology to drive automation and innovation.My accomplishments include hands-on leadership and empowerment of collaborative teams, encouraging individuals to push the boundaries, maximize key capabilities, and achieve high-performance levels. I also encourage all employees to conceptualize and implement ideas to form part of operational excellence. At the senior leadership level, I adopt a strategic planning and analysis approach to steer the organizational direction, vision, and mission, concentrating on mid to long-term goals, while identifying potential risks as owner of the growth process.In academia, I am educated to MBA and Bachelor of Science level, with multiple certifications in project management, marketing, strategic selling, and engineering. I also hold affiliations with the International Honor Society for Business. I welcome any further opportunity to increase my potential through training or memberships.Via LinkedIn, I would like to continue to expand my network to share opportunities, interests, trends, and technologies with similar professionals in the commerce and defense sectors.

Experience

1. Chief Operating Officer (COO) VP Scm & Qms

   Synapse Wireless, Inc

   Apr 2017 — Present · Huntsville, AL, US

   With oversight of over seven individual functions, my remit is to define and execute long-term strategies for growth and development, people maximization, and continuous improvement. I set quarterly goals for groups and individuals to contribute to achieving corporate goals. I adapt program management expertise to propel strategic initiatives forward, maximizing resources at all levels. I identify risks and monitor KPIs to action plans and drive continuous improvement. My key contributions:• Transformed supply chain by adopting a different approach and ISO9001:2015 compliance.• Decreased cost of testing and accelerated product time to market using test innovations.• Diversified supply network by onboarding and retaining key contract manufacturers.• Sustained product inventory at optimum levels in a global supply chain, despite the pandemic.• Improved gross margins YOY in the last three years via major supplier negotiations.• Deployed a compliant ISO 9001:2015 QMS in nine months, recognized as world-class.• Encouraged workforce to design and implement 100+ continuous improvement ideas.• Increased customer feedback scores during QA audits from 27% to 73% in a year.• Accelerated NPI by 25%+ and design release to just weeks via process engineering.• Rebuilt supply chain to reduce standard lead times from 16 weeks to as low as 2 weeks.• Advanced on-time delivery from within a year of continuous improvement.• Served as interim CFO to oversee the accounting and financial organization.• Reduced supply chain expenses by 68%, accounting for a percentage of overall revenue.

Education

• Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management

  Masters of Business Administration, MBA, Business Administration, Management and Operations

• Project Management Training Institute (PMTI)

  Project Management Professional

• The University of Alabama in Huntsville

  Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

  1990 — 1995