Brian Dengler
C-Level R&D & Product Innovation Leader | Driving Breakthrough Consumer Products, Category Creation, and Multi-Billion-Dollar Growth
- Role
- Chief Innovation Officer - New Product Development at Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brian Dengler
C-suite R&D and Product Innovation Executive driving breakthrough consumer products and category-defining growth. Proven success in building scalable innovation pipelines, accelerating go-to-market strategies, and leading high-performing global teams. Track record includes tripling innovation pipelines, reducing development cycles from 18 to 6 months, and growing revenues from $900M to $1.2B. Passionate about consumer insights, end-to-end product leadership, and organizational transformation that delivers measurable business impact.
Experience
Chief Innovation Officer - New Product Development
May 2023 — Present · Doraville, GA, US
Education
University of Cincinnati
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering
1989 — 1994
Skills
- R&D Planning
- Lean Manufacturing
- Continuous Improvement
- Solidworks
- Project Management
- Metals
- Pro Engineer
- Global Teams
- Engineering
- Technological Innovation
- R&D
- Scientific Molding
- Polymers
- Consumer Products
- Injection Molding
- P&L Management
- Kaizen
- Molding
- Coatings
- Product Management
- Stage-Gate
- Technology Needs Analysis
- Product Development
- Innovation Development
- Moldflow
- Engineering Management
- Technology Management
- Plastics
- Innovation Management
- International Project Management
- Team Building
- Cad
- Fmea
- Six Sigma
- Product Launch
- 5s
- Product Innovation
- Design of Experiments
- Manufacturing
- Design for Manufacturing
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