Ed Leaphart

About Ed Leaphart

I am an experienced global leader and talent builder. I have lived, worked and traveled extensively in North America, Europe, Asia, and South America. My main countries of exposure are Singapore, Colombia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Phillipines, Thailand, Korea, Spain, UK, USA, Czech Republic, Australia, and Pakistan. I have exposure working with markets in Africa and the Middle East. My main strength is identifying current business gaps and unmet consumer needs that focus on global growth including developing strategies for effective portfolio management and delivering global opportunities by identifying exceptional talent and developing them into succesful global leaders. I also have experience leading organization design for R&D including goverment interactions regarding innovation expansion and organizational design for a global R&D network. I speak Spanish at a conversational level. I was born in the USA and I am a native English speaker.Specialties: Government liaison (Singapore, Colombia), Global Innovation Infrastructure Analysis, Global Economic Analysis as it pertains to analyzing attractive innovation locations, Valuing Innovation, Total Delivered Cost Analysis, Front End Innovation, Building Teams and Developing Talent.

Experience

1. Senior Director of Global R & d - Baby & Child Care Product Stewardship

   Kimberly-Clark

   Dec 2024 — Present · Neenah, WI, US

Education

• Auburn University

  Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering

  1991 — 1997

• University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh

  MBA Core Classes

Skills

• Business Development
• Innovation Management
• Project Management
• Portfolio Management
• Start-Ups
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Personal Care
• Research and Development (R&D)
• Organizational Design
• Continuous Improvement
• Leadership
• Product Management
• R&D
• Management
• Consumer Products
• Manufacturing
• Fmcg
• Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (Fmcg)
• Product Innovation
• Product Development
• Analysis