Ethan Sandahl

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ABOUT ETHAN SANDAHL

Mid to Senior Level Leader with a proven track record of successful product launches and optimizations with results often exceeding profit projections. Specializes in developing Products, Processes, People and Teams in a collaborative and engaging manner. Distills ambiguity to action through clear strategy and shared visions. Sets leadership examples through succinct situational analysis to establish plans of action. Able to quickly understands technologies and markets is a major success factor across my experiences in Life Sciences, Medical Devices, Contraband Detection, Chemical Instrumentation, and Non-Destructive Testing. Matrixed with my professional stretch roles to include Six Sigma Black Belt, M&A, Integration Leadership and Global Procurement. Creating HIGHLY effective teams through my ‘Trust and Adjust’ positive development approach to assure my teams that they have my trust and support to push themselves and try different approaches. ‘Problem Paratrooper’ Often called upon as a leader to be dropped into highly ambiguous, or entangled issues and work my way back out of the problem. Highly energized situations require my developed flexibility to go from extremely tactical actions and plans to Executive and Senior leadership report-outs.Driving Change, one of my favorite things! Change IS evolution and is hard. I lead with extensive change experience and develop tools to drive decisive actions. Always setting examples of professionalism, inclusiveness and transparency to maximize the project/program efficiencies.