Judd Perner
Experienced R&D & Marketing Executive | Driving Product Innovation, Brand Growth & Market Leadership in Industrial Markets
- Role
- Strategic Brand & Marketing Consultant at Neal Slate Co
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Judd Perner
Experienced R&D and Marketing executive with a passion for leading great teams in the creation of disruptive and market leading products. I have spent the majority of my career helping manufacturing organizations grow through innovation, process optimization, portfolio management, and teambuilding. My proven track record of delivering new products and cost reductions has resulted in major share growth and margin improvement at multiple enterprises.Throughout my professional career, I have worked with organizations spanning from small-cap to blue-chip in size, with a primary focus on mid-sized businesses held by private equity. Areas of expertise include new product development, brand building, strategic planning, product management, intellectual property, lean manufacturing, value engineering, organization design, and leading from the front.
Experience
Strategic Brand & Marketing Consultant
Sep 2025 — Present
Providing marketing leadership to strengthen brand direction, refine strategy, and identify growth opportunities.• Executing initiatives to modernize market presence, craft customer-focused messaging, and build competitive differentiation.• Driving strategic planning and measurable outcomes that support revenue growth in the industrial and educational display markets
Education
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Bachelor of Science, Engineering Technology: Mechanical Design & Plastics
2005 — 2010
University of Wisconsin Stout Graduate School
Master of Science (M.S.), Manufacturing Engineering
2011 — 2013
Skills
- Solidworks
- Project Management
- Product Safety
- Continuous Improvement
- Workplace Safety
- Industrial Safety
- Product Development
- Rapid Prototyping
- Mechanical Engineering
- Prototyping
- Product Design
- Project Engineering
- Six Sigma
- Product Launch
- Team Building
- Safety Committee
- Engineering Design
- Autodesk Software
- Injection Molding
- Design for Manufacturing
- Strategic Planning
- Microsoft Office
- Design Engineering
- Value Stream Mapping
- Creo Parametric
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Fmea)
- Process Improvement
- R&D
- Compliance Testing
- Manufacturing
- Lean Manufacturing
- Plastics
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Finite Element Analysis
- Tolerance Analysis
- Pro/Engineer
- Fmea
- Cad
- Design for Assembly
- Inventor
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