Kip Freeman

About Kip Freeman

I AM A LEADER OF AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESSES with record of growing revenue and EBITDA; improving performance in teams; bringing new and innovative products to market; and exceeding P&L targets through strategic focus, employee engagement, and a culture of continuous improvement and safety.I GREW A STARTUP BUSINESS within a larger business by taking a “late to market product concept” and creating a $150M industry leading and high margin business through customer focused strategic planning, disciplined program management, and operational excellence.AS A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LEADER, I used prior P&L experience to expand sales from $220M to over $340M in a market segment by partnering with the execution teams to be more competitive and incorporate innovative features to drive revenue growth and EBITDA margins.I HAVE STRONG EXPERIENCE ACROSS A BROAD RANGE OF BUSINESSES, from precision machined components, motorized systems, to development of complex electronic & software-based systems incorporating advanced signal processing, sensor fusion, prognostics, artificial intelligence, as well as synthetic vision.Executive CompetenciesStrategic Planning | Leading Change | Program Management | Cross Functional Team Leadership | Business Development | Leading Innovation | International Business Acumen | Product Development | Earned Value Management | Continuous Improvement | Data-Driven Business Transformation | Policy Deployment | Government Relations & Lobbying | Civil and Defense Aerospace | Bias for Action | Customer Focus | Negotiations | P&L Accountability | Lean Six Sigma | Systems Engineering | Government (DoD) Contracting |

Experience

1. Board of Directors

   Asic North

   Jun 2005 — Present · Phoenix, AZ, US

   Board member of this privately held ASIC Design and Supply Chain manager business. ASICNorth provides comprehensive Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Development, Verification, Fabrication, Characterization, Qualification and Supply services to the semiconductor industry. We are enabling high-tech industry leaders and startups alike with a combination of digital, analog, and mixed-signal design capabilities. We work with fab and fabless semiconductor companies at various levels, including execution of entire projects or complementing customers’ existing design teams by providing engineering staff as needed. We develop intellectual property, such as data converters, power management, and RFID subsystems, that we deploy to benefit our customers. The majority of our work is done with CMOS and SOI technologies from 180nm down to 7nm.

Education

• University of Massachusetts Lowell

  BSEE, Electrical Engineering

Skills

• Team Leadership
• Aircraft
• Crm
• Strategic Planning
• Military
• Business Development
• Government Contracting
• Process Improvement
• Avionics
• Leadership
• Earned Value Management
• Product Development
• Six Sigma
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Leading Change
• Continuous Improvement
• Program Management
• Systems Engineering
• Dod
• Lean Manufacturing
• Proposal Writing
• Engineering Management
• Strategy
• Manufacturing
• Aviation
• Engineering
• P&L Accountability
• Aerospace