Lothar Freund

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ABOUT LOTHAR FREUND

Driving revenue growth and profit through smart, innovative, high-performance organizations and teams l•••••••@sbcglobal.net As a transformational global CTO I bring unique talents, background and leadership to growth companies. Known throughout my career as a deeply technical leader (Ph.D. in Polymer Science, 20+ years of R&D Experience), business strategist, and product innovation driver, I’ve succeeded in defining and executing visionary enterprise technology strategies and infrastructure, building out high-performance organizations and teams, developing best-in-class product and service offerings, and accelerating revenue and profitability. My passion for leading enterprise transformations, instilling cultures of innovation, and envisioning performance-boosting technology and business strategies has enabled organizations to improve manufacturing environments, enhance customer experience, and create global market advantage. Leadership highlights include: Building out global manufacturing/technology environments and product portfolios for startups and existing companies producing new revenue streams and generating profit margins of up to 50%. Formulating technology strategies and roadmaps fully aligned with business objectives, transforming manufacturing operations, accelerating innovation, and boosting manufacturing capacity up to 40%. Leading technology/R&D transformations that doubled EBITDA, tripled Innovation (vitality index), and redefined organizational culture to be more innovative and performance driven. OTHER NOTABLE INFORMATION _ Recently expanded a startup’s product portfolio by developing and commercializing a process to transform used tires into new applications like TPE compounds._ Employ 4E leadership model (Envision, Engage, Enable, Empower) to improve collaboration, engagement, and accountability across global organizations._ Direct up to 450+ staff,$80M budgets.