Mark Harris

About Mark Harris

Medical Device, Aerospace, Semi-Conductor High energy results oriented international business executive with an excellent track record leading and transforming private, public, and PE-owned enterprises. Successfully links sales, engineering and operations into a singular strategy that expands competitive positioning and enables access into new markets. Robust M&A experience. Builds highly motivated teams and develops leaders that achieve rapid results in high growth environments, lean conversions, start-ups, and turnarounds in both high-volume and low-volume-high-mix environments- SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS - Enabled Medical Device (class-1,2,3) division growth of 5.5% YoY and improved EBITA by 158 bps by implementing a multi-faceted manufacturing strategy that simplified the customer experience and reduced manufacturing complexity by repositioning the portfolio into option packages. Migrated the business from a pure make-to-order to a make-to-stock/make-to-order hybrid that decreased lead time from 34 to 3 days at 97% OTD- Gained 40% market share in 2 years upon entrance of the Truck/Off-road vehicles market space by executing a Sales / Eng / Ops strategy of forward-facing-sales-integration, incremental-operations-capacity-blocks, low-cost-tooling, and quick-response-times targeting low-volume-high-mix products- Lead the M&A integration and transformation of a Global Aerospace business acquisition. Grew sales by 42% by restructuring the sales, operations, and engineering into customer centric teams. Improved cash flow by $1.4M and qualified 9 aerospace products in 14 months by vertically integrating qualification testing and modularizing the portfolio.(Aerospace, Defense, Automotive, Industrial, Medical, Life Sciences, Supply Chain, Mergers and Acquisitions, M&A, Business Transformation, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Factory Physics, Internet Of Things, IOT, Additive Manufacturing, AS-9100, TS-9200, ISO-13485, FDA)

Experience

1. Senior Vice President Global Manufacturing

   Veeco

   Oct 2018 — Present

   Global Operations Leadership - Global Engineering Leadership - Global Supply Chain Leadership - Global Logistics Leadership Configure global manufacturing to enable rapid growth while optimizing working capital, cost leverage, and improving customer satisfaction. Implement foundational systems that ensure scalability while developing a world class team & culture of winning.

Education

• 6-Sigma Master Black Belt

  Dayco Purolator

• University of Arkansas

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Certified Lean Conversion Leader

  Shingo (Japan)