Paul Menig

About Paul Menig

Board Member/Advisor, Business Coach, Mentor. Extensive experience developing and introducing new technology products for aerospace, defense, medical, industrial automation, automotive, truck, and transportation industries. Awarded 6 patents, negotiated partner agreements, created new manufacturing processes, interacted with customers for sales and service, provided leadership of over two hundred person organization after growing from less than 10. Able to provide a wide spectrum of thought to all aspects of business from long range strategy, to financial turn around, to company sale, to production floor process control.Currently focused on manufacturing, technology and transportation. Helping privately held business owners and leaders with sales of $2 million to $200 million get more money from their business and more time for their lives. There is ALWAYS a better way that can SIMPLIFY everything from sales and marketing to production and service. This leads to CLARIFYING the essential part everyone plays in making the business stronger and more valuable.

Experience

1. CEO

   Business Accelerants

   Jan 2012 — Present · Portland, OR, US

   REV up your business (Revenue, Earnings, Value). Provide board leadership, business coaching, and strategic management to companies from $2-200 million in revenue by addressing drivers of value, strategic forces, and focusing your GAME (Grow And Make Earnings) plan.As an intrapreneur at Daimler, Eaton, and GE, demonstrated a breadth of knowledge and capability for all aspects of a business, from understanding market potential to solving field issues. Met customers to understand operations, studied technology to assess successful applications, and created short/long-range product development plans. Under Paul’s leadership, teams created the products, lived with manufacturing issues and saw them through field problems to final success. Has helped hundreds of companies at various stages of development from startup to 150 years old.Board* Governance Fellow of National Association of Corporate Directors * Executive Director Transportation Safety Equipment Institute Board Advisor for private company with revenue greater than $10 million* President National Transportation Center Foundation* Treasurer for private company Qualnetics* Former member Cascade Sierra SolutionsAuthor* Accelerating Start to Finish: Align 7 Forces for Business Success, 2018* Blogger for Fleet Owner IdeaXchange 20••••19* Forecast of industry and technology for Spring Manufacturers Institute, 2016* Forecast of commercial vehicle automated transmission technology, 2016* TMC North American Trailer Rental/Lease Company Survey Report 2021* TMC North American Refrigerated Trailer Survey Report 2022Technical* National Academy of Sciences CommitteesAssessment of Technologies & Approaches for Reducing Fuel Consumption of Trucks—Phase 2Review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership—Phase 3* Former Chair Technology and Engineering Management Society Oregon Section* Former Chair SAE Truck & Bus Electrical Committee* TMC of ATA Future Truck Committee

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  BSEE, Electrical/Electronics Engineering

  1972 — 1976

• Marquette University

  MSEE

Skills

• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Automotive
• Supply Chain
• Process Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Leadership
• New Business Development
• Electronics
• Product Marketing
• Business Management
• Change Management
• Engineering
• Project Management
• Management
• Team Building
• Automotive Engineering
• Manufacturing
• Software Development
• Software Documentation
• Electric Vehicles
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Engineering Management
• Quality Management
• Sales
• Product Management
• Strategic Planning
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Market Analysis
• Vehicles
• Product Development
• Technology Evaluation
• Executive Management
• Business Planning
• Operations Management
• Pricing
• Competitive Analysis
• Start-Ups
• Six Sigma