Grede CEO and leadership

As an accomplished CEO with deep public company and private equity leadership experience. I reverse, re-energize and catapult underperforming companies to industry-leading top and bottom line performance. A transformative business growth accelerator, I orchestrate strategic, financial, operations, product development and market-facing levers in challenging industry and organizational environments. An active, influential member of multiple boards of directors, I have ramped company value by triple and quadruple digits while strengthening foundational business operations. By blending business intellect, best practices and a collaborative approach with natural leadership, analytical insight, an engaging interpersonal style and unique combination of both PE and public company experience I quickly impact key performance areas.

Vision and Strategy - Throughout career repeatedly identified untapped value and organizational capability to define growth roadmaps. Led double digit CAGR organic growth, while integrating 14 acquisitions over five years. As operating committee chairperson on board doubled PE platform enterprise value.

Financial and Organizational Leadership - Served as CEO and Board chairman/member of several companies, leading and facilitating top grading of leadership teams, driving double and triple digit growth in revenue, margin and shareholder value.

Non-Organic Growth and Revenue Generation - Post bankruptcy helped triple sales funnel, increasing hit-rate and leading to highest new business win rate in company’s previous 10 years. Acquired and successfully integrated 14 strategic acquisitions over five years. Introduced six new products generating seven-figures in revenue.

Operational Expertise - Throughout career deployed contemporary operating practices and methodologies, improving both fill rate and delivery while reducing working capital by half of book value. Implemented production system resulting in near tripling of gross operating margins.

Mike Lobbia is a Chief Financial Officer at Grede.

Chris Risdon is a Chief Procurement Officer, Vice President Supply Chain Operations at Grede and is based in Southfield, Michigan. He has worked as Commodity Manager at Ford; Senior Manager - Procurement Engineering and Program Management at Lockheed Martin; and Senior Manager Purchasing - Castings & Stampings at MERITOR, INC.. Chris attended University of Toledo.

Larry Veenker is a President, Chief Executive Officer, Engineering Research and Development at Grede and is based in Lindon Ut Area.

Lou Lavorata is a Senior VP/CFO at Grede.