Experienced Board Advisor and Director
Driving strategic growth and board effectiveness for success.
About Dan M Westin
Professional Experience
With a robust background in board management, I have successfully executed strategic initiatives that drive business performance. My experience includes transforming unproductive boards into collaborative entities that fulfill their mission effectively.
Dan Westin Online Resume
Overview
Board Advisor / Program Director with expertise in board management, mission execution, business performance, generating new opportunities for growth and strategic business transformation.
Professional Summary
● Board Management: Creating integrity in Board mission and performance
o Turned around un-productive board to strategic collaboration - NIMPA -Joint Action Power Purchase Agency
● Strategy, Market Transformations, & Turnarounds: Performed major industry transformations, turning around major services accounts and leading digital transformations in traditional industries
o Turned around major global product lines by applying growth methods for mature products (Ericsson Radio Sector)
o Built $600M in revenue for cellular systems by growing mature market (Italy) and expansion into China (Ericsson)
● Financial Management & Funding: Project ROI execution, multi-million dollar budgeting; financial statements, grant funding, transforming liabilities to assets
o Created $2M+ revenue source from Transmission asset that was a maintenance liability
● Leadership & Team Management: Managed global, cross-functional resources of up to 25 professionals (direct management) and 100 (indirect management); mentoring
o Built from ground-up three product line teams, including tactical diversity hiring
● Product Launches: Lead for key strategic programs and projects; innovated and launched leading products; product management, project management
o Created and launched inside 9 months a novel global Radio Local Loop product line - Ericsson
● Innovation & IP: technology validation and market fit; IPR/Patent creation
o Co-wrote patent for groundbreaking blockchain application for campus wireless - GeoVerse
● Relationship Management: Negotiating with key customers, vendors, stakeholders, CxO’s, manufacturers and industry associations, including standard defining authorities; handling Statement of Work and contracts
● Data Analysis: Statistics, forensic accounting, regression analysis
o Created from scratch new database for analysis of electrical utility asset utilization - RMU
● Opportunity Generation & Global Marketing: Business development, creative revenue sources, portfolio management, market segmentation, customer service
o Drove market portfolio to $25M of sustained revenue while market was taking a downturn - Teleca
● Business Performance & Business Management: Business plans, business modeling, score cards
o Sector lead on Malcolm Baldrige Award - Motorola
o Sector lead on AsiaPac 5 year business plan - Motorola
● Internal and External Consulting
o Motorola Center of Excellence Business Models
Education
MBA University of Chicago, MScEE Chalmers University of Technology, Executive Six Sigma Motorola, FEMA 800 certified
Industry Experience
● Fortune 500 global tech firms (public, private, and not for profit)
● Energy: Joint Action Agencies, Energy Efficiency, Renewable energy, GIS
● Other sectors: Mobile telecom, engineering services, crypto/blockchain, Smart Cities, education
Contact Me
If you have any questions or would like to discuss a potential project, please don't hesitate to get in touch. You can reach me via email at danmwestin@gmail.com or by phone at (779) 212-9365.