Michael Watson

Background

About Michael Watson

My passion is driving and evolving teams and processes tailored to the people, technology, and business goals of the organization. I strongly believe that successful organizations require leadership that creates a positive culture, ensures a high morale, and builds organizational confidence.My strengths include leadership and management of diverse organizational disciplines (Engineering, Product Management, Sales) covering a wide variety of work styles and locations. Working closely with my teams, I am able to ensure the creation of sensible solutions that solve real-world problems. Additionally, I possess the technical and business acumen to be hands-on in a wide variety of disciplines. Highlighted Accomplishments:• Attained aggressive sales targets growing my portfolio by 50% year over year.• Designed, influenced and implemented process improvement initiatives that have demonstrated increases in predictability, quality and productivity that ultimately resulted in higher ROI.• Responsible for the engineering development and project management on major project initiatives resulting in millions of dollars of revenue with teams spread across multiple sites and regions.• Successful in a diverse set of environments, ranging from start-up to multi-national fortune 100 companies.• Recruited and coached loyal and self-sustaining teams with a focus on creating real value for the enterprise.• A proven record of success over 15+ years of Engineering Leadership and 6+ years of Sales.