Mike Reed

Background

About Mike Reed

Commercially driven, Global Business Executive with measurable results in- derisking green and brown field start-ups- commodity trading/risk management- growing businesses that exceed shareholder return expectations- superior team building- market-driven, obsessive customer focus- new market and technology startups-"Safety First" approach.Successful start-up, turnaround and growth leader with over 30 years of progressive management roles across multiple geographies, functions, business structures and markets. Proven success in merging businesses, assessing divestment decisions and JV development.Financing success in equity and debt capital markets. Proven ability to lead in multiple ownership structures (public, private, PE, home offices, pension-backed and misaligned ownership). Customer/market-driven leader with a collaborative management approach and the ability to make critical, numbers-driven decisions to deliver strategy, structure, process and results.People driven leader compelled to building a dedicated, high performing, energetic, and engaged business team. MBO approach to developing, managing and accessing talent. Consistent application of defining roles/responsibilities, accountability, goal setting and feedback.Process fanatic always guiding efficient, streamlined and quality driven-improvements. Proven expertise in- Executive-level Management- Start up- Deal structuring- Obsessive Customer Satisfaction- Leading Sales, Marketing, Operations/Engineering, F/A, Customer Service, and other support functions- Business and New product Development- Commodity trading- Risk Management- International Development- Building successful results-focused teams- Full-breadth reorganization/change specialist- Effective visionary leader- Innovator- Strategist- Safety First approach- People Development- Capital (Debt and Equity) Raises- Navigating government requirements- Optimizing tax incentives/rebates- Public/private partnership development