Raul Guadarrama

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About Raul Guadarrama

I bring leadership, business acumen, strategy, technical expertise, operational excellence and creativity to help companies differentiate, grow and lead.Dynamic leader, passionate about challenging the status quo to deliver extraordinary business results by solving complex technical and organizational problems, building high performance teams, systems and capabilities.Product Development and Innovation Leader with 20+ years delivering tangible business results and profitable growth in Fortune 500 companies; driving product strategies in collaboration with business leaders in marketing, sales, procurement, partner organizations and universities.Versatile engineering leader with global, broad-based experience in product development from strategic planning to commercialization including innovation, R&D, technology, lab operations and quality.Global experience in manufacturing industries including consumer goods, mechanical-industrial, building materials, chemicals, and automotive.Strong analytical skills and problem solving skills applying Lean and six-sigma. Technical expertise in chemistry, materials science, polymers, insulated foams (PU), metals, adhesives, glass, coatings, commodity plastics (PVC, PS, EPS, PE, PP) and engineering plastics (ABS, PA, PC, ACETAL, PET). Manufacturing processes including injection molding, extrusion, thermoforming, compression molding, Polyurethane RIM, powder and liquid painting.Skills, Knowledge and experience Strategy & Growth Research and development Technology and innovation Lean product development-stage gate Product and technology roadmaps Six Sigma and Lean Customer satisfaction and voice of the customer translation Business Acumen Project Management (Agile & Waterfall) Systems engineering People engagement Management Systems Quality systems, Design quality, APQP Intellectual property (IP) management Materials science and chemistry