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ABOUT ME

Experienced global business development executive who is an operations, IT and financial analysis expert.

EMPLOYERS

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INDUSTRIES

EXPERTISE

Operations and Manufacturing
 
Business Development
 
P&L Management
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Project and Program Management
 
Business Systems Implementation
 
IT Application Development
 
Financial Analysis and Governance
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Sales and Marketing
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Staff Leadership  and Training
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International Business
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James Padilla IT and Business Systems
James Padilla automotive
James Padilla biodiesel chemical processing oil and gas

EDUCATION

AWARDS

1995 & 1996 Customer Driven Quality Awards

Ford Wayne Assembly - Chassis Subsystem

Worst-in-Ford to Best-in-Class

2000 - 2002

University of Detroit-Mercy

Master of Science in Computer Science

1999 New Model Launch

Ford of Brazil

Launched 14 varients of the legacy

F150 as well as the P131 medium and H215 heavy duty 

2001 Business Process Leadership Award

Visteon Corporation - Electronics Division

Web enabled ERP and PLM applications

2005-2008 Gold Sneaker

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Rookie of the Year, Bronze and Silver Teams

1998-1999

Purdue University

Master of Science in Management Science

1998-1999

NEOMA (ESC Rouen, France)

Master of Business Administration

James Padilla MS Computer Science
James Padilla Purdue
James Padilla MBA

1996-1997

Polyglot - Brazil

Certificate of Proficiency in Portuguese as a Foreign Language - POCLE

James Padilla Portuguese
James Padilla Brazil
James Padilla Visteon
James Padilla JDRF

2011 Semi- Finalist

Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition

The world's largest business plan competition

1987-1991

Kalamazoo College

Bachelor of Arts

James Padilla Kalamazoo College
James Padilla 1996 CDQA
James Padilla 1995 CDQA
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