Jeffrey J Davis

Jeffrey J Davis

President & Chief Operating Officer at AGY

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Current
  • President & Chief Operating Officer at AGY
Past

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Education
  • University of Florida - Warrington College Of Business
  • Florida Institute of Technology
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Industry
Glass, Ceramics & Concrete
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Jeffrey J Davis’s Summary

Senior-level executive experienced in building and nurturing multimillion-dollar divisions through accelerated growth,
acquisitions, and turnarounds; responsible for nearly $60M in operating margin improvement throughout career at General Electric.

Offering 20+ years of continuous achievement and progression in executive leadership roles at the forefront of multiple revenue, profit, and product launch successes. Influential manager with sincere commitment to people development and talent management who consistently cultivates cohesive, positively focused, high performance work environments. Possesses extensive international leadership experience, including a two year assignment in Japan and multiple strategic partnership negotiations in China.

Results-proven agent for lasting positive change and corporate culture transformation; repeatedly successful in transforming business units into robust, growing, highly profitable entities. Creative strategist skilled in building team energy via new visionary direction to drive generation of top line growth, profit improvement and firm value. Collaborates with other executives to make high-stakes decisions and combat mission-critical business challenges.

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CORE SKILL AREAS:
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* Profit & Loss Management
* Strategic Business Planning
* Operations Management
* Leadership Development
* Strategic Analysis & Planning
* Acquisition / JV Due Diligence
* Operations/Financial Turnaround
* Lean / Toyota Production System
* Six Sigma Methodologies
* Private Equity Ownership
* Product Line Management
* Cross-Cultural Communications

Jeffrey J Davis’s Specialties:

Innovation, Leadership, New Strategies For Profitable Growth, LEAN, Global Growth (Asia Focus), Cross-Cultural Leadership

Jeffrey J Davis’s Experience

  • President & Chief Operating Officer

    AGY

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Glass, Ceramics & Concrete industry)

    August 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)

    Leader responsible for designing and executing creative strategies for maximizing profitable growth of AGY, a worldwide supplier of enabling materials solutions for the global high performance composites market.
    - Led execution and integration of company's first ever acquisition through the purchase of the Continuous Filament Mat business from Owens Corning
    - Restructured operations leadership to drive "Focused Factory" concept at company's largest facility, enabling turnaround in productivity performance

  • President, Sealants & Adhesives

    Momentive Performance Materials

    (Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Chemicals industry)

    February 2006 — March 2007 (1 year 2 months)

    Responsible for all aspects of profitabily growing this $215MM P&L focused on commercial and residential construction sealants and adhesives; span included 4 facilities and 165 associates.
     Despite declining housing market, delivered top line growth and all time business record EBITDA (37% growth vs 2005)
     Strengthened innovation pipeline via introduction of adjacent offerings and development of radically new product concepts, championed work with design firm IDEO to develop and launch the new category breakthrough "Caulk Singles" http://www.caulksingles.com/
     Led transition effort to position the business for ownership by private equity firm Apollo Management; Momentive Performance Materials transaction closed successfully 12/2006

    http://www.timesheraldonline.com/homeimprovement/ci_3651805
    http://homefixinfo.com/sealing-drafts-can-help-reduce-energy-costs/

  • VP, Global Sales and New Market Development

    GE Advanced Materials -- Quartz

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Glass, Ceramics & Concrete industry)

    June 2000 — February 2006 (5 years 9 months)

    Global Commercial Leader responsible for sales of this $250MM high purity materials (Fused Quartz, Non-Oxide Ceramics) P&L in all industries and geographies. Concentrations included Semiconductor, Fiber Optics, Photovoltaic, Optics. Expat based in Tokyo, Japan.
     Conceptualized and implemented entirely new commercial relationship with industry’s #1 OEM, more than doubling GE material share to leadership position
     Designed and led new strategy to capture 3X more value via win-win-win forward integration partnership with existing customer and industry OEM's
     Provided key strategic input and impetus behind acquisition of Advanced Ceramics Corporation and construction of business’ first China production facility

    http://www.jobwerx.com/news/Archives/manufacturing_biz-id=947342_731.html
    http://www.jobwerx.com/news/Archives/geam_biz-id=947362_751.html
    http://www.advceramics.com/geac/news/an092605.html

  • Product General Manager -- Halogen

    GE Lighting

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

    October 1998 — June 2000 (1 year 9 months)

    Responsible for product line strategy (growth, innovation, margin) for $195MM Halogen product line
     Delivered 6% annual growth in sales and margin via product line portfolio progression, in excess of market and plan
     Implemented unique re-positioning of existing technology to deliver new differentiated long life product offering which gained category leadership at industy's #1 retailer
     Drove aggressive outsourcing and transfers of work of quartz halogen product lines to enable share penetration and margin enrichment

  • ColorXpress Leader

    GE Plastics

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Plastics industry)

    January 1997 — October 1998 (1 year 10 months)

     Developed strategy and built start-up business using Design For Six Sigma, converting a customer dissatisfier into a competitive advantage and an entirely new service revenue stream
     Granted US Patent 6349300 for ColorXpress Select, a unique web-based color matching tool
     Dramatically reduced color match cycle by over 90% with greater than 80% defect reduction

  • Business Leader - Crystalline Polymers

    GE Plastics

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Plastics industry)

    January 1995 — January 1997 (2 years 1 month)

    Led business team responsible for all aspects of profitable growth of global $400MM Valox / Xenoy business
     Improved contribution margin % by 4 points, operating margin % by 3 points and return on investment% by over 5 points via cost out redesign, aggressive sourcing and new application development
     Negotiated joint venture to build the world’s largest PBT resin plant, dramatically increasing scale and cost position of business franchise
     Repositioned business via investments in Demand Flow, Six Sigma and Innovation

  • Plant Manager -- Morrison Operations

    GE Control Products

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

    September 1992 — December 1994 (2 years 4 months)

    Led high volume sensors plant employing 850 hourly and 100 salaried associates supplying the automotive and appliance industries
     Restructured plant for improved competitiveness: focus on core competencies, establishment of Maquilladora operations, flex workforce and pay for skill structures.
     Delivered 2.5 point contribution margin% improvement, 12% variable cost productivity and 5X improvement in inventory turnover
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  • Sr. Audit Manager

    GE Corporate Audit Staff

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Management Consulting industry)

    July 1988 — September 1992 (4 years 3 months)

     Progressed from Staff Auditor to Senior Audit Manager performing financial and business process improvement reviews throughout GE’s operations: Financial Services, Investments, Medical Systems, Aircraft Engines, Power Generation, Appliances, Information Services
     Led strategy of reviews largely focused on cycle time and throughput improvement as career progressed; first CAS graduate to secure a plant management position

Jeffrey J Davis’s Education

  • University of Florida - Warrington College Of Business

    MBA, Operations Research / Mgmt Science, 1984 — 1986

  • Florida Institute of Technology

    BSEE, Digital Communications, 1980 — 1984

    Attended under full 4 year scholarship from the National Society of Professional Engineers.

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Jeffrey J Davis’s Interests:

Leadership Development, Growth, Value Creation, Personal Productivity, LifeHacks, Getting Things Done, Kiteboarding, Cycling, Tennis, Photography

Jeffrey J Davis’s Groups:

  •    Executive Suite
  •    GatorMBA
  •    theMeatBall / GE Alumni
  •    LinktoCharlotte
  •    China Business
  •    GE CAS
  •    Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
  •    Friends of Japan / Nippon no Yuujin
  •    General Electric Alumni
  •    Business in Japan
  •    Lean & Six Sigma Community
  •    Atlas Shrugged
  •    Florida Institute of Technology Alumni
  •    Global Manufacturing Executive Forum
  •    Composites Industry Forum
  •    Charlotte Professionals
  •    Momentive Performance Materials(100+ and growing....)
  •    International Center for Executive Options Alumni Network
  •    GE Corporate Audit Staff Alumni

Jeffrey J Davis’s Honors:

- National Merit Scholar
- Full 4 Year Scholarship to FIT From National Society of Professional Engineers
- Granted US Patent 6349300 for ColorXpress Select, a unique web-based color matching tool

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