In 2005, I was given a challenge: to get the ailing and unfocused electronics R&D department back on track. This included three locations and more than 75 people, some of the highly educated (PhDs, MBAs and the like).

In the fall of 2001, Integrated HomeSolutions had been restructured. I was the only director left in the team almost of 20, charged with keeping Whirlpool in the business of Networked Homes. Go Get It Tiger!

In 2001, Integrated Home Solutions was in trouble. The European Region had demanded their own version, hired folks and started to talk to the trade. We had no idea what they would be trying to actually sell, so I was asked to go in and prevent trouble.

In the middle of the 1990s, I was asked to rethink the paper-based processes of Germany’s largest kitchen manufacturer. Some of the products of my work are still in operation 10 years later.