Jay Kitts

Oversee P&L performance, business operations, market analysis and growth strategies for $19B annual revenue business across five lines of business.

Lead portfolio simplification project, drove 40% reduction in offerings with mitigation plans to retain 95% of units, revenue and margin.

Managed portfolio product transitions, closed $12M in parts mitigation working cross-functionally with supply chain, regional, and product teams.

Lead global organization of 30+ managing business operations, product lifecycle, competitive teardowns and product cost management

Drove diverse set of key business initiatives including P&L segmentation, optimized budgeting process, and organizational restructuring

Led EVP weekly operations meeting and reporting of key business metrics and project status

Built global product operations and business development teams; hired key talent in six different countries

Negotiated and executed partnerships that enabled $200M revenue growth

Managed portfolio expansion to midrange SAN and software-defined storage, increasing addressable market coverage by over 100%

Led marketing integration of $2.1B x86 server acquisition

Delivered $4M in cost savings by driving the early exit of service transition agreements

Managed $30M storage startup investment, met objectives under budget

Led team of 50 individuals in 13 sites and 6 countries to change business processes to optimize cash flow, provided strategic direction and addressed systemic issues around inventory management

Drove record low inventory levels in all 4 business units managed, a 40% overall reduction

Hired and promoted through a number of supply chain, project management, and finance positions.

Led the supply chain integrations of multiple acquisitions.

Project managed the wind down and ramp up of a $400M manufacturing operation between two contract manufacturers.