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Jay D Johnson

Eden Prairie,MN

Summary

Professional Program Manager with exceptional background in Medical industry. Proven success building and motivating program teams to meet project goals. Demonstrated leadership in systems implementation, program execution and process improvement engagements.

Overview

36
36
years of professional experience

Work History

Program Manager

Cretex Medical CDT
Dassel, Minnesota
09.2021 - Current

- Manage customer projects, ensuring scope, budget, schedule, and quality targets.
- Build positive relationships with customers, sales, and internal teams.
- Drive teamwork, communication, and timely program execution.
- Collaborate with engineering, quality, and operations to meet project goals and cost targets.
- Lead design discussions, troubleshoot, and propose cost-effective solutions.
- Transition projects to production, aligning with manufacturing capabilities.
- Support continuous improvement, audits, and compliance with quality standards.
- Ensure project milestones and on-time delivery by coordinating with supply chain and production.
- Maintain business system compliance and support employee development.

Global Sales Manager

SL Power Electronics
Ventura, California
04.2017 - 09.2021
  • Managed all Medical sales activities globally totaling over $40M in annual sales
  • Coordinated with cross functional teams to provide highest customer value
  • Established long-term business growth by effectively building relationships with customers
  • Developed business solutions to meet and exceed customers expectations
  • Coordinated Blueprinting NPI process with key accounts
  • Traveled to customer sites to support all aspects of the sales process that included presentations, proposals, product training, and value selling
  • Managed sales forecasting, goal setting, and performance reporting for all accounts

Regional Sales Manager

SL Power Electronics
Ventura, CA
01.2007 - 03.2017
  • Led $19M in annual sales across six territories, achieving significant growth with key accounts.
  • Drove design wins, increasing revenue from <$1M to $9M with Medtronic/Covidien and Boston Scientific.
  • Secured long-term PoE platform wins with Mitel, generating $1M+ annually.
  • Built strong customer relationships and coordinated NPI processes.
  • Managed sales forecasting, reporting, and trained Sales Channel Partners.

Application Engineer

Ault Incorporated (acquired by SL Power)
Minneapolis, MN
05.1995 - 12.2006
  • Managed global account support for 3Com, Mitel, Siemens, and others.
  • Acted as a technical liaison between customers and engineering teams.
  • Developed business solutions, including estimates and project management.
  • Led project coordination across development phases.
    Trained sales channels on product technical aspects.
  • Supported sales through customer visits, presentations, and training.
  • Contributed to marketing with sales literature, training manuals, and competitive analysis.

Unit Production Manager

Ault Incorporated
Minneapolis, MN
04.1989 - 04.1995

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Management

Northwestern University
2008

Associate of Science - Avionic Electronics

Alexandria Technical and Community College
Alexandria, MN

Skills

  • Account development
  • Salesforcecom user
  • Business development
  • Sales representative management
  • Project management
  • Global sales management
  • Sales forecasting

Accomplishments

  • Obtained Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
  • Proficient user of key tools such as Google Apps, SalesForce.com,, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel

Timeline

Program Manager

Cretex Medical CDT
09.2021 - Current

Global Sales Manager

SL Power Electronics
04.2017 - 09.2021

Regional Sales Manager

SL Power Electronics
01.2007 - 03.2017

Application Engineer

Ault Incorporated (acquired by SL Power)
05.1995 - 12.2006

Unit Production Manager

Ault Incorporated
04.1989 - 04.1995

Bachelor of Science - Business Management

Northwestern University

Associate of Science - Avionic Electronics

Alexandria Technical and Community College
Jay D Johnson