Elaine received her Bachelor of Technology in Production Management from the University of Limerick, Ireland and her Executive MBA from HEC, University of Lausanne.
She is a Product Manager with 20 years multicultural & multifunctional experience. She has lived and worked in Ireland, Germany, the USA, Italy, France and Switzerland. Industry sector projects include automotive, power-sports apparel, professional coffee machines, and ITC, at both large multinational and hi-tech start-up companies.
Roles in creating value for customers have encompassed the full product life cycle; product and process design and implementation, quality, managing complex new product launches, demand forecasting, product portfolio management, strategic planning, driving product marketing and managing customer and supplier relations.
Key Skills
• Global thinking to identify gaps & synergies to enhance product and services
• Leading international teams by fostering teamwork
• Project management for product, process and service: PEP, FMEA, Six Sigma Greenbelt