Robert Kowalik — CEO

# 10 words that best describe me Passion, Energy, Innovation, Leadership, Excellence, Teamwork, Customer, Results, Dedication, Grit -------------------------------------- Professional Summary Passionate and energetic leader who has a natural ability to lead highly performing teams to reach beyond what individuals could imagine. 25 years of proven, international business leadership, quality and operational excellence experience, with strong focus on customer satisfaction, product innovation, processes and system excellence, cost efficiency, safety, sustainability and leadership development. Multicultural and international experience, working in USA, Poland, Spain, Germany, China, Mexico and Canada. Possesses natural skills to make things better, simpler and more efficient, through teamwork and collaboration. Practical, data and result driven person, who can translate a complex problems and business challenges into objectives, mechanisms, actions and deliverables. Creative individual, thinking big, while looking for innovative and unconventional ways to overcome business challenges. Likes to take risk and experiment, to reach beyond the obvious. Effective change driver who takes full ownership and responsibility for the results. Never satisfied with "good enough", continuously lifting the performance expectations for teams, partners and himself. Certified in six sigma, lean manufacturing, operational excellence, and various industry safety, sustainability & quality standards, including nuclear. Possesses solid understanding of the overall business, entrepreneurial spirit to grow profitably through innovation, customer relationships and process excellence. Demonstrates very high level of integrity and ethics in professional and personal life. Continuously focused on talent growth and development of other leaders, with the strong track record of developing and promoting over leaders into senior roles across different industries and business types. Able to influence a positive culture and bring the team and support partners along for an exciting and rewarding journey of continuous improvement and lasting excellence. Extensive experience with M&A operational due-diligence, as well as integration and synergy rationalization post acquisition, including: supply chain, manufacturing & engineering footprint, as well as product rationalization. Drove many global footprint initiatives and consolidation projects, resulting in significant cost reductions and improved customer services Worldwide.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in E-commerce and Operations Management with a strong focus on sustainability.

Location: Tampa, Florida, United States

Experience: 27 yrs 3 mos