TESTIMONIALS

“I was a new Production Manager with relatively little experience. At the right time Chad joined the company and quickly showed he was an invaluable [servant leader,] coach, and mentor. Chad changed the culture & the mentality of the operations group by improving communication and engaging employees in a collaborative manner. This contributed to a marked improvement in morale, achieving ops metrics, and an engaged workforce. There was a visible improvement in cross-functional teamwork also! Chad showed his team how to work collaboratively, where for years each department was only concerned about the success of their individual areas.”

Laura H. (direct report of Chad Ruwe)

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“Over the years of working with Chad, one thing was certain, that “change” was going to be common. There were many challenges ahead of us and Chad had the ability and experience to successfully adapt and lead as a change agent while continuing to create a positive work environment by bringing humor into the daily grind.” Laura H. (direct report to Chad)

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“I worked with Chad Ruwe as a peer where Chad lead the entirety of production operations, supply chain, purchasing, quality assurance and human resources. Chad showed himself to be a strong leader with a natural ability to create an engaged, productive team and a positive culture which also spread to other functional areas of the company.”. Chad’s leadership resulted in achieving new records in production efficiency while eliminating significant unfavorable budget variances. Furthermore, the operations team and product development realized a much improved collaborative working relationship due to Chad’s experience and leadership style.”

Krissa A. (peer to Chad Ruwe)

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“While working with Chad, he leveraged my team’s IT capabilities as we collaborated on coming up with processes and tools to best reach our target customers (sales opportunity tracking system) and track our progress. I appreciated his ability as a hands-on problem solver focused on finding solutions, determining best practices, and then documenting our procedures. As an entrepreneurial company experiencing high growth, documented and proven work instructions and standard operating procedures were a timely addition to our business contributing to improved operations performance, training and facilitating our ISO 9001 audit success. His efforts have put a strong system in place for capturing future opportunities.”

Brad D. (peer to Chad Ruwe)

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“Chad was an execution focused division VP leader over a large division group supplying hybrid electronics multi-chip communication modules for a critical Rockwell Collins application. Chad was fully engaged with my team and drove the changes necessary in his division to ensure success in the timely delivery and 100% functionality of these complex hybrid electronic chip modules. Chad always had a focus on customer requirements consistently engaged with and communicated in a transparent manner with my customer team on defining timely process improvements. Chad was decisive in making tough decisions as it related to personnel (RP and RS using the EOS method) and surface mount technology process improvements."

Bob L. (customer to Chad Ruwe)

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“I was a customer of Chad's during a very difficult and important product ramp for my business. As we were both the senior leaders in our respective areas, I worked with Chad personally and immediately saw he was very technically capable and took the time to understand my business needs and subsequently our product requirements and how his division’s team and products impacted my business. Chad’s leadership style and focus on the customer was critical as he worked collaboratively with me to overcome prior quality and delivery issues in his division. I credit Chad with the turn-around in his business and making the customer-supplier partnership strong. Chad’s leadership impacted favorably both the operation performance and the culture. I was impressed with his leadership and management skills as he drove the factory to improve quality and on-time delivery even after we were well past the problem time. Chad instilled a passion for continuous improvement and a unsurpassed commitment to the customer! Chad was always responsive to my requests and treated my company with integrity and professionalism.”

Andy R (former customer of Chad Ruwe)

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“It has been my pleasure to know and work closely with Chad for the past three years. I was impressed not only by his professionalism and attention to detail, but also by his openness and willingness to go the extra mile to get the job done. When a problem arose, we never heard “this is not my issue”, but rather “what can I do to help”. Chad was a true partner during this time and was very instrumental in growing his business and ours. He built a strong staff and oversaw significant improvements in product quality and on-time delivery, even as the workload and technical complexity increased. It was evident that Chad cared for his employees and always attempted to place them in a position to succeed. This created a positive and high-achieving work environment. Chad is a natural leader and would be a significant addition to any organization.”

Mark C (customer to Chad Ruwe)

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“I first met Chad Ruwe 3 years ago as the VP/GM for HEI. Chad impressed me with his urgency for action and drive to improve on every level: supply chain, quality, yields, and on-time-delivery. I also noted something not many business leaders can enjoy in their career - the division staff and the division employees Chad managed liked and respected him and were ready to deliver or go the "extra mile" of effort toward meeting customer expectations. Chad has an engaging, great personality matched high integrity and a professional attitude”

Christo B. (customer to Chad Ruwe)

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"I worked as Acting CFO of a medical device company for nearly 3 years and during that time Chad was Chief Operating Officer of the company, a Board member, and significant investor. I was the Secretary for the Board of Directors and CFO. Chad was new to the medical device industry but adapted quickly. As I worked closely with Chad in various settings, Chad was very insightful, inquisitive and action-oriented. Chad is not only a very talented executive with deep technical savvy he is a great contributor at the board level. Chad showed his ability to effectively work in a strategic manner and tactically. Chad’s individual contributions in a range of areas set the foundation for a turn-around of a stagnant, un-inspiring entrepreneurial business to a business with a well-defined niche market and a FDA approved medical device. From a strategic perspective, Chad identified the key market application for our Class II FDA approved medical device resulting in all growth for the following five years. At the tactical level, Chad was hands-on and identified and approved all FDA approved supply chain vendors, completed the engineering design of the device, assembled and submitted the 510k application and secured approval within 90 days. Chad’s depth of knowledge, can-do attitude, and tenacity in design, supply chain, operations, and customer engagement contributed immensely to the viability of the business. Furthermore, Chad’s business network single-handedly contributed to the funding of the business for many years and his Board member contribution was instrumental in launching the business on a new leadership trajectory.”

Alan S. (former peer & colleague of Chad Ruwe)

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“While both the COO of BioDrain Medical and Board member, Chad demonstrated the ability to think independently in the interests of the company’s shareholders. Chad backed up his commitment to the company both with his personal financial investment and that of persons in his business network. While working for the CEO, Chad as a board member and the COO navigated professionally his dual roles contributing significantly to the executive leadership team and its communication and transparency with the Board.”

Kevin C. (former collegue on Board of Directors with Chad Ruwe)

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"Chad enjoys rising to a challenge. He has the ability to quickly analyze a situation and make necessary decisions. Chad enjoys rising to a challenge. He has the ability to quickly analyze a situation and make necessary decisions."

Mary Sue Thaemert

 

“I had the opportunity to work with Chad while he was at BioDrain. Chad is an experienced executive with good management skills. He is a good relationship builder and was great to work with. While we worked with him to test the product, he was very engaged, helpful, and committed to providing a high quality medical product.”

Randy Nelson

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“As a consultant, I had the opportunity to work directly with Chad during the product design & development of their Class II medical device and FDA regulatory submission process for their 510k. Chad showed an executive leadership and grasp of a new industry I had not seen prior in my 25+ years in industry. Chad’s ability to assimilate new highly technical information and FDA requirements while previously being in the semiconductor industry was remarkable. In spite of having less than 1 year of medical device industry experience, Chad consistently showed a growing and strong understanding of the necessary regulations, a professional and positive attitude, and a tenacious, results-orientation approach to leadership and execution of business plans to achieve time sensitive objectives. Chad was collaborative as shown by his ability to interface with all members of the company, suppliers, key technology vendors as well as FDA regulatory reviewers. Without exception, Chad always showed integrity and professionalism and was is committed to the best interests of the company as both the COO, a key Board member, and investor. Chad exhibited repeatedly he has the knowledge, the drive and personal qualities necessary to succeed in a challenging medical device environment and would be an excellent team member.”

Greg S. (FDA & Medical Device Quality Systems Consultant to Chad Ruwe)

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“While very new to the medical device industry and specifically the clinic and hospital surgical environment, Chad exhibited very strong application & product knowledge in working with my team to both finalized product configuration and functionality and subsequently contribute to the market launch a new Class II medical device for orthopedic surgical procedures. Chad showed a unsurpassed willingness to listen to customer wants and requirements and assured and executed the implementation of the customer feedback into new product functional enhancements. Chad consistently demonstrated a positive approach with my surgical team while professionally working with much tenacity and perseverance in working directly and in a hands-on manner with my team. I was impressed with Chad, being the company leader and COO at BioDrain Medical, for being directly engaged with the customers and attending surgeries witnessing product performance and customer interaction. Chad’s leadership and customer engagement contributed to increased trust and a stronger customer supplier relationship.”

BJ B. (former customer of Chad Ruwe)

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“As a colleague of Chad’s responsible for driving global marketing and sales focusing on the EU market, I saw Chad’s business acumen, strategy, collaborative style and teamwork first-hand. He clearly demonstrated a unique ability to identify real business opportunities and create and drive effective strategies aimed to best position his $200M+ revenue business. I respected him as an authentic and genuine person who was an effective listener contributing to his understanding of customer application opportunities driving R&D in many cases. Because of these traits, Chad was an effective business leader with which to engage our customers at the highest levels.”

Marco D (colleague of Chad Ruwe)

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"It was a true pleasure working with Chad. He has a great ability to understand customer requirements and the vision to make a company work to achieve market goals. While a lot of activites happen within companies, Chad never forgets that customers pay the bills! I would gladly work with Chad again if the opportunity presented itself. It was a true pleasure working with Chad. He has a great ability to understand customer requirements and the vision to make a company work to achieve market goals. While a lot of activites happen within companies, Chad never forgets that customers pay the bills! I would gladly work with Chad again if the opportunity presented itself."

Ken Smith

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"As a consultant, I worked with Chad on Strategic Marketing analyses, and was impressed at his blend of strategic leadership and tactical management capabilities. I found him open-minded and willing to think outside the box to strengthen and grow his division. Chad's energy and intelligence made it a joy to work with him, and I hope we have the opportunity to interact in the future.As a consultant, I worked with Chad on Strategic Marketing analyses, and was impressed at his blend of strategic leadership and tactical management capabilities. I found him open-minded and willing to think outside the box to strengthen and grow his division. Chad's energy and intelligence made it a joy to work with him, and I hope we have the opportunity to interact in the future."

Becky Aistrup

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“As leader of the NT business, Chad clearly had his division clearly focused and responsive to my needs as a critical customer. Chad has a listening ear when it comes to understanding customer needs and aligning his business and leadership team to addressing those needs. Chad understands the need to quickly and effectively address the customer’s immediate needs but he has a keen sense of assuring alignment for the future needs of the customer too. Chad secured the necessary investments to enhance the NT flowcontroller with DeviceNet capability. In doing so, he assured that NT remained the market leader in this area of liquid chemical flow control. Chad has collaborative style of leadership that was demonstrated in his direct dealing with me as the customer but it was spread to his team as well. Chad’s approach without a doubt was instrumental in his customers success and as a result his business succeeded as well."

Hooman Bolandi

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"Chad provided a global vision and expected you to do your job to achieve it. While he does not micromanage, he is available to bounce ideas off of and provide new ways to look at things. He is a leader willing to "walk the talk". Any company would benefit by having Chad in a senior leadership role."

Lori Nye

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