Jeffrey Riggs - Overview

Jeffrey Riggs - President
Experience Overview

Education
B.S.E.E. Michigan Technological University, 1982, Houghton, MI  
                        
PPAP & FEMA Training - Automotive Industry Action Group, Southfield, MI  
                                
National Semiconductor, Cops Processor Programming Training, Santa Clara, CA
                              

Overview
· Proven sales record closing major accounts with OEMs and Tier 1s such as Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Subaru, Kia, Hyundai, Mazda, Delphi, Visteon, Harman Becker, Yazaki and many others.
· Excellent skills at accessing decision makers in new major accounts.
· Exceptional customer support, relationship building, maintenance of existing accounts and growing the current business.
· Significant overseas business experience in Europe, Asia/Pacific Rim and South America including living and working in Asia.
· Creative and aggressive in business development, strategic alliances, business modeling, pricing structures, technical coordination and pricing negotiations.
· Patent and IP experience including applications and custom’s protection for products.
· PPAP, FMEA, QS9000, ISO9001, TS16949
· Design experience with microprocessors, analog and digital; Hundreds of products personally designed.
· Tradeshows Management:  Extensive experience in planning, organizing, booth & graphics design, marketing materials, publicity and management of all activities required for tradeshow participation.
· Participant on panels at ITS, SAE, IEEE, Eye for Auto and other technical reviews.
· Hired & Managed rep groups for Automotive OEM, Consumer Electronics & Telecom industries.

Work History
· Riggs Product Group, Sales & Marketing – Belleville, MI (04/2003 to present)
· Webraska – Maisons Laffitte, France and Detroit, MI - North American Automotive Sales Director
· Alpine Electronics – Farmington Hills, MI OEM Sales Manager
· Code-Alarm – Madison Heights, MI, Domestic OEM Sales Manager & Pacific Rim International Sales Manager
· Zemco Group Inc. – San Ramon, CA, Director of Engineering & OEM Sales
· ARA Automotive Group, Inc. – Grand Prairie, TX, Senior Engineering Manager, Electronic Products Division
· Zemco Group/Cal Custom Hawk/Mr. Gasket – Carson, Huntington Beach and San Ramon, CA, Engineering Manager

Technologies
· Cruise Controls
· R.F. Alarm & Keyless Entry Systems
· Automotive Lamp Outage Modules
· Antennas:  SDAR, GPS, Cellular, Multifunction, WiFi, Bluetooth
· Touch Screens – Automotive Grade Glass/Glass & Film/Glass
· Haptics Technologies
· Connectors
· RF Transmitters
· IR Remotes
· EMI – BCI Testing
· Plastics Tooling & Injection Molding
· Server Based Navigation & Location Based Services
· AM/FM/CD Radios
· Amplifiers
· GPS Navigation Systems
· Bluetooth
· Musical Mixers
· Electronic Drum Design
· Guitar & Audio Effects
· Amplifiers
· Lighting & Dimmer Technologies
· SDAR Radios
· CD players & Multidisk players
· MOST - CAN - D2B and J1850 data bus technologies.

Current & Past Accounts
· 3S Networks
· American Sunroof
· Chrysler
· Ericsson
· Ford & Ford DSO
· General Motors
· Grand Auto
· Harman Becker
· Hyundai
· IAEC
· Jabil
· Kia
· Magneti Marelli
· Mitsubishi
· Navigation Solutions
· Nissan
· Pep Boys
· Port-of-Entry accounts Nissan, Mitsubishi, and Toyota.
· Subaru
· T-Mobile
· Visteon
· Yazaki 

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