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Kurt Pickle
Executive Operations Leader specializing in manufacturing, biotech, and commercial growth
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Operations and manufacturing leader with experience acting as an internal CEO to build a new business inside IDEX Corp from a $15M budget, owning P&L and a 3-year plan through product launch. At Planet Innovation, used Lean/DMAIC-style value stream mapping to 4x production throughput (400 to ~1600 units/month), exceeding a customer’s 1200/month scaling target. Strong in building teams and operational systems (product development, quality, supply chain) and coaching non-ops founders using structured frameworks.
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Key Strengths
- Built an internal organic-growth business from scratch with a $15M board-approved budget
- Owned P&L and created a full 3-year plan covering hiring, POC, marketing, and R&D
- Implemented and ran a structured 5-stage product development process through to production launch
- Scaled manufacturing throughput from 400 units/month to ~1600 units/month using value stream mapping (4x increase), exceeding demand for 1200/month
- Structured hiring approach using the Who Method to improve candidate selection success rate
- Advises founders/executives by translating operational needs and implementing Lean principles
- Part-time advisory approach focused on 80/20 prioritization, org design, and coaching vs. doing
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