Bob Thilmont - Over 25 years of business development experience in industrial and automotive industries.

Bob Thilmont has over 25 years of business development experience in industrial and automotive industries. This includes 10 years of international business experience.  During his time with Cummins and Woodward Governor Company he developed a deep understanding of market channel development and value pricing.   Bob actively participated on the Automotive Market Research Council (AMRC) while at Cummins and Woodward serving on both the Light Duty Automotive and Off Highway committees.  He has experience in new business start up and product launches.  The most notable of which was, while at Cummins, working with Chrysler to provide the service liaison support for the launch of the Cummins engine in the Dodge Ram pick up truck.
 
While at Woodward, Bob managed their operation in Australia for six and a half years.  During that period sales increased by 74% in a mature market.  He accomplished this by implementing change management within the organization; transitioning the operation from a sales and service focused operation to a complete engineering solutions provider.  During his time in Australia, Bob launched a start up subsidiary in New Zealand to serve the hydro market in that country.  Prior to Australia, Bob lead Woodward’s efforts to establish a distribution market in Latin America.  This included establishing distributors in:  Mexico, Venezuela and Curacao.  His international experience has provided a deep understanding for positioning and pricing products and services in global markets.
 
In addition to Mountain Global, Bob is very active in Economic development initiatives in Northern Colorado.  Bob is part of the High Tech Network and serves on both the Primary Job Replacement committee and the Northern Colorado Consultants Forum’s executive steering committee.
 
Bob earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from Indiana University.  Bob is also proficient in Spanish.

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