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JAY WEILAND

Vice President, Growth Practice

Jay is a Vice President of Lean Focus’ Growth Practice.  He has held executive and commercial leadership roles with several public and private companies. His 20 years of experience includes 7 years at Danaher’s OpCo Fluke Electronics, plus 7 years in building materials including Acuity Brands and Omnimax.  He has also served as President of one of the largest MillerKnoll dealerships in America.  Most recently, he has been consulting across various industries, including eCommerce and mid market M&A.


Jay has held global leadership roles in North America and Europe.  He has solved complex challenges and delivered above-industry topline and profit growth by employing lean principles in growth strategies, to free up resources for additional growth initiatives. He has led global strategic plan developments in multiple organizations, always based on insightful market segmentation.

As Commercial Leader for Acuity’s Retail segment, he drove Sales Force Efficiency and Effectiveness through rigorous processes, bundled with distribution optimization and organizational changes in structure and skill sets.  At Omnimax, he led Engineering and Product teams to leverage the New Product Preparation Process and Pricing as a key growth lever.  At Corporate Environments, he led  the shift to digital/transformational Marketing, expanded into adjacent markets and products to outperform peers selling commercial furniture into offices during a pandemic. Jay holds a BS in Finance from Arizona State University, BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Naples Federico II, and an MBA from Vlerick Business School in Belgium.

Jay Weiland’s Industry Experience

ECOMMERCE

CONTRACT FURNITURE

COMMERCIAL LIGHTING

INDUSTRIAL TEST & MEASUREMENT DEVICES

BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

BUILDING MATERIALS

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