Ted Fick: Tips for Launching a New Product

Ted Fick has managed significant turnarounds and multimillion-dollar company transformations throughout his career—most notably as a senior executive at such firms as Polar Corporation (2009-2013), Port of Seattle (2014-2017) and Ingersoll Rand (2004-2007).

An accomplished leader and executive in the business community, Ted Fick has enjoyed the opportunity not just to turn underperforming organizations into reinvigorated, newly-competitive enterprises, but to also be a driving force behind a number of important process and product innovations—including the development and launch of the TriPac auxiliary power unit as President of Thermo King Corporation.

Launching a product: what to know

As Fick knows, launching a new product can be a complicated process, though it’s important to keep several things in mind as you prepare to put your innovation in the market, such as:

• You’re solving a problem. When developing something new, it helps to approach the process knowing you’re not only creating a product—you’re providing a solution that can potentially resolve an important customer problem.
• Experience is your product. From clicking on the advertisement to actual use of your product, it’s important to consider the entirety of the experience when developing and launching the new item.

Ted Fick: Former CPI Card Group President/CEO

Ted Fick was recruited to serve as President and CEO of the Littleton, Colorado-based CPI Card Group in 2007. Hired to drive the company’s expansion and position CPI for a prospective public offering, Fick oversaw an increase in company EBITDA from $16 million to $33 million during his one-year leadership tenure. He was also responsible for implementing Lean initiatives that resulted in a drastic improvement in on-time delivery.

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Ted Fick: Truck Accessory Manufacturing

Ted Fick recently joined the leading truck accessory manufacturer and marketer LTA Manufacturing. As company CEO, Fick oversees the four LTA brands, including LoadMaster, ATC Truck Covers, Jason Truck Caps and Ranch Fiberglass. LTA (Light Truck Accessories) currently manufactures their products from two manufacturing plants (Elkhart, Indiana, and Ottawa, Kansas). They are headquartered in Kansas City and specialize in fiberglass truck covers and cargo management solutions.

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Ted Fick: Experience Prior to LTA Manufacturing

Prior to accepting the position of CEO at LTA Manufacturing, Ted Fick served as the COO at Norca Engineered Products—a role he held from August to December of 2018. 

He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the National Truck Protection, Inc. (NTP) and Premium 2000—industry leading providers of warranties for commercial trucks. 

He served on these boards from 2016 to 2018.

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Ted Fick: Key Principles of Six Sigma

Ted Fick has worked in executive leadership—and change management—for most of his career—one that includes leading significant, multimillion-dollar transformations at such high-profile firms as the Port of Seattle, Polar Corporation and a $525 million division of Ingersoll Rand.

And one of Ted Fick’s foremost leadership strengths, particularly in the area of the organizational transformation has been his expertise in Lean Six Sigma—a proven, a well-established method for optimizing business efficiency and effectiveness.

Some of the more notable principles of Lean Six Sigma include:

·         Maintaining a focus on the customer—something which should always be at the heart of the decision-making process.

·         Identifying and understanding how the production process works (how the work gets done).

·         Managing, improving and smoothing the production of the process from A to Z.

·         Taking steps to remove steps with no value-add, as well as waste within the process.

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Ted Fick: Delivering High Performance and World-Class Results

Throughout his career, Ted Fick has come to be known as a transformative, results-driven business executive—someone capable of cultivating strong working partnerships, building high-performance teams and turning around underperforming organizations. Fick has proven himself highly adept not only at managing large-scale capital projects but also of driving continuous improvement, reducing costs, leveraging technology into enhancements in efficiency and developing new products.

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Ted Fick: Strategies and Initiatives

Ted Fick has been the driving force behind unprecedented results at numerous high-profile firms throughout his career. A transformative leader known for his ability to turnaround under performing operations, Fick is adept at designing and leading strategies and business initiatives that result in significant improvement in revenue, profit and productivity. Currently, he serves as CEO of LTA Manufacturing—a manufacturer based in Kansas City, Missouri.