FRED AMPOLINI
FRED AMPOLINI
Fred Ampolini has three decades of business, manufacturing and engineering expertise and has lived the engineering adventure of a lifetime! He has worked as a start-up engineer, field engineer, and manufacturing executive in every facet of operations from engineering, production, maintenance, product development, distribution, environmental, heath and safety (EHS), technical training, and commercialization of new products.
Fred led a company-wide and multi-consultant skunk works team that created and launched an industry-transforming product, in fact, the first product of its kind to be authorized for sale by the FDA. Fred was the President of the R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company.
Fred’s skillset includes strategic planning, forming high functioning teams, leadership development, process analysis and improvement, coaching, and high level business analysis and improvement. As an inventor, he holds more than 35 US and international patents.
Fred and his wife live in Winston-Salem, NC. He has four children who are making the world a better place and one really cool grandson. He is the Chairman of Habitat for Humanity of Stokes County and is a volunteer mentor for SCORE NC which helps aspiring and existing small businesses achieve success.
Recent Posts
Team Engagement
Engagement is a popular buzzword in the business world today, but what does it mean? Where does engagement begin, and how do you get it? What happens if, like a shocking number of companies, you lack engagement? Please tune in this week as Dennis explores the subject,...
The Role of a CFO in Construction Industry
The construction industry is full of companies that start small with a bookkeeper. They grow a bit, and the bookkeeper gets promoted to controller. Then the firm really takes off, and the controller, the very same human being who 10 years earlier was a humble...
Two Way Communication
Communication is a never ending challenge in the construction industry. Historically, it has been very top-down: supervisors tell direct reports what to do and they do it. That type of one way communication is both fast and simple, but is it the optimum method for...