
DIRECT, STRATEGIC, EXPERIENCED, RESOURCEFUL
FRED AMPOLINI, MSEE
Fred has coached and advised a wide range of business owners to run their businesses better and helping key employees develop leadership skills and prepare for succession.
Fred brings decades of real-world leadership experience across engineering, manufacturing, operations, product development, and commercialization. Over the course of his career, he’s led teams that developed market-leading products, ran large operations, commercialized new manufacturing technologies, and brought multiple new-to-the-world products to market. He is an inventor on more than 35 U.S. and international patents.
Like every business owner, Fred has made plenty of mistakes, learned from great leaders and not-so-great ones, and kept moving forward. His coaching brings real world leadership experience owners can actually use.
Fred lives in Winston-Salem, NC with his family. He served as Chairman of Habitat for Humanity of Stokes County, mentors small businesses through SCORE NC, and supports several local business incubators and the Greater Winston-Salem business community.
EXPERIENCE
RJ Reynolds Vapor Company: President, Vice President of Operations
RJRT: Sr. Manufacturing & Operations Executive
RAI: Head of Distribution & Planning
FlexEl Custom Battery Solution: Board Member
RAI: Sr. Director Tech Innovations & Engineering, Integrated Business Planning Operations Leader
BAT: Maintenance & Operations Manager, Engineering Director for Controls & Plant floor IT, Sr. Project Engineer
RAYTHEON: Design and Start-up I&C Engineer