Mrs. Birgit “Bee” R. Westphal is the Head of Strategy and Co-Founder of Building Drops, Inc. Currently, Mrs. Westphal has taken on an advisory role in Building Drops. Prior to founding Building Drops, Mrs. Westphal was CEO and President of Rohwedder, Inc., a leading organization focusing on the design, engineering, and manufacturing of specialized precision vacuum systems. Mrs. Westphal also held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Rohwedder Automated Systems Inc., a leading designer of assembly automation systems. The individual companies that comprise the Rohwedder Group are recognized internationally for assembly, testing, robotic, vacuum coating, vision, and materials handling technology and provide automated solutions applications for microelectronics, precision optics, data storage, automotive, telecommunications, renewable energy, consumer products and medical/pharmaceutical industries.

Before her role as CEO, Mrs. Westphal held the position of Managing Director of the Industrial/Manufacturing Practice of Christian & Timbers in Chicago. She also functioned as the Global Leader Automotive Practice with Ray & Berndtson and served as Principal, Industrial Practice with Russel Reynolds Associates.  She also ran her own consulting firm in Germany and Canada, earlier in her career.

Mrs. Westphal has extensive business experience with a focus on building deep-seeded customer relationships as well as handling consulting, industrial and operational issues in North America, South America and Europe.

Mrs. Westphal received her formal education in Germany.  She is fluent in English and German.