Manage a line of tubular carbon fiber products to serve the aerospace, sporting goods, UAV, motorsports, industrial, and hobbyist markets. Managed day-to-day operations for the business relating to sales and marketing, procurement, and manufacturing. Responsible for initiating, planning, executing, and closing all projects for the company. • Led a project to create an innovative solution for automotive photographers. The ultra-stiff and lightweight carbon fiber boom assembly that we developed solved multiple problems for a new market segment. Adding this new product led to an 8% increase in gross sales for the company. • Collaborated with the inventor of the first large-scale 3D printer to engineer and manufacture 25-foot-long carbon fiber gantry tubes to enable test printing of small homes. Launching this project allowed us to leverage new capabilities to increase profit. • Led a cross-functional team to optimize carbon fiber UAV components utilizing innovative construction techniques and material combinations to meet specific project milestones and deliverables. This project allowed us to land our biggest customer. • Developed and tracked KPIs to ensure that our product line evolved as our customers’ needs evolved. Constant optimization of product offerings has allowed the company to maintain high profitability even as new competitors threatened to reduce our market share.• Collaborated with Team Red, White, and Blue (a veteran support group) to develop lightweight carbon fiber running flag poles for their cross-country “Old Glory Relay” event. This project allowed us to help veterans and increase sales by offering a discount code to 200,000 RWB members.

Founded an automotive lifestyle manufacturing company. Set the vision and direction for the company and acted as the head of product development releasing dozens of ultra-light carbon fiber body panels for import performance cars and developing hundreds of different men’s ring styles.• Led a project to develop and launch the world’s first line of carbon fiber rings. This project successfully introduced a new material to the jewelry industry and provided the world with a lightweight and durable alternative to classic jewelry options. Despite starting with a relatively small budget and few stakeholders the project sold hundreds of rings in the first year. Since 2004 we’ve tested and released dozens of new designs with hundreds of possible variations. UCF has sold nearly 10,000 rings since 2003. • Led a project to leverage vacuum infusion molding technology from the aerospace industry to create a line of ultra-lightweight carbon fiber body panels for weekend racers under the LighterFaster brand. Responsible for managing all aspects of the product lifecycle. Led all marketing efforts using classic and guerilla marketing strategies to increase profits. • Analyzed KPIs to monitor LighterFaster profitability. Used data to allocate marketing resources to the highest-performing products. • Surveyed customers to determine what their user experience was like. Enthusiastically acted on customer feedback to implement needed changes. Developed SOPs and lean manufacturing standards to maximize customer satisfaction and overall profitability.

• In 2022 my wife and I initiated, planned, and executed a project to introduce fresh microgreens to our community. During the first season, we sold several thousand dollars in fresh microgreens. We only sold one day per week at our local Farmer’s Market. • In 2023 we launched a new line of bread-dipping olive oils with fresh herbs and flavored vinegars. Nearly quadrupled profits year over year 2022-23

• Wild Asparagus is a creative outlet to share my journey through the garden and connectscientific principles to spiritual principles. I love to write! • I’m learning to utilize other platforms such as YouTube and others to generate traffic for WA.• Writing weekly for WA involves hours of ideation, research, editing, and voice-over recording.• My journey of discovery started in the garden but has progressed into writing about health.

• Moved from the composite tech position into a management role.• Researched the automotive aftermarket and developed a master plan to enter the market.• Based on my research developed the RacePlates/LighterFaster product line to present to the market.• I designed, tested, and oversaw the development of our product line.• Created a marketing plan to attack the market with a very small budget. Most of our marketing efforts were web-based. I made full use of Guerilla marketing techniques wherever possible.• Designed, wrote, published, and maintained a product website for marketing purposes. Increased the company's overall website traffic by over 1,600% from 1,500 visitors per month to over 25,000 visitors per month.• I was responsible for selling all products to end users and wholesale partners.• Attended trade shows and worked with racers to promote our product line. • I was responsible for producing custom manufacturing quotes for high-tech companies. Knowledge of material properties and manufacturing processes was key.• When I left MQC I was on pace to increase sales by nearly 30% from $120,000 to $160,000 per year.• I assisted in the sporting goods (windsurfing mast) program by optimizing the silk-screening process for their largest sports client. This required digital manipulation of complex artwork.

• Responsible for the inspection of each finished part as it was manufactured. Checked for both structural and cosmetic defects. MQC was a Tier 2 supplier for GM. The 50th anniversary Corvette project was the first time carbon fiber was used by a major manufacturer for a class A body panel.• Mapped and repaired any defects found so the quality engineer could track improvement.• Worked closely with the engineering department to improve the as-molded Class A surface finish. Helped create work instructions to ensure we achieved process control. Helped prove production process prior to implementation.• Recorded and repaired any defects found and gave feedback to the engineering department.• Responsible for operating a high-pressure autoclave making sure the heat and pressure requirements were met.• Carbon prepreg tape layup over composite pre-forms and into Invar steel molds.