Responsible for strategic sourcing of electromechanical commodities of printed circuit boards and flex circuits, LCD's, and touchscreens.

Manage start up of John Deere Electronic Solutions (JDES) - China business unit. To support electronics for John Deere China vehicle factories and OEM China business. Expat assignment in the TEDA area of Tianjin.

Designs and manfactures electronics for harsh environments. Most are for off-road industrial and heavy equipment vehicular market. I am responsible for Supplier Development and Supplier Quality. Supplier Audits, supplier improvement projects, and solving acute or chronic supplier quality issues.

National leader in Truck tarps and tarp systems for a wide variety of vehicles and other tarp systems. I led a team of Sales and Marketing resources to support sales and marketing efforts for a key business unit. I was also responsible for the P/L of this business unit including procurement of some finished products.

Manufacturer of Quartz Crystals and oscillators for frequency control market. My job responsibilities included operations management of US manufacturing and Asian-sourced products. Also was a key leadership staff member to develop long term strategic vision for the company.

Technical Management of large two-way radio and communications devices manufacturer. I held entry level design engineering positions through leadership of a divisional manufacturing department.

Worked at a fishing resort on Lake of the Woods, MN during summers of college years. Primary duties included taking paid guests on 26’ fishing charter boat for the day. Also, worked at all aspects of resort maintenance and lodge desk duty. Cleaned thousands of walleyes!