Operations Manager for 5 locations in Tennessee and Arkansas for a Unicarriers/Clark dealership. Material Handling lines including: pallet rack systems, shelving, containers, mezzanines, modular offices, conveyors, ergonomic equipment, etc. and Unicarriers/Clark Class I, II, III, IV, V Forklifts.

Memphis location for a Raymond Corporation industrial material handling equipment service dealer. Responsible for maintaining current service customers and assist acquisition of new customers.Represent the company in customer service issues.

Memphis location for a Caterpillar/Jungheinrich industrial material handling equipment service company. Material Handling lines including: pallet rack systems, shelving, containers, mezzanines, modular offices, conveyors, ergonomic equipment, etc and Class I, II, III, IV, V Forklifts.Responsible for maintaining current customers and acquire new customers.Create and manage all local marketing programs.Represent the company in customer service issues pertaining to all divisions of company. Provide ongoing Project Management support for company projects.Manage/Support all branch employees

Hampton Roads location for a 5 branch forklift service company. Material Handling lines including: pallet rack systems, shelving, containers, mezzanines, modular offices, conveyors, ergonomic equipment, etc and Komatsu/Barrett Class I, II, III, IV, V Forklifts.Responsible for maintaining current customers and acquire new customers.Create and manage all local marketing programs.Represent the company in customer service issues pertaining to all divisions of company. Provide ongoing Project Management, Engineering, and CAD layout for company projects.Information Systems manager for company network, website, and resource center.Manage/Support all branch employees

Originally a very small forklift service company. Added 60+ Material Handling lines including: pallet rack systems, shelving, containers, mezzanines, modular offices, conveyors, ergonomic equipment, etc and acquired Komatsu Class I, II, III, IV, V Forklifts.Grew the existing 7 year old company from annual sales of ~1MM in 2003 to ~5MM by 2006 through development and management of new/existing customer accounts in Central Illinois.Finalized difficult or non-progressing sales and represented the company in customer disputes. Provided ongoing Project Management, Engineering, and CAD layout for company projects.

Manufacturer of Conveyor Systems and Palletizing/De-palletizing Equipment. Responsible for creating/revising/checking Project, Installation, Design drawings impacting Target Distribution Centers and subsidiary companies.Responsible for creating/checking Bills of Materials, Segment Releases, Material Requisitions, Field Requests.ISO 9001 lead auditor.Managed offsite Target warehouse, including scheduling shipments, deliveries, returns, repairs, etc. Also responsible for inventory/order control.

Manufacturer's Rep and design firm for Interlake rack systems, Serco dock equipment and other major lines of material handling equipment.Responsible for new customer accounts in the St. Louis and the Central Illinois territories.Provided ongoing Project Management, Engineering, and CAD layout support for sales team.

Manufacturer's Rep and Consulting firm marketing and designing materials management systems including 150 lines of shelving, containers, mezzanines, modular offices, conveyors, ergonomic equipment and rack systems.Hired as AutoCAD operator and within 6 months promoted to a sales support position to assist in the field application of systems while retaining design responsibilities. This resulted in a large reduction of project errors.In 1992, promoted to Project Manager in charge of a one year, multi-million dollar project; Met or beat aggressive installation milestones while completing a near-perfect start-up.In 1993, chosen as associate of the firm and promoted to Sales Engineer to develop a new South Chicago territory. Opened 30+ new accounts including 4 major accounts; Promoted to Sales Engineer in 1995, with responsibility for both internal and customer consultation design, applications and other technical issues.Consultant on larger projects - the set up of new or redesigned material handling systems for medical, food, automotive, and heavy industrial clients.Prepared quotes and detailed bill of materials and contact manufacturers for discounts and overseeing installations on larger projects, start-up problems.