Seventeen years experience in the fastener/specialty component industry supplying into almost all facets of manufacturing. Responsibilities include managing inside/outside sales, developing an innovative vendor base, breaking into and developing focus markets/customers, developing territory strategies and business plans for inside sales and marketing teams, presentations at a customer level, design and engineering assistance, and internal audits for ISO requirements. Professional Goals include directing growth in primary markets through product diversification, developing a vendor base that is driven by the 80/20 business philosophy, and delivering a company that customers prefer to use and vendors can count on to be an extension of them. Specialties: Price negotiation, engineering pertaining to fasteners, PPAP and quality specialist, creating business plans. Vender classes taken: ARaymond Tinnerman/Palnut, AVK, Semblex, ITW Fastex, Oeticker, Richco, Johnson & Hoffman, Universal Metal, Textron, LISI, and Matz-Ereka