Brian Alwin Email & Phone Number

Lake Elmo, MN, US

• Built moving business from the ground floor. Started business in Rochester, MN and expanded to 2 locations – Austin, MN in 2012 and Lake Elmo, MN in 2019.
• Supervise 15 staff including Transportation Manager, Office Manager, Move Managers, Team Leaders, Drivers and Packers.
• Manage financials, budgeting, bookkeeping, administrative work, problem solving and staffing.
• Achieve 40% growth annually.

1719 10th Drive SE, Austin, MN 55912

• Along with my wife and business partner, we built this business from scratch
• Over 100 climate-controlled storage lockers on the property
• Purchased renovated property, changed landscape, and established a gateway towards the Austin area.
• Contributed to landscape improvement and beautification of Southwest Austin area., Austin's first climate-controlled self-storage facility located at the intersection of highway 218 and 10th Drive Southeast.

• Oversaw 9 districts/9 states consisting of 40 chapters and 1,100 volunteers.
• Meet with District Directors and Chapter Chairs to execute SCORE’s mission and serve as advocate.
• Attend annual district meetings and give presentations on various business topics.
• Gather feedback and provide encouragement to district attendees.
• Attend annual regional meeting with 75 District Directors and 40 Chapter Chairs.
• Meet twice annually with Regional Vice Presidents for strategic review and analysis.

• Technology integrator for Minnesota's SCORE volunteer force
• Managed training in Minnesota for over 300 volunteers throughout 7 chapters.
• Trained mentors on using in-house operating system.
• Member of Technology Advisory Committee.
• Developed specification for new operating system for the organization.
• Currently implementing Sales Force.

Fargo, North Dakota Area

• Mentored individuals starting businesses in Minnesota.

• Lead the information systems department for a $300MM division of TRW Automotive - supporting technology systems for the testing lab, design engineering, shipping and receiving, customer service, manufacturing floor.
• Managed a team of Systems Engineers, Technicians, and Data Entry personnel.
• Oversaw numerous projects including virtual IBM servers and VOIP telephone system project in 2006 for the entire division.
• Created Value Engineering Team to reduce product costs through labor reduction methodology, changing material design, pricing restructuring and vendor negotiation.
• Added responsibility of Customer Service Manager from 2005 – 2006.

• Developed software systems for design and manufacturing of automotive electronic components.
• Involved in work-flow systems that communicated to various departments and staff.
• Early adopter of server farms and virtual servers.
• Introduced first network into the factory.

• In charge of receiving and in process quality control departments and personnel consisting of up to 25 staff, mainly Quality Inspectors.
• Developed systems to streamline work.
• In charge of ISO9000 implementation.
• Quality Auditor.

Winona County, Minnesota, United States

• Took on Field Engineer role traveling to 50 automotive assembly plants in North America (U.S. Canada and Mexico).
• Monitored product quality, assisted in product installation, performed troubleshooting and correction of quality issues.
• Met with Plant Manufacturing Engineers and Plant Quality Personnel.