Founder of a business development, investment, and management consulting firm that provides project management, financial analysis, and acquisition & disposition advisory services to businesses in the heavy construction materials and mining industry. Closed in excess of $400M in property and business acquisitions. Identified and acquired business assets to expand a client's multi-state construction aggregates, concrete, cement, and asphalt operations by 66% and managed the acquisition of those assets. Founded an upstart logistics technology company, hired staff and established production and sales departments. Managed business development for a wireless productivity & maintenance solution for heavy mobile equipment assets. Managed regional sales and installation of a high technology eco-friendly building materials product line. Experienced Officer & Board of Directors Member.

Responsible for operations management and sales for an international mining, construction materials and contracting company division with 200 employees and $200M sales revenue. Negotiated labor agreements and reduced labor costs by 10%. Implemented continuous production improvement plan and increase manufacturing production 67%. Negotiated a Japanese cement raw material supply contract at 25% below domestic cost. Installed a computerized planned maintenance program and increased production equipment availability from 80% to 90%. Inventoried construction aggregates products and analyzed product prices against those of competitors, and raised prices while retaining market share. Implemented new quality control testing & reporting program and reduced product loss by 10%. Implemented safety training & reporting program and reduced injuries by 10 percent. Opened a new import and domestic cement supply terminal and business office, hired and trained staff, installed dispatch, billing and accounting systems and began selling raw cement for delivery to concrete plants. Responsible for production and maintenance of a 4,500 ton/day clinker capacity cement plant with a 25 megawatt waste heat recovery, dual steam turbine powerplant.

Managed production and maintenance for a mining and construction materials manufacturing facility that produced in excess of 10M tons per year of construction aggregates, and quicklime for flux in primary steel production. Implemented preventative maintenance program, which improved productivity by 25 percent.