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Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States

US Human Resources Representative, Financial Administration and Account Manager.

Rock Hill, South Carolina

Responsible for managing new and existing accounts in North America for Machine Systems, Advanced Machining, and Product Services.

Rock Hill, South Carolina

Responsible for New Business Development, managing mature program contacts and business levels, monitoring key business contacts and competition, advertising, and functioning as a Senior level manager on the leadership team.

Union Grove, Wisconsin

Performed business development activities for a specialty coatings and industrial roller manufacturing organizations. Activities included potential acquisition due diligence, market research and evaluation, make vs. buy analysis and strategy, new product introduction, and operations resource planning.

JW Peters is a division of the Cretex. Inc. Construction Products Group, and is a $50m full service prestress precast concrete firm that is over 60 years old. JW Peters is located in Burlington Wisconsin and serves the Chicago, Milwaukee and Madison markets. JW Peters is a PCI certified plant with MNL 116 and MNL 117 certifications. JW Peters is primarily a structural products provider and is the largest, and most experienced, parking garage supplier in the Midwest.JW Peters also provides precast transportation and field erection/finishing services. In 2007, JW Peters operated at an $80m annual volume. The recent market trends have impacted the operation and I have been primarily focused on right sizing the organization and preparing JWP Peters for a merger with a sister company (Iowa Precast - IPC). The merger with IPC will be completed by the end of March 2009.

Burlington, Wisconsin

In this position, I was responsible for prestress/precast production, purchasing, quality control, plant maintenance, safety, and operations excellence. The operations group included 200 Teamster (Local 43) hourly employees and 18 salaried team personnel. This operation produced up to 15,000 sq ft of precast concrete per day (Double Tees, Wall Panels, Spandrels, Beams & Columns).Major accomplishments include:- Managed the union workforce, with a minimum of grievances, by coaching high performing workers into supervisory or administrative positions.- Implemented Operations Excellence programs, utilizing scorecard measurement and accountability systems, supported with continuous improvement tools.- Initiated an inventory reduction program that resulted in a 50% reduction over a 6-month period, without interruption to production processes.

Hi-Tek Manufacturing, located in Mason Ohio, is a $25m high precision machining services provider to the large gas turbine manufacturers. These large gas turbine manufacturers serve the aircraft engine and power generation industries.Major accomplishments include:- Profitably grew the annual revenue of this operation from $10m to over $25m in a three year period. - Transitioned a "quote everything job shop" into a structured machining organization by categorizing all customers into A, B, or C classifications. This approach drove a focus on core business opportunities, maximized the quotation results, and increased the win ratios.- Designed and implemented a new web site and marketing brochure.

The Landing Systems Services Group, of Goodrich Corporation, is a $200m organization located in Troy Ohio. This Goodrich Division serves the worldwide aftermarket activities for the Wheels, Brakes and Landing Gear on Commercial and Military aircraft. I was originally hired as the Director of Strategic Alliances and Outsourcing. The primary responsibility in the Alliances and Outsourcing position was to outsource vertically integrated repair and overhaul functions within the major airlines to one or more of Goodrich's worldwide service centers. This position was eliminated shortly after September 11, 2001, and I was re-assigned to the Contracts Manager position.

I worked for the Servo Controls Division located in Dublin Georgia. The Business Team Leader role was responsible for the Business Development and Product Line Growth of Electro Hydraulic Servo Valves for aircraft flight control applications and Electro Mechanical Sub Sssemblies for missile control actuation systems. Parker Hannifin purchased Abex NWL Aerospace in 1996. Significant accomplishments include:- The Servo Controls Division grew from an annual volume of $15m to over $55m in this 4-year period.- The servovalve marketshare on Airbus applications grew to over 17% from zero.- The electro-mechanical control actuation system assembly business unit grew to an annual volume of over $25m.

Abex NWL Aerospace was headquartered in Kalamazoo Michigan. The Servovalve and Electro-mechanical actuator assembly product groups were located in Dublin Georgia. I was transferred from Kalamazoo to Dublin to build the Electro-mechanical missile systems product line. Significant accomplishments include:- Structured a $10m manufacturing operation to produce electro-mechanical missile control actuation assemblies. This operation is now producing over $20m annually.- Awarded Program Manager of the year in 1996, by the Texas Instruments/Lockheed Martin joint venture on the Javelin Missile system.

Abex Aerosapce and NWL (National Waterlift) merged in the 2002 - 2003 time period. I was transferred from Oxnard California to Kalamazoo Michigan to support this merger. I reported directly to the president of Abex NWL and was assigned to special projects in the Operations area. My primary responsibility was to close a servovalve plant located in Hong Kong China and relocate the product line (assets) to Dublin Georgia. This assigmnet required 6-months of living in Hong Kong. Significant accomplishments included:- Closed a $20m Electro-Hydraulic Servovale assembly and test facility in Hong Kong China and mover the operation to Dublin Georgia, on time and under budget. Customer and supplier relationships were maintained during this transition.

Abex Aerospace was located in Oxnard California and I was responsible for general accounting and special projects for this supplier of Aircraft Electro-Hydraulic Servovalves and Hydraulic Pumps. Significant accomplishments include:- Managed the assets and resulting asset relocation of a $200m hydraulic products manufacturing operation during multiple plant closures and product line mergers.- Led a bar code labor collection and shop floor control system selection and implementation team for a 500 man, $150m manufacturing operation. This project was completed on time and under budget.