Vacation and Family and Independently Working on hobbies, Automotive, Lawncare, new technology. Every Chapter has a beginning, and this is the year of my Next Chapter......

Responsibilities include (but not limited to):• Develop and manage financial budgets and targets for service department, Responsible to deliver on targets and expectations, Responsible for delivering profitable service results (10%)• Managing the day-to-day operations of the Technical Service department in USA & Canada (20%)• Customer issue management (10%)• Resource management, resource allocation and scheduling (5%)• Coordinate, manage and assign resources for after hours technical support with emergency FSE/FST services mobilization (5%)• Ensure that Preventative Maintenance Agreement services are delivered and completed on time to customers (5%)• Coordinate, manage and assign resources to support commissioning and troubleshooting services on Tetra Pak Processing equipment in the dairy, juice, beverage, cheese and prepared foods industry. Equipment are (but not limited to) centrifuges, homogenizers, Alfast standardizes, plate heat exchangers (PHE), tubular heat exchangers (THE), cheese equipment, pumps, valves, processing systems (BPUs) - TA Flex, TA Drink, ALCIP, TA VTIS, TA Visco, Tetra Alsafe etc. (5%)• Competence development, coaching & mentoring of the Components Supervisor, TSAs, USA Systems FSEs and Canadian FSTs (5%)• Assess and evaluate training needs for the the Components Supervisor, TSAs, USA Systems FSEs and Canadian FSTs (5%)• Develop and implement competence development program (5%) • Coordination and implementation of training (2.5%)• Development of standards and procedures to improve the operation of the team (5%)• Setting of I/O's for the the Components Supervisor, TSAs, USA Systems FSEs and Canadian FSTs (5%)

Manage and performed maintenance on separation processing equipment throughout the US.Handle customer complaints and technical questions via the phone and at site. Resolving various situations from electrical troubleshooting to mechanical TPMS on Tetra Centrifuges, Alex Homogenizers, ALFAST, and VFD Drives.Coordinated and installed equipment according to manufacturer specifications as a commissioning FSE for the component Portfolio.Interfaced with Tetra Pak Sweden TDB to initiate changes and developments in new and existing equipment.Responsible for up to 8 direct reports for Managing schedules, Daily activities, training, technical service.Complete with Line manager FSE yearly and quarterly reviews.

Installed equipment used in Foam cutting and rubberized plastics.Traveled around the US performing installations and maintenance on various Foam cutting and molding equipment.Tetra Pak inquired and I accepted FSE

Manager of 23 Employees overseeing 15 Filling Lines and 3 Processors.Installed 2 Combi Block Fillers, 2 Astepo machines and one Bag in the box.Involved with commissioning starting up a complete Aseptic processing plant. Hired in as a production operator and moved up through the company to Maintenance Manager within 4 years. From Line operator filler operator (TBA 8 and TBA 9; Maintenance position included Managing the operation of 2 VTIS systems, 1 Dasi Sterilizer, 1 Juice Press, Blending and Separation.Supervised general including: Building maintenance, Fork Lifts, Boiler, HVAC, office maintenance.Recommended and implemented new maintenance program and assigned engineers to daily tasks and pm

Managed and operated my own Lawn Maintenance operationFull Service Lawn care, Fertilization and snowplow operation.Continued to work with customers partially while working for Parmalat.Maintained customer base of 50 accounts both Commercial and residential.Reason for leaving was competition. Cost of insurance and seasonal work.