Partner in the merger of KITCO and Preferred Solutions to form FORGE Manufacturing Solutions and FORGE - Great Lakes Division covering Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and parts of the Dakotas, Nebraska and Missouri. The FORGE - Great Lakes Division sells leading edge fabrication equipment and CNC machine tools here in Wisconsin, representing a NEW line from a very large publicly traded Italian company El.En and their line of Cutlite Penta's fiber lasers 5 different series of 2D and 3D, fiber lasers with powers from 4kw to 30,000watts and soon to have 50,000watts with table sizes from 5'x10' up to 15' x 100' - already over 30 sold here in the US, HGG's line of heavy duty plasma cutting systems for pipe and tube, Dener's line of hydraulic and electric press brakes (formerly sold by Mitsubishi for 15 years), CMS' line of waterjet cutting systems which are the most technically advanced, the most accurate and fastest on the market, a line of high precision aluminum and carbon fiber machining centers and routers and their line of DMC finishing machines - wet and dry for deburring, edge rounding, oxide removal and finishing, Parmigiani plate rolls, flanging and dishing machines, IPG's line of compact fiber lasers called the LaserCube-(there are 9 in Wisconsin), ARC Industries line of plasma cutting systems - Las Vegas, Cosen and DoALL saws, Mecal's line of aluminum machining centers and dual headed saws for the window, door and curtain wall industries, Ganesh/Expand Machinery out of Chatsworth, California has a full line of CNC machine tools that include, single and dual spindle lathes, hybrid SWISS machines, 20mm and 42mm, VMCs from 24"x16" to 100"x39" that are loaded with features, etc. We have our own Service Department to give our customers the parts and service support that they need.

Kitco Machine Tool Sales is a distributor of machine tools and fabrication equipment representing Cy Laser a manufacturer of the most technically advanced, cost saving, fiber optic lasers for sheet metal cutting, on the market today-1500 watts to 5000 watts and more table configurations and automation systems than anyone on the market today, RDI Group - manufacturers of coil fed fiber optic laser cutting systems, with the ability to add inline bending and punching process systems, manufactured in Itasca, Illinois, Marvel Mfg out of Oshkosh, Wisconisn a manufacturer of a full line of steel cutting saws and ironworkers, Baykal-FabLine a manufacturer of quality press brakes from 40 tons to 6600 tons and shears with headquarters in Chicago/St. Charles, Illinois, WDM out of Kentucky and Faccin plate and angle rolls, Ganesh CNC multi axis, swiss style, dual spindle, twin and triple turret, bar fed machine tools -headquartered in Chatsworth, California, Ernst oxide removal and finishing machines, Giant vibratory finishing machines - Chicago, Illinois, Advanced Cutting Systems - Koike/Aronson plasma cutters and welding automation to name a few.

Distributor Sales Engineer for southeast and central Wisconsin selling a complete line of Fabrication equipment (Mazak 2D and 3D lasers, Ermak press brakes and shears, plasma cutters, Hyd Mech steel cutting saws, Techni waterjets, OTC robotic welding cells, Faccin plate rolls, etc.). Mac-Tech has been in business for 25 years providing sales and field service through out the Midwest.

• Managed two branch operations that rented and sold a full line of construction equipment, as well as wide variety of contractors’ merchandise and supplies. • Directed all operational functions for two branches with $7M in annual sales revenue, including strategic planning, budgeting, P&L, inventory management, cost controls and staff recruiting/management.• Developed and implemented sales and marketing plans, as well as time and territory management system.• Reviewed/approved payroll and branch expenses/purchases, accounts receivable and ordered equipment. • Coordinated, organized and led training of outside sales representatives and inside support personnel