David Hilgendorf Email & Phone Number

Collinsville, Va, Us

Fieldale, Va

Manage capital projects from design to execution. Annual budgets up to $2MM.

Reidsville, North Carolina, United States

Danville, Virginia Area

Provided technical and engineering support for the operating department. Managed the site's capital projects with an annual budget of $5-$10MM.

Asheboro, Nc

• On-site Project Manager for state of the art office building renovation/expansion on-time, with a budget of $5MM• Managed several projects improving the Personnel Safety in the plant, reducing the OSHA recordable and DART rates several years in a row• Managed several projects improving the Food Safety in the plant, contributing to corporate objective to qualify for SQF (Safe Quality Foods) certification and in general leading the food industry in the area of Food Safety• Managed several cost-saving projects, increasing Yield and OEE for the plant

Savannah, Georgia Area

Completed 7 capital projects valued at $1.5MM on time and under budget • 5 utility upgrades which increased energy efficiency • 2 system modifications, increasing client and Herty revenues

Georgia

• Bought, sold and managed over $4MM in assets including single family homes, multi-family, and apartment complexes.• Managed multiple construction projects simultaneously

Covington, Ga

• Reduced downtime through cereal enrobing/drying improvements• Increased plant’s corporate quality ranking for Honey Nut Cheerios

Mexico, Chile, Brazil

• Received US Patent 6,291,008 for discernible grain flake method for product to be introduced in France• Provided product development and start-up support for the introduction of several new cereal products in Mexico, Chile and Brazil totaling approximately $30MM in market value, including Zacusos, Trix and Fibra Max.• Products based on flaked and direct expansion technologies.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Introduced several new products in the US totaling over $100MM in market value, including Frosted Cheerios, the #1 Ready to Eat Breakfast Cereal Introduction ever at that time. Products based on gun-puff, sheeted, and direct expansion technologies.• Improved existing products, including Cheerios and Multi-Grain Cheerios, resulting in nutrition/marketing claim and increased share

Lodi, California

• Reduced utility cost 15% with redesign of steam to batch cook process

Minneapolis, Mn And Cedar Rapids, Iowa

• Developed innovative prototype breakfast cereal using several new technologies• Started up new product (Multi-Grain Cheerios) on a new line, on-time, resulting in a successful new product launch

La Crosse, Wisconsin Area

Wrote dozens of human interest articles.