Direct sales and operations for Dolese Bros. Co. Aggregates business unit encompassing all quarry and sand businesses. Lead new business development. Drive continuous improvements, strategic growth, and financial performance.

Direct Aggregate Operations for Dolese Bros. Co. encompassing all quarry and sand operations.Drive continuous improvements in plant optimizations and development of new business opportunities.

Developed and implemented process optimizations.

Added $1.2M to the bottom line through optimization of North TX stripping program (2011).Reduced costs by $1.0M through optimization and consolidation of East TX quarry operations (2010).Gained 20% volume and 16% cost reduction through warm-mix process additions at two HMA plants (2009).Developed and implementing strategic plan for North TX to expand market share. Chosen to be the representative for Southwest Division on Vulcan Materials Operations Committee. This committee reports directly to the Executive Committee and CEO of Vulcan and addresses corporate issues on operations and corporate policies. Recruited for Vulcan Material's Process Optimization Team. This team analyzes Vulcan operations and optimizes their processes yielding cost and efficiency improvements. Serve on Vulcan Material's Drilling/Blasting Committee and also the Explosives Committee.

Various engineering and management positions replated to 3M's Industrial Minerals Division (Roofing Granule Production and fine particle products) and 3M's Data Storage and Optical Technologies Division. Extensive knowledge and experience with particle sizing, crushing (including fine particle), material coating, dry separation systems. Explosives and blasting training/experience.

Directed a Plant Engineering organization of 104 people supporting three (3) separate global divisions.Reduced spare parts inventory by $300k under forecast while increasing capital equipment on site by $28M through alternate vendor sourcing and supplier management.Received a corporate engineering award for successful installation of a resin handling system in '94.Four engineering award nominations and one award winner for similar projects in '95.

Reduced salaried labor by 15% while increasing production output by 10%.Grew SVOP from $80M/yr to $120M/yr.Installing primary crushing upgrade yielding +$1.0M/year productivity improvement.Decertification of union (PACE) in 2001 at granule manufacturing facility.Implemented Six Sigma process in to site continually building savings to over $3.2M in 2005.Designed blasting program to eliminate sub-drilling, reduce explosive cost, and reduce drilling cost via bottom hole decking system. Saving exceed $100k/yr (2005).Designed mining/crushing system for added capacity at Little Rock (2006).Initialized Lean Manufacturing systems in 2006 capitalizing on 5S, PFEP, SMED.Selected to receive 3M EHS Leadership award for Total Safety Culture system in 2006.

Re-focused quality efforts on roofing granule coating operation yielding 13% improvement in first year, '96.Improved product service levels from 86% on-time shipments to 92% in '96, and again to 98% in '97.Lead cost improvement team to $875k savings in '96.Improved labor productivity by 35% in '97 (tons/labor hour).Continuous improvements in product quality resulting in an 82% quality increase from the baseline year of 1995.Managed site's quarry operations producing 3 million tons/year. Directed external contractor operating on site producing +750k tons/year.Optimized quarry drilling operations reducing labor by 50% and drilling equipment by 33%.Increased quarry productivity through loading/haulage optimizations. Increased truck sizes and reduced labor and fleet sizes by 40%.Decertified Quarry location in 1998 (Operating

Production Supt. & Plant Eng. Mgr.Turned around the site from a negative annual margin of -$1.75M to a positive $2M through optimization, capital improvements, and new business.Developed long term mining plan for quarry operations.Established rail ballast business and production process.Reduced plant maintenance costs 25% in '91 as a result of initiating self-directed teams.Member of management team during union decertification. (Successful decertification

& SupervisionDeveloped Quarry production reporting system.$1.0 million annual savings resulting from quarry productivity program.Reduced quarry blasting costs by 20% through design optimization.

Extractive Metallurgy research on by-product recovery of strategic minerals.