We are a 14 year old retail seafood business bringing "radically fresh seafood", fresh water fish, spices and cooking knowledge to the Piedmont Triad area. Our goal is to support our local fishing industry and to support the local/sustainable model for our incredibly fresh fish, shrimp, oysters and other crustaceans. We go to the central NC coast every week and provide 4 star restaurant products to our customers. A recently acquired HACCP certification puts us in a league of our own.

Southeastern account manager in the FlashPAC Division; responsible for packaging converting equipment.

Provided technical solutions for plastics packaging dispensing/converting systems for automated and non-automated packaging lines in the furniture, packaging distribution, mass marketing and electronics industries. Covered 4 states and managed a remote office including: customer service, scheduling, procurement, equipment testing, marketing communications and vendor meetings. Managed 102 accounts, 160 field systems; participated in the development of a new “air pillow” product line. Sales/marketing support ($28M US) including joint sales calls, plant assessment, technical presentations and Q&A forums.• Compiled and analyzed field service data and parts usage information which resulted in stream-lining the parts program, developing a central locus of control, vetting our vendors and demanding nationwide price discounting from suppliers.• Salvaged $6M in flexible packaging business by providing custom installation and upgraded equipment exchanges.• Conducted safety analysis at one manufacturer and identified various OSHA violations which resulted new safety practices averting potential injury, lost time and OSHA fines for noncompliance.

IT Consulting. Small network services; computer repair and security related training.

Installed and serviced packaging dispensing/converting systems for automated and non-automated packaging lines primarily in the furniture, packaging distribution and mass marketing industries. Covered 12 states, Mexico and Canada, and managed a remote office including: customer service, scheduling, procurement, equipment testing, marketing communications and vendor meetings. Managed 112 accounts, 222 field systems; participated in the development and field implementation of a new “air pillow” product line. Sales/marketing support ($18M US) including joint sales calls, plant assessment, technical presentations and Q&A forums.

Designing, prototyping, installing and servicing packaging dispensing/converting systems for automated and non-automated packaging lines primarily in the furniture and electronics industries; territory included 12 states, Mexico and Canada. In addition I managed a remote office which included: customer service, scheduling, industrial parts procurement, equipment testing/”burn-in”, service manual development and vendor meetings. 132 accounts, 300+ packaging systems in the field.Sales/marketing support ($27M US) including joint sales calls, plant assessment, technical presentations and Q&A forums.Managed three technicians covering California and the regional SE.

Designing, prototyping, installing and servicing packaging dispensing/converting systems for automated and non-automated packaging lines primarily in the furniture and electronics industries; territory included 16 states, Mexico and Canada. In addition I managed a remote office which included: customer service, scheduling, industrial parts procurement, equipment testing/”burn-in”, service manual development and vendor meetings. 128 accounts.

Designing, prototyping, installing and servicing packaging dispensing/converting systems for automated and non-automated packaging lines primarily in the furniture and electronics industries; territory included 122 accounts in 21 states, Mexico and Canada. In addition I managed a remote office which included: customer service, scheduling, industrial parts procurement, equipment testing/”burn-in”, service manual development and vendor meetings.Sales/marketing support ($21M US )

Installed and serviced PLC based paint custom color systems (Miller Paint equipment) in Sears and United Airline locations covering 22 states primarily in the eastern US; provided requisite training to equipment operators, supervisory personnel and maintenance departments; assisted with telephone based customer service.Laboratory responsibilities included: operating gloss spectrometers, Coulter particle counters and a variety of optical meters and scales.1. Set up the SE territory including service logistics, preventative maintenance schedules and diagnostic methodology.2. Implemented the first digital multi-pump colorant dispensing system3. Taught the DeSoto technical staff to use Microsoft-Excel for data collection and collation.

Prototyping and testing new fiber optic multiplexing systems and printed circuit boards.Provided engineering and troubleshooting guides to R&D staff as well as technicians.Tested new SM443 telephony systems fiber optic switches.1. Assisted with implementing the first high speed multi-user remote telephony switch.2. Involved in testing equipment and assimilating data for a Pentagon related government contract at a new standard.3. Helped to develop bench technician test standards and methodology.