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Responsible for KWS Environmental, the KWS sales division that provides material handling solutions for water and wastewater treatment plants. National Sales Manager responsible for managing a group of over 20 manufacturer's representatives and more than 30 Key OEM Accounts for the entire country. Major initiatives include authoring dozens of case studies & testimonials for KWS website, authoring new product content and engineering guides for Environmental portion of KWS website, improving representative network leading to more opportunities & bigger sales, and conducting training schools for reps and customers. Sales manager experienced with working with engineering firms, influencing the design direction of project, providing clear and detailed bids for contractors and end users, and answering inquiries before and after the bid. Focused on selling environmental material handling equipment such as shafted screw conveyors, shaftless screw conveyors, screw feeders & live bottoms, bucket elevators, vertical screw conveyors, belt conveyors, heat transfer screw processors, pressure vessels, slide gates, hoppers & bins, diverter gates, control panels, and much much more. Attendee of many sales calls, trade shows, site start-ups, and problem diagnosis visits. Supervise team of one dedicated project manager and designer. Responsible for accurately quoting the price and conducting the bid negotiation. Sales manager of $1-2 million dollars of yearly sales with individual projects totaling $300K or more. Current overall goals are to grow yearly sales, increase profitability and revenue, and maintain an accurate schedule of activities and database of all KWS Environmental projects.

Regional Sales Manager responsible for managing a group of over 20 manufacturer's representatives for various parts of the country. Major initiatives included authoring over 25 case studies & testimonials for KWS website, improving representative network leading to more opportunities & bigger sales, and conducted training for multiple new engineering hires and reps. Sales engineer experienced with developing quick, custom solutions, identifying key needs of customers, and communicating those needs to internal and external stakeholders. Focused on selling engineered equipment such as screw conveyors, screw feeders & live bottoms, bucket elevators, drag conveyors, vertical screw conveyors, belt conveyors, heat transfer screw processors, pressure vessels, slide gates, hoppers & bins, and much much more. Attendee of many sales calls, trade shows, site start-ups, and problem diagnosis visits. Supervised teams of 1 to 3 inside sales engineers. Can quote & check the system-wide project drawings down to the piece parts. Sales manager of $1-2 million dollars of yearly sales with individual projects totaling $300K or more. Trained and experienced in Autodesk Inventor Professional 2015. Responsible for shepherding the customer from the initial contact all the way through the phases of quoting, re-quoting, ordering, engineering, purchasing, planning, manufacturing, shipping, installing, commissioning, running, and maintaining.

Senior Product Engineer for Hardware Engineering, Infrastructure Logistics business unit. Major initiatives included product management for new and updated airport baggage and parcel handling equipment. Mechanical engineer experienced with managing technical challenges, tight budgets, and evolving customer requirements. Focused on research and development of new and improved material handling products. Managed teams of 1 to 5 talented engineers. Can manage the scope and let the team do the work or work on the details. Project manager of internal or external customer projects with budgets exceeding 2 million dollars. Created complex system layout drawings or detailed product level drawings using 3D CAD programs and containing full bills of material. Certified professional of Unigraphics NX. Can handle multiple ends of the internal and external customer spectrum: vendors, customer service, maintenance, training, project management, sales, manufacturing, purchasing, quality, installation, and accounting.