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Manchester, Maine, United States

Former board member and Chairman of the Small Enterprise Growth Fund, dba, the "Maine Venture Fund". The fund is a professionally-managed venture capital fund that invests exclusively in Maine companies who demonstrate a potential for high growth and public benefit. The fund has been actively investing in Maine companies since 1997, after its creation by an act of the Maine Legislature in 1995 to provide Maine companies and entrepreneurs access to patient sources of venture capital. The fund… Show more Former board member and Chairman of the Small Enterprise Growth Fund, dba, the "Maine Venture Fund". The fund is a professionally-managed venture capital fund that invests exclusively in Maine companies who demonstrate a potential for high growth and public benefit. The fund has been actively investing in Maine companies since 1997, after its creation by an act of the Maine Legislature in 1995 to provide Maine companies and entrepreneurs access to patient sources of venture capital. The fund has received capital contributions from the State of Maine and operates as a revolving “evergreen” fund. Show less

Cumberland, Maine

One platform to leverage software, hardware, and data to improve outcomes and provide ongoing support during pretrial, reentry, and recovery.

Manchester, Maine

Progress Engineering provides advanced, creative, and practical automation and process control solutions for industrial applications.

Mt. Vernon, Me

Woods End Labs is a small manufacturing start-up for a proprietary soil test technology.Responsible for overall management and strategic planning to grow Solvita brand products worldwide.

Portland, Maine Area

Responsible for field sales and application of automation and communication products including RTUs, PLCs, HMIs, protocol converters, SCADA software, data radios, cellular modems, Ethernet routers/switches, etc.

Functional areas of responsibility included Field Services; Project Administration; Quality Assurance; Valve Assembly; Inventory & Warehouse operations; Contract Management; Project Proposal development; Inside Sales; Order Entry. Responsibilities included Divisional P&L responsibility for Field Services Operations (Systems & Instrumentation); development and management of income and expense budgets; new business development planning; risk management; personnel management.

Functional areas of responsibility included Field Services; Project Administration; Quality Assurance; Valve Assembly; Inventory & Warehouse operations; Contract Management; Project Proposal development; Inside Sales; Order Entry. Divisional P&L responsibility for Field Services Operations (Systems & Instrumentation); development and management of income and expense budgets; new business development planning; risk management; personnel management.

Provided business development and application and customer support for Emerson’s DeltaV distributed control systems. Primary emphasis was in the pulp & paper and power industries in Northern New England. This role interfaced with clients, vendors and internal resources to provide highly technical and financially detailed proposals for new control system implementations.

Responsible for management of engineers, technicians and administrative staff at an 8 person field office in Gray, Maine. Managerial responsibilities included new business development; annual budget planning and tracking; manpower planning; aspects of project management.

Member of an “away team” sent to Europe (Scotland) by this dot-com start-up. Managed a small I.T. team responsible for implementing a WAN for the streaming of live Internet radio. Responsibilities included day-to-day management of team members and installations; client communications; and primary interface to sales team and corporate headquarters in the United States.

Augusta, Maine

Sales: Direct sales experience with both small and large corporate accounts. Reviewed and approved annual sales plans; performed S.W.O.T. analysis of sales territories; developed "focused sales initiatives"; key account planning; Managed vendor relationships via joint business planning; sales calls with key clients; hired and trained team members to provide first class technical and commercial support; set response goals; developed "areas of expertise" format; communicated and coordinated… Show more Sales: Direct sales experience with both small and large corporate accounts. Reviewed and approved annual sales plans; performed S.W.O.T. analysis of sales territories; developed "focused sales initiatives"; key account planning; Managed vendor relationships via joint business planning; sales calls with key clients; hired and trained team members to provide first class technical and commercial support; set response goals; developed "areas of expertise" format; communicated and coordinated schedules and plans with clientsEngineering: Have managed engineering teams utilizing business plans emphasizing profit and utilization goals; developed proposal documents; handled many aspects of project management.Marketing: Development of strategic marketing plans; interface to marketing agency; directed web-site upgrades General Management: Experience with tax, accounting, legal, and banking issues involved in operating a small business; strategic business planning; use of MBO; process re engineering; personnel management including compensation, performance, career development. Negotiated sale of company and integrated operations into the acquiring company; started up and managed a European field office.Financial: Development and oversight of annual budgets and P&L plan; oversight of company controller and status of A/R, A/P, and cash position; review of financials and action plans; interface to CPA firm and banks. Show less

Mba, Business Administration

Bs, Business Administration