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Port Matilda, Pennsylvania

Forestry Consulting with an emphasis on assisting landowners manage their woodlands to meet their goals and objectives. Expertise in timber sales and wildlife management. Also consultant to forest products companies with expertise in facility management, team building,contractor supervision, regulatory compliance, etc.

Reedsville, PA

Responsible for all aspects of silvicultural management and procurement decisions and implementation to meet company and landowner objectives, as well as leadership and supervision of forestry team, for this whole tree chipping operation. Operations performed on company, nonindustrial private, and public lands. Responsible for all necessary permits and.

Woodland, PA

Responsible for all phases of operation of this site (7 MMBF sawmill and kilns) including P&L, raw material procurement, lumber sales, log sales, and leading 50 +/- employees.- Turned facility around from $500,000 loss to $200,000 profit in one year.- Rebuilt forestry department.- Successfully completed $400,000 mill improvement on time and under budget.

Mill Hall, PA

Responsible for all phases of operation of this site (6 MMBF sawmill) including P & L, raw material procurement, lumber sales, log sales, and leading 25 employees.- Turned chronically unprofitable operation into a profitable operation in less than 2 years.- Rebuilt forestry department.- Built strong leadership team.

Hancock, NY

Responsible for operations and P & L of this site which includes a sawmill (13 MMBF), pallet plant, and dry kilns. - Assimilated this former family run operation into Rossi American Hardwoods organization.- Increased sawmill production 15%.- Implemented daily reporting system to track overrun, production, and grade yield.- Increased pallet production.

Reedsburg, WI

Responsibilities included plant operations, management, and P&L of this $13 million per year hardwood lumber and pallet parts manufacturing facility that employed 80 people. Turned around facility in 6 months. - Supervised installation of new carriage/scanner, resaw/mill/pregrade station, and chipper on time and on budget.- Took facility from operating in.

Appalachia, VA

Mill Manager, Appalachia, VA (1996-1998)Involved responsibility for all manufacturing operations and P&L of this grade hardwood sawmill which produced approximately 20 MMBF per year. Facility included two band head rig saws with gang edger and employed 65 people.- Reversed loss from $300,000 to gain of $300,000 in one year.- Increased production 12% and.

Johnsonburg, PA

Procured raw material for the expanding pulp and paper mill with consumption rate of 1800 tons per day. Oversaw construction of company satellite chip production facility from site selection to start-up.

Kane, PA

Managed 50,000 acres of company owned forestlands and oversaw timber harvesting operations on nonindustrial private and public lands which supplied logs for the company’s grade hardwood sawmill. Included all land management and silvicultural decisions and supervision of two company foresters; negotiating contracts and supervising more than 40 logging.

Conway, SC

Bachelor Of Science In Forest Science

B.S., Forest Science