Joe Lyon Email & Phone Number

St. Charles, Il 60174

Cell - 331-442-1817Email - lyon58@me.comSpecializing in • Nature, Architectural & Sports Photography• Extensive Image Library • Personalized Photography • Gallery Wrap canvas prints • Premium Photo Paper prints

Small General Contractor - handling residential construction and remodeling projects along with light commercial construction.Project Management - Kitchen & Bath Design and remodeling - Interior remodeling - Tile - Hardwood - Basement Build-outs - Window & Door replacement - Exteriors - Decks - etc

Carpentry Contractor – 50 employees - serving the new construction and remodeling industry with residential and light commercial rough framing, complete exterior services - siding, soffit, fascia, roofing, and gutters.• Develop and manage direct mail marketing program for residential sales.o Create market specific residential data base to be used in direct mail advertising.o Created four color direct mail flyers for promotional use.o Coordinated printer and bulk mailer for timely completion and distribution of 13,000 pc direct mail generating sales leads and sales opportunities.• Coordinate all aspects of production for exterior remodeling sales from initial customer contact through out the project and to completion. o Produce contracts and installer paperwork for closing sale with customer and relaying customer specific information to installers.o Create CAD design for projects and as sales tool.o Purchase and order materials from suppliers.o Produce, coordinate and manage job specific production schedules which provided on time delivery of materials and completion of projects.• Manage company safety programo Developed bi-monthly crew safety meetings outlines for use by crew leaders to train proper company safety procedures.o Set up attendance record keeping allowing to track attendance at safety meetings.o Trained co-worker to process and implement safety meetings resulting in the reduction of administrative costs.• Ongoing development and improvement of internal systems for better productivity and profitability.o Completed computer file structure allowing all office personnel quick access to pertinent open job information. • Learn and teach Plan Swift software to co-workers.o Created working templates to correspond with specific company services allowing quicker turn over of customer requested quotations.

Custom home builder & general contractor – 7 to 10 employees – Serving home buyers with complete design build capabilities, develop residential sub-divisions.Project Manager – Purchasing – Report to President• Manage all aspects of home building from foundation to closing.o Improved communicate with and scheduling of 37 subcontractors for the construction of residential single and multi-family housing.o Coordinate co-workers throughout the construction process insuring GC responsibilities are completed in a timely fashion.o Maintain positive relationships with sales representatives, customers, vendors, sub-contractors & suppliers.• Improved scheduling and communication processes with all sub-contractorso Resulting in improvement of on time delivery and installation of all aspects of the construction process through closing.• Communicate with architects, building departments, and code enforcement personnel throughout building process regarding course of action for structural issues, design changes, and general building code concerns.o This communication resulted in strong trusting relationships with professionals.• Provide detail designs and CAD drawingso Assisting buyers to visualize and purchase various elements for the construction process.o Assist the suppliers in producing and meeting the buyer’s expectations. • Regular communication with Sales Manager.o Communication of buyer’s expectations in relationship to unexpected changes throughout the construction process resulting in clear understanding between company and customers.• Lead and supervise remodeling projectso Supervising employee work force on specific jobs as primary source of labor resulting in increased production, quality, and profitability.o Train co-workers in many facets of construction resulting in a more diverse work force.

Service Manager• Manage all aspects of customer service.o Resulting in warranty compliance with sub-contractors and vendors.• Final walk through for closings with home buyers.o Resulting in the reduction of closing punch list items.o Reduction and creating solutions for repeating issues.

Molder of structural foam plastic parts – 15 to 20 employees – short run, low volume parts primarily for medical and diagnostic industries – complete tool machine shop, Quality Control, shipping and receiving.Production/Plant Manager – Report to President• Trained and supervised four departments with 12 to 14 employees.o Reduction of interdepartmental friction and in-fighting which created a positive team spirit. • Maintain positive relationships with sales representatives, customers, vendors, outside contractors & suppliers.• Realized annual savings in raw material; reduced overtime and tighter controls for outsourced vendors resulting in increase profits• Reengineered processes, cross-trained teammates and aggressively cut costs resulting in; o Improving unacceptable on-time delivery from 50% to 99%. Reducing cycle time from 5 months to 4 weeks. Improving productivity by 10 times.

• Designing kitchen and bath projects for custom cabinet dealers and individual clients. • Solution provider that helped to bring ideas to a completed design for remodeling projects and new construction.• Used CAD to produce clear and accurate blueprint floor plans and elevations to be used for all phases of production.

• Communicate directly with customers to evaluate their needs and desires for remolding projects.• Produce working designs for individual projects.• Coordinated production schedule with sub-contractors to produce on time delivery of kitchen & bath remodeling projects.• Used CAD to produce blueprint floor plans and elevations as production and sales aid. • Designed and sold kitchen and bath remodeling projects.

• Managed all facets of the business. • Developed systems and fixtures resulting in increased production and quality.• Used CAD to produce floor plans and elevations for production planning & sales aids. • Design and install barrier free kitchens.• Managed all aspects of remodeling projects.