I have been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to lead this amazing business for my entire professional career. We have achieved revenue growth of over 10x while achieving industry leading profitability & financial metrics of any measure.We have stayed on the cutting edge of the industry, adopting & efficiently executing innovative technologies early. Quickly after inception, often unheard of in companies as small as we were, we adopted large scale & fully lights out laser automation that, through the use of various software solutions, adapted a high mix/low volume job shop to the efficiency of a high volume facility. We were also among the early adopters of automatic tool changing press brakes & press brake automation. Among these and our other past/future pushes towards automation, we are working to build an ever more productive business with even better and more engaging careers for our staff.Our extreme financial discipline has allowed us to weather the depths of the worst recessions while maintaining a high level of stability for our employees & vendors. Throughout our company history, we have never laid off a single employee, cut a single salary, strayed from our commitment to pay our vendors early, or given any reason to our employees/vendors to worry that there was any instability in their earnings.With our commitment to environmental leadership, we receive awards regularly from the Mayor in the City we operate in. I also strive to maintain active industry participation in many ways such as accepting speaking engagements and accepting appointments for Board of Director, Committee, & Council positions with associations & governing bodies in our industry.Building this business, even with the countless hours & challenges, from just a handful of people to where we are today has been one of the most gratifying experiences of my life. I am thankful for the opportunity to continue to tweak and execute our strategic vision in an ever-changing industry!

This company, which I lead as the largest shareholder with just under a 50% stake, is owned & operated by myself & three of my fellow U.T. Austin M.B.A. graduates with the goal of making Real Estate investments that provided outsized returns using a variety of different tools & relationships.Our strict financial discipline, robust modeling, strong work ethic, and fantastic operating vendor relationships have allowed us to be successful in this venture. Our current holdings focus on the Greater D/FW area (Garland, Irving, Carrollton, Dallas Proper, etc.), and we are always seeking new investments!

I had the great privilege & honor to be nominated, elected, and serve as a Member of the Board of Directors for our industry's international trade association, starting as a junior member and ascending through the Chairman role. The truly remarkable staff with the support of a very functional & cohesive Board traversed significant growth, mergers & acquisitions, a transition to a new CEO, a move to a new headquarters building in a new city, with significant financial discipline in very volatile economic times.The organization provided formal training on how to be an effective leader at the Board of Directors level through Tecker International on three separate occasions during my tenure with the Board. I had the opportunity to serve on a wide variety of committees including ad-hoc purpose built committees for digital I.T. initiatives & relocation of company headquarters to Executive & Investment committees.2007 - 2008: Associate Member of the Board of Directors (Non-Voting)2008 - 2011: 1st Elected Term as Full Member of the Board of Directors.2011 - 2014: 2nd Elected Term as Full Member of the Board of Diectors* * Term Extended Due to Officer Service (Details Below).2013 - 2014: Secretary and Treasurer of the Board.2014 - 2015: 2nd Vice Chairman of the Board.2015 - 2016: 1st Vice Chairman of the Board.2016 - 2017: Chairman of the Board.2017 - 2018: Past Chairman of the Board.This post also allowed me to serve on the Board of the group's Media/Publishing/Exposition company (FMAC) and the group's Charitable Organization (Nuts, Bolts, & Thingamajigs Foundation) - both truly enlightening & fulfilling experiences.I look forward to supporting this amazing organization, its Board, its staff, and its mission in any way I can in years to come.

This company was formed in 2007 with a very talented group of individuals, including seven of my fellow U.T. Austin M.B.A. graduates, with the goal of making global public equity value investments that consistently outperformed the broader market indices with low volatility and systematic risk.We employed a progressive, disciplined, and comprehensive investment process that included a bottom-up approach combined with quantitative analysis and a macroeconomic analysis of sectors and geographies to identify market opportunities & trends. To complement this, our disciplined sell process consisted of fundamental risk/return analysis of each equity investment and rebalancing sectoral allocations to limit volatility of the portfolio.I owned 12.5% of the company and was its only President from inception to dissolution. We were independently owned and operated by our partners with no outside affiliations or joint venture agreements.During our just over five years of operation, our results were very impressive. We started at a market high and went through very turbulent times including the worst recession in greater than a generation. Despite that, we closed with an annualized positive return in excess of 10%. Our approach allowed us to take advantage of market volatility, despite only monthly meetings of our group and only buying & selling of long equity positions - no options, short sales, etc.Our final transactions were charitable donations to relevant causes that were important to us. This experience was very successful, fulfilling, and most importantly - fun.

I started this organization while in college working towards my undergraduate degree at the height of the high tech. industry boom. Together with some fellow students . . . we built, sold, and installed custom computer hardware for individuals and small businesses.Key Position Specifics:• Developed & implemented custom computing solutions for home users / small corporations.• Cultivated & maintained successful business & customer relationships.• Researched and pursued target market, closed sales, and supported customers after the point of sale.• Successfully generated profit by effectively managing all costs (labor, parts, etc.).

Part Time High School Job:Managed many aspects of hotel management including custom software suite, corporate marketing, customer relations & billing, office management, etc.Worked at this position until I graduated from High School and moved to Austin to pursue my undergraduate degree.

Part Time High School Job:Worked in all aspects of customer service at a T.J. Maxx retail store while attending high school. Learned all basics of customer service (great customers, unruly customers, etc.). Worked all departments from layaway to fitting room, cash register, etc.I strongly believe that the lessons a 16 year old learns balancing life & school are lifelong - from work ethic to time management, balancing social/academic priorities, & more. I hope to instill the same experience in my children when this time comes.