Mark Bacon Email & Phone Number

Wears Valley, Sevierville, Tn

The Dollywood Company

Responsible for all operation of the Rides Maintenance Central Shop. This includes the following: Inventory, purchasing and management of all rides MRO supplies. Scheduling of ride rebuilds.

Sevierville, Tn

Responsible for all maintenance operations of the Country Fair Rides. This includes the following Chance Rides: Carousel, Sky Rider, Zamperla Rides: Flying Elephants, Dizzy Disc, Piggy Parade, Shooting Star, Eli Bridge Rides: Big Wheel,Scrambler, Majestic Rides: Bumper Cars,Preston Barbieri Rides: Side Show Spin,Technical Park Rides: Tea Cups, Bertazzon Rides: Waltzer Swings, I.E. Park Rides, Lucky Ducks, Busy Bee's and .Also worked as Safety Trainer for Rides Maintenance. Worked as Safety Trainer for the Attractions team while working on the Adventure Mountain, Tennessee Tornado, and Mystery Mine. Had the responsibility of working with the management team to start-up the SkyZip operation as a new event for Dollywood. This includes the checking/maintenance of the zip lines for proper safe operation, training of new employees, setup of inspection and inventory of all safety and operational equipment, complete bi-monthly safety meetings, investigate incident reports, complete ongoing training of guides. I also supervise the sales operation and monitor customer satisfaction.

Concord, Canada

Responsible for all sales activities, spare parts, service and new equipment, for a company based in Canada.

Sevierville, Tn

Responsible for all sales activities, spare parts, service and new equipment, for a company based in Austria. Supervision of service contracts, vendors, responsible for planning and review of all budgets and operating procedures, and customer service for all accounts

Charleston, South Carolina Area

Responsible for all sales activities for spare parts, service and new equipment fabricated in Austria. Supervision of service contracts, vendors and office staff, planning and review of all budgets and operating procedures, customer service for all accounts.

Cleveland, Tn

Started an Antique furniture import business, selected vendors from Europe to import to the US. Developed and implemented the business plan. Also I worked as a consultant for an equipment manufacture from Austria.

Cleveland, Tn

Responsible for all activities of the business. I purchased an operating business with sales of $125,000 per year and grew the business to sales over $250,000 per year in three years. Implemented quality procedures, reorganized the operating staff, developed new product lines, built a new 5,000 SQ. FT building, relocated operations and selected new equipment. Positioned the company to sale and successfully sold the business.

Athens, Tn

Supervised the Purchasing, Warehouse, Inventory/Production Control and Transportation departments. Worked closely with the Accounting Manager for budget and cost saving controls.

Cleveland, Tn

Managed all aspects of the business from development to sell of business.

Athens, Tn

Responsible for all purchase requirements for manufacturing, maintenance and plant support. I imported materials from China and Italy, supervised clerical staff for purchasing, and used production inventory and MRP systems for development of requirements.

Cleveland, Tn

Responsible for all materials management and accounting activities.

Cartersville, Ga

Served on the plant start-up management team. We developed the product lines, manufacturing methods, sales market, equipment selection and implementation. This was a 30Mil. Plant startup. Each manger was required to assist all levels of planning and development. My specific area was the selection of vendors, contract development, warehousing, and product materials requirements planning. I also worked in production supervision and Engineering Management.

Cleveland, Tn

Responsible for all purchasing and contract bids for all departments of the city. I also was responsible for all activities of the personnel department including benefits and self insured program.

Cleveland, Tn

Responsible for the planning and implementation of all maintenance activities including budgets, preventative maintenance, computerized maintenance, stockroom, supervision. All for a 400,000 sqft. Manufacturing facility.

Wiesbaden Area, Germany

Joined the US Army in October 1975 went in as a private and completed 3 years of active duty service leaving the Army at a rank of Sergeant E5. I served 2 years and 5 months of this service in the Air Defense Command in Germany. Where I performed duties including but not limited to IFC security patrols, gate security, contractor supervision, Nuclear/Biochemical NCO, power generation maintenance and supervision.

Industrial Electronics Associate Degree, Electrical/Electronics Maintenance And Repair Technology

Business Associate Degree, Business Administration And Management, General