Commercial sales specialist. Value added sales and agreement on need philosophy. Ran usage reports and adjusted and maintained inventories. Hunted and closed new business. HD parts specialty.

Managed WI, Northern Michigan and Illinois territory. Marketed new products. Managed inventory. Hunted for new business successfully. Specialized in trailer manufacturers and wholesale auto parts.

Outside sales role in chemistry related to on site metal cleaning and coating plus water treatment and boiler chemistry. Performed on site testing and monitoring of process equipment and calibration of dosing systems. Made recommendations to improve process parameters and SOP's. Hunted for new business.

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- Managed construction operations and sales staff across multiple regions. - Sold and estimated the most profitable projects in the company overall. - Sold and oversaw projects totaling over $1.8M related exterior roofing, gutters, and siding. - Sold and built $800,000 in exterior residential remodeling projects. - Designed, sold, and managed projects installing closed cell foam for unventilated attic spaces. - Sales ranged from $1.5M to $2M at individual locations including new markets. - Achieved the highest profitability in the company during first year. - Designed reports for AR and job progress reports in Market Sharp software and were adopted company wide. - Promoted to Operations Manager for storm response team. - Successfully directed and trained up to 8 staff including Sales Executives and Estimators. - Nationwide locations included a primarily focus in the Midwest (Missouri, Nebraska, etc.). - Completed training and certification as a Focus on Energy partner and performed energy audits. - Specialized in solving complex ventilation and condensation issues. - Researched and managed company-wide OSHA safety program. - Designed user friendly pricing tools listing all available design and material options utilizing Excel spreadsheets. - See my television interview concerning hail damage on the Morning Blend show Omaha. http://www.omahamorningblend.com/videos/143632346.html

- Opened a new market in Chicago selling architectural precast concrete products. - Collaborated with production staff to implement cost saving and time saving methods. - Utilized personal technical savvy to sandblast decorative artwork onto concrete floors.

- Technical sales, architecture, and contractor training related to materials applied to structural concrete, Symons forming safety, and decorative concrete. - Generated and managed $6M in sales annually with self-generated leads. - Sold new custom structural steel mesh for all the upper decks on the Miller Park project. - Saved $1M by converting plan from conventional rebar to structural high tensile mesh. - Estimated and bid Wisconsin state government projects, to include epoxy-coated fabricated rebar for all Wisconsin bridge decks. - Supervised the structural repairs of UW-Madison Rennebohm Pharmacy building after collapse. - Interpreted specifications and supervised numerous decorative concrete projects and city beautification projects. - Specified, sold, and managed tilt-up construction technique for Juvenile Detention Facility, Racine, WI. - Collaborated on the design and installation of specialized “pick-proof” epoxy joint sealer for Super-Max Prison, Boscobel, WI. - Government projects included the City of Two Rivers, City of DePere, and Hwy 151 renovations. - Technically trained in materials applied to concrete including lithium silicates, sodium silicates, ortho-fluorosilicates, cures, epoxies, and urethanes. - Authored technical guides on product selection, installation, and coverage, published bi-weekly. - Invited to join the American Society for Testing and Materials after the committee reviewed my article identifying the pros and cons of curing compounds compared to liquid hardeners. - Provided user feedback concerning test products during ASTM Concrete and Concrete Aggregates forums.

- Project Manager for four years travelling nationally and internationally. - Promoted to Partner and Operations Manager of the Project Management department. - Supervised industrial, manufacturing, and office building construction. - Budgets ranged from $1.5M to $15M for each project, with all jobs in on time and on budget. - Interpreted contracts, priced and managed change orders, and negotiated sub-contracts. - Assigned most demanding projects and situations due to problem-solving and leadership ability. - Developed innovative ways to utilize crane time, man hours, and heavy machinery installation. - Coordinated project plans year round to maintain exact project deadlines for heavy cranes. - Managed operations company-wide and trained Superintendents and Project Managers. - Supervised construction of a hardwood pre-dryer at Maruni Mill, Yuki City, Japan. - Learned the language and customs to professionally supervise Japanese construction crews. - Supervised construction of saw mill / cabinet manufacturing facility at Mill’s Pride, Waverly, OH.