Provide farmers precision agricultural management in a systems approach that will support the grower with their investment in technology. As a local Precision Data Specialist, I will be better able to offer a grower an understanding of his needs and how it fits in with his farming practices.

Led Engineering group in the design of new and customized material handling products for the waste industry. Assisted the Sales team in equipment layouts to ensure that our products would work properly with the customers equipment. Responsible for ensuring that the Bill of Materials for all products was correct and establishing the cost of production for all parts and manufactured products.

Overall Operations, Engineering, Purchasing and P&L responsibility for the manufacture of material handling equipment for the waste and scrap industries. Responsible for maintaining and reporting for all air and water permits for the facility.

Responsible for all manufacturing, materials procurement, inventory control of raw material and engineering for the production of material handling equipment for the waste and scrap industries. Implemented plant safety program with monthly plant inspections and meetings. Instituted an overhead crane and hoist inspection and certification program for the facility. Hired all production related employees.

Responsible for designing, costing, justifying, and implementing capital projects ranging from small projects to complete plant redesign. I worked primarily in the pickle processing plants, but did some projects in the dairy side also. I designed a custom dewatering press for the production of pickle relish.

Implemented a preventative maintenance program for the Plymouth facility which was a pickle processing food plant. Managed the Maintenance Supervisor and his staff. Responsible for redesigning the process flow to improve plant operating efficiencies and reduce operating costs. Designing and installed a custom brine making process utilizing mass flow meters for measuring the liquid components of the mixture. I was also responsible for working with the State on our water discharge permits at the Plymouth, Indiana and Bentheim, Michigan plants. Designed and built a semi-automatic feed system for producing refrigerated pickle spears for the Sanford, Florida facility.

Designed and developed capital projects to improve plant operation efficiencies, capacities and reduce costs. Managed all construction personnel in the installation of projects while continuing production, as well as during the annual one week shut down of the facility.

Led the production and maintenance teams for a soybean processing plant. Installed a preventative maintenance program to eliminate emergency down time as the facility operated continuously with the exception one week shut-downs twice per year.