Reid H. Erickson Email & Phone Number

With almost 30 years of entrepreneurial experience, I am a seasoned business professional focused on revitalizing communities and improving peoples lives. My mission is to help start, place and grow innovative technology companies in underserved areas that will create new career opportunities and stimulate additional economic growth. I also design investment portfolios on behalf of clients that seek to minimize tax liabilities while realizing profits in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. Feel free to reach out to me for more information.

Listed skills include Entrepreneurship, Start Ups, Mergers, Venture Capital, and 31 others.

• Senior Consultant

  Esc Brands Llc

  Feb 2020 - Present - Princeton, West Virginia, United States

  Leading a diverse team of public and private entities to plan, design, construct, finance and operate a $26.2 million manufacturing facility and distribution center in Mercer County, West Virginia. The project involves the construction of a 200,000 sf manufacturing facility of which 54,000 sf will be in full operation by year end 2021. The project will initially employ 134 people and expand to close to 500 jobs once fully operational. The project also includes the purchase and renovation of a 122,000 sf building at a cost of $2.3 million to establish a distribution center. This is an Opportunity Zone project that will have a significant positive impact in southern West Virginia and SW Virginia. I am intimately involved in leading a team of professionals managing opportunity discovery, technology due diligence, relationship building, project planning, contract negotiation and project capture. Now in my role as Senior Project Manager at the Development Authority of Mercer County, I am spearheading the team responsible for facility design and project financing including all related contract negotiations.