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Guided organizational revenue growth of approximately 125% within a high mix technical manufacturing environment, achieving net profits above industry standards while simultaneously green-fielding a commercial material supply company within the aggregate and hot mix asphalt industry, Black Rock Services, LLC.Provided strategic direction, leadership, and collaboration with CFO and Director of Sales.Ensured operational support and strategy through collaborative communication with key internal stake holders. This included a focus in quality, production scheduling of a high mix of orders, constraint management, and information flow. Ensured the continuation of a foundational unique selling position based on customer collaboration and relationship management, engineering and product realization support, and quality.Initiated NIST SP-800 171 / CMMC compliance for Federal Acquisition Regulations and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations, for increasing contract opportunities and targeted long-range target-margin growth.Led company culture, serving as a foundational anchor across leadership ensuring the support of the organization’s greatest asset, its people. Capital acquisitions and expenditures, ensuring ROI targets were met.P&L and Balance sheet accountability.

Created stability, confidence, and consistency within the organization post an ownership transition. Responsible for financial results to include full P&L ownership, human resources, and operational effectiveness.Developed new market segments and reestablished presence in the core market, leading to increased profitability.Reduced risk through driving diversification of revenue streams and increasing focus on quality management systems. Cost estimating: entailed complex technical collaboration with engineers, PhD's, and high-level stakeholders to obtain project parameters, develop a solution, establish costs, and present the information.Established a culture of quality, trust and team building, safety, continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, and employee growth through daily and weekly communication.Maintained daily interactions with production personnel across 6 primary departments and 2 buildings. Instilled organizational core values to a meaningful, impactful, and personal level of each employee. Ensured manufacturing efficiencies within CNC machine shop, precision welding, precision sheet metal, powder coating, chemical polishing, mechanical and electromechanical assemblies. Increased sales revenue by over 158%, leading growth in declining economic conditions.

Accepted and managed a diverse set of responsibilities and duties under company leadership, including sales and marketing, cost estimating, project management, lean manufacturing principles, and ISO standards while finishing my BBA in 2008

Led the establishment of Black Rock Services, commercial construction material supply company (aggregates and hot mix asphalt), while ensuring the sustained success of Pro-Fab, Inc, a technical manufacturing firm. Orchestrated operations from the ground up resulting in substantial revenue milestones through the inception of major surface mining and hot mix asphalt plant operations.Extensive adeptness in building a safety-first culture, managing financials including Profit and Loss (P&L) statements, cash flow, balance sheets, and various analytical models. Keen understanding of major equipment acquisitions, negotiations, and various business-related legal matters. Proficient in constructing sell-side packages.Cross-functional management and team building encompassing sales, logistics, regulatory compliance, finance, operations, and human resources. Assisted in the established of crucial KPIs, company systems and processes, and promoted a safety-first culture. Facilitated key land acquisition through fostering crucial relationships. Secured several critical air quality operating permits and major technical revisions for 2 HMA facilities, 1 recycling facility, 1 surface mining operation, and 1 screening operation. Actively engaged in high profile multi-faceted stakeholder discussions on environmental justice, health equity, and community impacts. Management of business development strategies. Fostered impactful relationships with customers, key agencies, and various other businesses conducive to synergistic alliances. Maintained a company focus on 'best value, partner in production' supplier. Skillfully navigated supply contracts.Designed and implemented production facilities, proficiency in material specifications, asphalt mix designs, quality control, safety and compliance related to MSHA, logistics, DOT compliance, paving, plant operations, plant maintenance, operational procedures, building scalable systems and processes.