I have a bachelor's degree in business administration from Montreat College in Black Mountain, NC. I am a graduate of the Caldwell Banker school of real estate. I managed the development of a residential lakefront community in South Carolina on Lake Keowee and spent two years working in new construction. I have many years of professional experience in manufacturing and many of those skills have helped me in the field of real estate. I am excited to have the opportunity to assist in the American dream of home ownership.

Responsible for the design and construction of custom semi-automated and automated machines using Solidworks design software. Designed a semi-automated brazing machine to braze copper transformer stud and spade assemblies together using copper/silver/phosphorus pre-forms. Designed an automated parts handling system to move threaded copper studs between three machines to eliminate manual handling of parts and incorporated spray rinsing of studs after threading operation.

Project Manager for Cabka North America. Hired to relocate three (3) 220 ton plastic injection molding machines from Toronto, Canada to the Cabka plant in Hazelwood, MO. This includes preparing the plant by installing a 12,480 volt substation to power the 575 volt Canadian machines, organizing the logistics and rigging to move the equipment, preparing and pouring machine foundations, and installing robots on five (5) molding machines to remove parts from the machines.

Owner and manager of a Papa Murphy's Take-N-Bake Pizza Franchise. Currently implementing a marketing plan which has grown the business 24.2% compared to last year. Marketing plan consists of getting involved in the community by sampling product at local businesses and working with schools, churches and local organizations on fundraising opportunities. Brand awareness is my primary goal at this time.

Promoted to this role in recognition of capabilities, and contributions to the firm’s product profitability. Recruited from the plant to division as a Project Manager to develop the “Custom Solutions” product lines across the entire division. Custom Solutions is a new department developed to deliver customer specific modifications to existing products, or new products based on customer and end user feedback. Served as Engineering Lead between marketing, sales, customers, suppliers and operations to develop a business within Cooper Bussmann. Delivered 26 new products with sales of over $2.0M in the second year of implementation. The magnitude of this effort is greater than any single new product development project for the entire marketing staff at Cooper Bussmann. • Guided cost reduction projects with over 25% savings while developing products in Taiwan and China.• Adept at analytical and creative problem solving with an ability to effectively prioritize project progression. • Managed stage-gate process and reported progress monthly to top management. • Developed quote process for sales staff to include all required information to provide accurate manufacturing costs. • Managed international multi-functional teams on both cost reduction and new product introductions. • Justified and implemented a cost reduced Class L 600 volt, 600-6000 amp fuse assembly project in Mexico facility with savings of $244K per year.• Performed market research and product rationalization that eliminated 12 out of 46 part numbers.

Developed, designed and implemented a cost reduction project for the 600 volt 60 amp LPJ fuse product line. The old design was expensive, fragile and difficult to manufacture. After a re-design the product was cost competitive, robust, easy to manufacture and provided a cost reduction of $1.0M per year. The average cost reduction per fuse was 34.9%. The documentation on the project was hailed by the ISO 9001 auditor as the best he had seen and informed management that the project was handled better than most design firms that specialize in these processes. • Led multi-functional teams to develop, test, implement and control several new product introductions. • Documented projects to ISO 9001 standards and received auditor complements on accuracy of documentation.• Developed manufacturing cost estimates and strategic plans for sales staff.• Provided technical expertise to manufacturing staff on over 4500 part numbers.

Recruited to develop and implement cost reduction projects. Each year saved an average of over $250K per year. Maintained four departments within the plant to include full responsibility for manufacturing cost, productivity metrics, machine uptime and maintenance of equipment. Implemented software driven preventive maintenance program within entire plant. • Led multi-functional continuous improvement teams to improve quality and reduce manufacturing costs.• Developed various automated machine concepts and processes and implemented them into production.• Managed cost reduction projects with expenditures over $3.0M• Justified and implemented cost reduction capital projects.esigned or developed concept for several assembly machines.

Recruited to work with the product engineering team in the design for manufacturing of new products. Developed new concept for fuse cut-out and designed a two piece assembly to replace an eight piece assembly. Manufacturing cost reduced from $1.85 per assembly to $.75 per assembly. • Developed new manufacturing process to reduce the number of parts in the fuse tube cap assembly. This design has been adopted by all the major manufacturers of fuse cut-outs.

Promoted from Tool Designer to Manufacturing Engineer.Justified and purchased equipment for three assembly departments.Implemented $300K in cost reductions on electro-static paint system.Supported quality circle teams in development of machining cells