Russ Simonson Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

Surfside Beach, Tx

● Responsible for business operations of holding company with multiple rental properties.● Increased profitability to 20% year over year; responsible for monthly budgets, profits, and expenditures● Responsible for cap-ex projects including complete renovations of buildings● Implemented measurement techniques to increase productivity and profitability ● Lead staff by training, scheduling, and development in daily operations, overseeing all major aspects of business and customer facing responsibilities

Houston, Texas Area

● Presented complex engineered solutions based on flow process conditions; ModFlex modular well pad site products to displace field built central tank batteries. Improved clients field constructed solutions to our plant manufactured integrated designs for cost savings and on time delivery● Responsible for development of new market opportunities by presenting solutions to major upstream companies; Oxy, Hess, Matador Resources, Diamondback Energy, Chevron, XTO Energy, Anadarko, QEP Resources. Developed relationships with new, key target accounts to create interest in custom, engineered solutions

Sugar Land, Tx

● Promoted to Director of Sales; lead team to 32% Revenue Growth● Implemented Sales Strategy which acquired 18 new Midstream customers and 20% new business growth ● Reduced sales expenses by 18% by streamlining sales operations and travel expenses● Worked with team to develop S&OP process and achieved +/- 10% average monthly forecast

Sugar Land, Tx

● Responsible for expanding key accounts to increase revenue and overall profitability● Personally achieved $2.7MM of $10MM of company revenue in 2017● Recaptured two major Midstream clients in 2019 and secured entire PHP Pipeline project with Kinder Morgan

Sugar Land, Tx

● Advanced through increasingly responsible roles for this manufacturer of patented measurement instruments and flow control valves for the oil and gas industry● Marketed/sold measurement instruments to EPC companies in oil and gas upstream, midstream and downstream markets, consistently exceeding all sales goals● Managed complete sales cycle, from needs assessment, technical sales presentations and negotiations to project management, commissioning and troubleshooting● Appointed Strategic Account Team Lead to restore relationships with a key account and successfully increased their annual revenue growth by 40% in one year● Negotiated/secured large-scale international projects in Australia, Canada and Europe valued at more than $2 million

Manufacturing of Aromatic Cedar Lumber and Quality Cedar Grilling Planks● Acquired a sawmill business and more than tripled revenue growth since its purchase● Assumed full P&L and management leadership for all strategic planning, budgeting, sales and marketing strategy, new product line development, staffing and training, pricing, quality control, purchasing, inventory control, safety management, customer development and management● Introduced new products and secured new business opportunities with Steak & Ale and Pappas Restaurants Inc., among others● Hired a General Manager in 2011 to oversee daily business operations

Web based software designed to Manage Document Control, Engineering, Procurement and Cost Control within EPC companies.

Industrial Management Program

Yes

Activities and Societies: DECA