• CVI is a Market leader in the custom-designed capital equipment vacuum furnace business, providing thermal-processing equipment to the advanced ceramics and metals industries.• Responsible for product and market management for sales of large production-sized custom vacuum and controlled atmosphere furnaces.• Managed large foreign contracts in Asia, Europe, and rest of world from $ 250k to $20.0m and experienced in technical and commercial contract negotiations. • Met company… Show more • CVI is a Market leader in the custom-designed capital equipment vacuum furnace business, providing thermal-processing equipment to the advanced ceramics and metals industries.• Responsible for product and market management for sales of large production-sized custom vacuum and controlled atmosphere furnaces.• Managed large foreign contracts in Asia, Europe, and rest of world from $ 250k to $20.0m and experienced in technical and commercial contract negotiations. • Met company goals for sales and profitability in a poor economy by promoting niche products to growing markets, such as LED’s, Ceramic Armor, Nuclear tubing, and Graphite Purification and Heat Treatment. • Knowledgeable in oxide and non-oxide Ceramics including Al2O3, AlN, BN, B4C, SiC Si3N4, TiB2, LED’s, Tungsten Carbide Hardmetals, Carbon, Graphite, and CFC composites, Refractory Metals W, Mo, Ta, and Stainless Steels. • Well-versed in metals and ceramics processes such as: high-temperature Sintering, Metal Injection Molding, Press & Sinter, Brazing, Co-Firing, Heat-Treating, Annealing, Drying, Debinding, Hot Pressing, Slip-casting, Hot Isostatic Pressing, Chemical Vapor Deposition, and Chemical Vapor Infiltration. • Wrote equipment proposals, coordinated and reviewed cost estimates, developed product pricing, and generated presentation packages to secure orders.• Submitted marketing & sales budget and executed marketing plan including coordination of 9 domestic and international trade shows, internet site, advertising design and placement, print literature, and direct mail/email campaigns. • Helped develop layout, graphics, and content for new company website in 2017. • Implemented new CRM software package to replace antiquated system. • Presented technical papers at Acers, MPIF, PM2Tec, and PIM and conferences• Published articles in: Industrial Heating; American Ceramic Society Bulletin; Ceramic Industry, Metal Powder Report; and Powder Injection Molding Magazine. Show less