Residential real estate investing, management, and leasing

With a vision of business ownership as a child, I acquired an established business of GreatAmerican Cookies while still employed at Honda, through this journey I wore a lot ofdifferent hats and continuously quenched my thirst for knowledge and experiences. Withstrong economic head winds through 2008 and 2009 we lifted sales by 10% annually,significantly increased bottom line and built our first Pretzelmaker store in 2009 whichrequired me to remove my Honda responsibilities. The retail journey was full of excitement with constantly building first-time job applicants,finding emerging leaders, and developing teams. The most rewarding part was seeinggroups of people become teams. Some of those teams even became family. With five stores,over $3M in sales, and 240 W2s being sent out in 2015, my wife and I have been honored tosuccessfully sell off the retail stores. It has been an awesome journey with great rewards foreveryone involved.

Through this responsibility, I enhanced my ability to sell concepts and ideas to dealershipowners. Responsible for 72 different dealership owners, I made tremendous progress inconsumer satisfaction by taking notes on dealership behaviors, providing positive feedback, andassisting in areas of concern. I enjoyed the company of passionate business owners andunderstanding their team dynamics.

By participating on two Kaizen teams, I was selected for this position because of myenthusiasm to strengthen Honda’s customer satisfaction and lifetime owner loyalty throughthe recruitment of youth into dealerships. My primary focus was to increase the number ofHonda technicians by relationship building between the dealerships and schools. Traveling todealerships throughout the U.S. I improved communications and changed behaviors whichachieved our goals of increasing the quantity of youth in the industry.

Leading by example I promoted continuous improvement of communication between the 12Automotive Training Centers, other various departments, and senior management. Solddecision-makers on the importance of listening to the associates who were at the facilities.Identified instructor training needs and sourced necessary training resources. Gaining aprofessional rapport with numerous departments inside of Honda and contract vendors, I hadthe reputation as the person who could install square pegs in round holes. Through thisposition, I also evaluated and selected vendors for various capital expenditures throughout theU.S. In addition, I managed the logistics and oversaw the capital budget of national projectsinside of the Service Division.

As a student and as an instructor, I learned Honda’s training methodology. I traveledexclusively for five months through 12 Training Centers and completed 100% of Honda’sIndividual Skills Modules, learned Honda’s automotive technology and taught IST modules.I gained great respect and appreciation for outcome-based training.

A very exciting position, I enjoyed teaching and communicating motorcycle safety conceptsand processes to students. The position empowered me to help students and allowed me tolearn delivery methods through a positive approach. With feedback from customers, I madeimprovements to the course and my presentation style.

At Polaris, I was involved in a number of activities that broadened my understanding ofmanufacturing. Taking the responsibility as a lead project coordinator for rework and recallsof critical components was a very rewarding experience. The second week with them, I made ahuge impact at the Manager Meeting by asking the question, “What can I do to make surethat never happens again?”

Developed a strong work ethic on parents’ dairy farm. Learned to repair, modify and operatenumerous pieces of light and heavy equipment. Trained and supervised employees.