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Chaska, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

VP Operations for Minneapolis Oxygen Company, a privately owned and independent gas, welding, and safety products distribution company. They serve manufacturing, hospitals, brewers, heavy equipment, and other industries throughout Minnesota. Member of the Strategic Leadership Team. Provide leadership at the highest level of the company with oversight of Compliance and Safety functions, as well as all five facilities.Key Operations and Growth Accomplishments:• Assist the leadership team in strategic decisions, hiring, and capital expenditures.• Oversee the DOT compliance of all equipment for Hazmat use.• Manage distribution of products and drivers for all five locations. • Manage all the repairs of equipment including vendor selection and managing vendor relationships.• Negotiate all service contracts for the company including HVAC, repair, packaged gas, fuel, and trucks.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

VP Sales and Operations, managed the entire sales staff and operations of all five company facilities. Managed daily operations ensuring on-time delivery and customer satisfaction. Oversaw P&L for the entire organization, including monitoring cash flow and making data-based decisions. Achieved double-digit growth in profitability within two years. Analyzed market competition and invested in strategic equipment and operations for a sustainable future of the company.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Vistage Member since 2018.

Lakeville, Mn

General Manager of Transport Refrigeration and Branch Manager for the Largest Location. Interstate Powersystems is a privately held distributor of industrial parts and services for OEMs in agriculture, construction, energy, manufacturing, mining, marine, power generation, and transportation. Managed the sales and operations for the transport refrigeration (Carrier Transicold) division for five locations. Branch manager for the Lakeville, MN location supporting parts, sales, service, and operations at their largest location. Led Strategy for Exponential Growth for the Transport Refrigeration Business Unit:• Grew the Transport Refrigeration business.• Grew the Carrier Parts business.• Raised the branch G/P% YOY. • Managed a branch location that had two different unions (Parts & Service) including oversight of grievances and contract negotiations.• Managed work-in-process (WIP) and warranty recovery rates for the branch and business unit.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Managed the sales, parts, servcie, and operations for the transport refrigeration (Carrier Transicold) division for five locations (Minneapolis, MN; Fargo and Grand Forks, ND; Billings, MT; and Davenport, IA.• Grew the Transport Refrigeration business in the respective territory.• Grew the Carrier Parts business significantly in one year. • Supported growth in sales, parts, and service for all locations.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Responsible for the following business units: Carrier Transicold, Allison Transmission, Carrier Auxillary Power Units (APU), Webasto/Espar product lines, and Wheeltime service products across 19 locations in MT, WY, NE, MN, IA, ND, SD, WI, IL. Travel to customers to drive parts and service business to distributor locations. •Provide strategic direction to 19 branches to assist with growth opportunities in the On-Highway market.•Grew the Allison Transmission parts and remanufacturing business YOY •Doubled the Carrier Transicold department revenue from 2015 to 2016. •Supported the implementation of a learning management system (LMS) to track technician pathways.•Created strategic partnerships with several community colleges to continue to gain a pipeline of technicians.

Ramsey, Mn

Rotary Systems, Inc. is a small privately owned manufacturing business specializing in rotary unions and electrical slip rings for aerospace, bottling and filing, oil and gas, semiconductors, and industrial automation. Managed a six-member sales team and a 14-member operations team developing custom products for customers along with supporting ten major distributors worldwide. Responsible for all pricing decisions across all manufactured product lines.Led Team to Grow Revenue and Profitability: • Created marketing and sales strategies resulting in increased revenue from existing and new customers. Exponentially grew revenue in seven months while maintaining profitability. • Managed the successful First Article Inspection (FAI) process with several large aerospace customers.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Corporate Used Truck Manager at Allstate Peterbilt Group, a large privately owned medium and heavy-duty truck dealer that sells and supports Peterbilt and Hino trucks through their vast network of dealerships. Managed four used truck center locations and managers across five states (MN, WI, ND, MT, and OH).Led Transformation of Used Equipment to Profitable Growth:• Purchased trucks for wholesale and customers each month to enable growth in G/P.• Conducted and analyzed market research to provide innovative methods to generate greater sales in a highly volatile market.• Increased average profit per truck by double-digits in six months. • Transformed department to break even in five months.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managed seven sales employees in four locations for medium and heavy-duty trucks (MN, MT, ND, and OH). • Gained responsibility for ND a year after joining the team and 4 sales personnel. • Responsible for sales of over $200M a year across locations.• Actively hired and trained sales and operations personnel.• Managed the service and sales operations of their largest location in St. Paul, MN• Grew market share by 8% in 18 months.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Caterpillar is a large publicly-traded company that manufactures earth-moving equipment and engines worldwide that support construction, mining, oil and gas, power generation, and transportation. Managed the daily activity of 12 Account Managers in five states within three dealer organizations (ND, SD, MN, IA, WI).Supported the Eastern side of the Canadian Caterpillar dealer network for sales and service. (Montreal, Quebec, PEI, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick).•Promoted and presented value of the Caterpillar’s engine technology to customers and truck dealers.•Specialized in hands-on knowledge and experience with the Caterpillar product line. •Assisted with the launch of a new engine platform by supporting 12 field follow engines for new EPA regulations.•Managed the dealer relationship between corporate and the field support personnel.•Supported 2500 customers in the territory thru the Cat dealer network