Thomas Kerber Email & Phone Number

Elk River, MN, US

NW Minneapolis And Surround

Cottage Grove, Minnesota, United States

Manufacturer of corporate recognition awards, braille way-finding signage and etched metal dies. Steered the finances of the company through the turmoil of the coronavirus pandemic period which appended to several years of declining performance for this $6 million family-owned manufacturing business. Defended designation as a critical infrastructure.

Minneapolis, MN

• Broad self-directed project management, and technical and sales support responsibilities for both internal and customer-facing activities for the world's leading cash drawer manufacturer. Perform as lead technical.
• Coordinated with business development team on providing product demonstrations and technical workshops at over 30 customer sites and at least 2 major tradeshows annually, introducing APG’s new SMARTtill technology and.
• Designed and maintained fleet of airline-ready demo kits to support sales, marketing and engineering teams with top-of-the-line hardware and latest release software applications for customer and trade-show.
• Trained IT management and development staff for over 10 clients on best practice process models and protocols for communicating with new ‘smart’ cash drawer products, leading to 2 successfully completed software.
• Spearheaded reseller partner education on implementation of SMARTtill® technology, including physical and soft installation, end-user training, and design of pilot projects featuring this new technology.

Minnesota

• Responsible for diverse administrative, analytic and developmental activities for expanding $500M multi-state diesel power sales and servicing company. Administered all aspects of scheduled and ad-hoc reporting.
• Actively participated as IT installation and support during corporate office relocation, a major acquisition, and integration of 5 additional branches to the already thriving 18 branches, facilitating smooth.
• Developed a "translator" database tool used to produce standardized importable price tapes from nearly any suppliers’ catalogs, reducing price update processing time from several days to just a few hours.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Performed critical data analysis, reporting, accounting and IT management functions for this rapidly growing multiple-contract supplier to the Federal Government. Collaborated with the company executives and senior management on realizing the company's strategic vision with respect to IT architecture and business process goals. Administered in-house.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Staffed at multiple client locations including ACCAP, Dane Industries, Best Vendors and several others. Assignments included detailed audits, AP, AR, GL, Sales Tax, Payroll, volumes of data entry and year-end processes. Software encountered include QuickBooks, Excel, Access, JD Edwards (PeopleSoft) and MAS. Always recieved excellent feedback and.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Headed accounting department for 3rd-party benefits administration company. Performed day-to-day accounting processes, including AP, AR, GL, reconciliations, benefits, reporting and banking relationships. Held responsibility for numerous data analysis and programming functions including research and extensive analysis of client financial data resulting in.

Wisconsin

Custom metal and electrical fixture fabricator, specializing in the manufacture and installation of point-of-sale POSTECH® and Cashier Console® equipment stands, checkout lane lights, signs and Star Guard protective corner guards for retail and grocery markets. Also provides comprehensive turn-key grocery and retail fixture, furniture, decor, signage and.

Associate'S Degree (As), Computer Science, 3.87

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa

Coursework Toward Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Purdue Marching Band: Big Bass Drum Crew, Phi Sigma Kappa