Durable Corporation

Norwalk, OH

I worked as a purchasing agent, Inventory Control Manager, and as a systems integrator to install the manufacturing modules of Macola ERP software. Shop Floor Control, Material Resource Planning, and Bill of Materials are among the modules I helped to integrate.

I led a team to resolve a quality issue with producing one of the company's best-selling products that was causing delaminations and premature product failure. We discovered that the cycle times of the adhesive were too long, too hot, and being put under too much pressure. We reduced the heat, time, and pressure and significantly increased the production of the product, and resolved the delamination issues.

I was also tasked with developing a new flooring product after a series of failures involving several investigational adhesives. The adhesives were experiencing plasticizer migration with the vinyl substrate. I worked with adhesive manufacturers to identify a cheap and high-performing adhesive that would not fail. Additionally, I worked with foam substrate suppliers to find a much more robust performing cushion for industrial environments that was cheaper than the alternatives. This led to Diamond-Dek Sponge becoming a best seller and helped it to lead the anti-fatigue industrial floor matting market.

Fuelman

Sandusky, OH

I was hired as a General Manager to oversee five office personnel and five traveling salespeople. Fuelman-Sandusky was a franchise of a nationwide company. Our company was affiliated with District Petroleum which was then located in Sandusky, OH. The company sold fueling cards to companies that had fleet vehicles and would give them a discount on their fuel and produce reports for their customers. We utilized an IBM AS/400 to call out to credit card machines at fueling locations and download customer transactions and make electronic transfers to the fueling station. I was a temporary manager as District Petroleum was in the process of selling the franchise.

Pegasus Vans and Trailers

Sandusky, OH

I was hired by CEO Daniel Van Wagnen to work as a purchasing agent and inventory control specialist. Pegasus Vans and Trailers was owned by Erie Blacktop (a road construction company.) During my time I was able to negotiate a deal with Benjamin Steel to cut our mild steel tubing for free. This eliminated a major expense for the company and improved the tolerances of our cut tubing pieces allowing for greater speed in production. I was able to negotiate several deals to reduce the cost of lighting for our trailers while improving performance. I negotiated several large deals for polished stainless steel sheeting. I reformed their inventory and storage system to be much more accurate. Lastly, I utilized Autocad, Autodesk Inventor, and SolidWorks to help design custom accessories when engineering was at capacity. I left the company when Daniel Van Wagnen left the company.

Northrop Grumman

Aberdeen, MD

Freelance project to manage the inventory and private contractors that install SPY-1 and SPY-1D radar arrays for a large Lockheed Martin contract. This project took me to many places around the globe and I learned how to deal with secured logistics and classified technology.

General Dynamics Armored Vehicle Division

Sterling Heights, MI

Freelance project to act as a COO to develop armored civilian vehicles. I oversaw sixteen fabricators in developing inconspicuous covert armored vehicles for civilian applications utilizing Odoo ERP software. I worked with aerospace vendors and advanced materials manufacturers as well as powdered metallurgy casting providers and electron beam welding. Once we were able to prove the technology it moved to their London, Ontario facilities for production.

Perot Systems

Plano, TX

Freelance project to act as a COO to develop secure Software and Hardware for voting systems. I oversaw ten software developers and a multitude of hardware developers and worked with many hardware vendors. We developed low-cost encrypted dongles that utilized biometrics and a user-defined code for voter identification. We developed block-chain like technology to ensure secure transactions over the internet utilizing low-cost PCs and a system that allowed voters to anonymously check to see how their vote was counted.

Questar Corporation

Salt Lake City, UT

Freelance project involving forecasting the use of Natural Gas in various delivery sectors and how they would impact the companies bottom line. Worked with the State of Idaho legislators on the expansion and use of compressed natural gas as a vehicle fuel. Worked with fueling stations and the State to provide fueling stations for State, County, Municipal, and private industries. Made forecasts for the company that resulted in their strategic buyout by Dominion Energy.

eGeneration Foundation

Hudson, OH

Helped to found a nonprofit organization, 501C3 and 501C4, devoted to providing a technology to produce lifesaving radio-isotopes that fight the most aggressive forms of cancer. I have worked with legislators in Ohio and in Washington DC to further the development of small modular nuclear reactors and test reactors. My position with the foundation was as their economist and governmental affairs liaison. I also helped to write research papers that would bolster the technology as well as devise the strategic vision for the foundation.

Texas Republican Party

Texas, US

I worked with the Texas Republican Party during a time of great upheaval and change. I worked to develop strategies that helped to minimize the influence of special interests and was central to reforming most of Texas' County Central Committees through the development of a handbook for Chairmen's best practices and a handbook for the role and responsibility of a County and State Central Committee member. Additionally I helped develop the "substance" based campaign approach used by many candidates to win elections.