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Well respected business-to-business relationship manager and outdoor enthusiast with expertise cultivating an exemplary corporate image, building business, and coordinating high-profile trade-shows for multi-million-dollar companies. Thirty-year sales career grounded by entrepreneurial spirit, passion for selling, and relationship building. 

Maintain and manage customer control & AMS systems. Perform control system maintenance services, instrumentation calibrations on DeltaV systems to existing customer base. Develop and refine  actual services provided to customers. Implement a solid sales/marketing strategy for the installed base services currently utilized. Performed system backups, DeltaV software updates/upgrades, windows software updates. Evaluate and document DeltaV system issues.
                Lead project manager developing, marketing sustain service contracts for legacy control systems creating over $4 MM in revenue.
	        Played a key role in several complete plant turn arounds and system upgrades for one of the larger ethanol-producing customers.
	        Conducted key critical area field instrumentation audits at six ethanol-producing plants



Systems Engineer

Processes include the gathering, design, configuration, integration and implementation of process control solutions including batch software, DCS systems, Delta V, ProVox and PC networking technology. Solutions implementation and support of the project team objectives. Knowledge of process 	manufacturing field instrumentation, technology and batch process manufacturing. 	Database backup creation to insure stable system configurations.
	     Lead project engineer for complete plant control system upgrade, plant turn around to latest software and hardware versions. 


DCS Process Engineer

Managed, developed multi state dealer network. Provided factory support at trade shows. Maintained familiarity with all vendor products and merchandising programs, dealership parts ordering and inventory systems and the dealership’s credit policies. Regularly called on established accounts.  Qualified and established new accounts. Completed tasks within expenses budgeted for travel and entertainment.


Business Development Manager

Managed, developed multi state dealer network. Provided factory support at trade shows. Regularly called on established accounts.  Qualified and established new accounts. Completed tasks within expenses budgeted for travel and entertainment.
         	Played a key role increasing sales from upstart to $300,000 during the first six months.
        	Added approximately 125 new dealers to an upstart organization.


Qualified and established new accounts in key areas nationwide. Maintained familiarity with leading commercial bank's financing programs as well as    		              		 individual dealership parts ordering and inventory systems and the dealership’s credit policies. Completed tasks within expenses budgeted for travel and entertainment.
	     Added 25 new accounts nationwide grossing between $8MM-$10MM in sales the first 12 months.
	     Played instrumental role in maintaining solid dealer base through focus, dealer education, and intense follow-up. 


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