Marketing Material

E & I Global Energy Services, Inc.                                                                                                                          04/2017—07/2017

Crucial Assets, LLC                                                                                                                                                       01/2017—10/2018

Coordinated the design of a new corporate logo.

Built various brochures and flyers for target companies.

Prepared top-flight responses to governmental requests for proposals.

Posted technical articles to the LinkedIn page and tied posting to a Constant Contact campaign with over a 28% Open & 2% Click Rate.

The Alpha Group                                                                                                                       03/1988—08/1990

The Principal Financial Group                                                                                                                       03/1984—03/1988

Wrote and edited a multi-billion dollar financial services company’s monthly internal magazine.

Wrote and edited Mutual Funds brochures and direct marketing material.

Internal Communications/Training

Energy Measurement Company    (EMCO)                                                                                                           08/1992—01/1994

Prepared and delivered basic technical training for the company’s global employees.

Prepared and delivered customer and technician training for a global flow measurement company.

Public Affairs/Relations

US Army, 103d COSCOM (Major)                                                                                                                                   10/1987—10/1989

Mid-Iowa Community Action Agency                                                                                                                          03/1982—09/1983

US Army, Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District                                                                                          03/1978—03/1980

Generated press releases.

Responded to inquiries from all levels of government.

Designed and published brochures and information packets.

Designed and built visitor centers and trade show exhibits.

General News Reporter

Ottumwa Courier                                                                                                                        03/1982—10/1984

Des Moines Register                                                                                                                   03/1982—09/1984

Gainesville Daily Register 05/2019-10/2019

Manufacturing/Technical Leadership

Western Son Distillery 10/2019-01/2022

Led multiple teams in improving the processes in a highly regulated industry.

Documented processes in a company that prided itself as a training environment.

E & I Global 01/2017—10/2019

Planned and executed large and small engineering, construction, and maintenance projects.

Projects were in the petrochemical, pharmaceutical, food processing, and telecommunications industries.

Aryzta, LLC 06/2014—01/2017

Completed technical analysis and implement hardware and process changes to meet goals.

Trained and Implemented Continuous Improvement (CI) practices to boost team performance.

Chobani Greek Yogurt, Inc. 06/2012— 06/2014

Introduced world-class reliability and packaging practices to a rapidly growing company.

Selected, trained, and led a department that went from six to over 46 technicians.

General Mills, Inc. 12/2006— 06/2014

Participated in the largest greenfield subject in the company’s modern history.

Led teams using Total Productive Manufacturing (TPM) practices to reduce selected equipment downtime from 12 minutes per stop to over 400 minutes per stop.

Developed technical training materials for operators that are used company-wide.

EDUCATION

BA, English, Simpson College       09/1973—05/1977

Graduate level training in Corporate Training and Communications, University of Denver 09/1997—06/1998 Avionics—Colorado AeroTech 08/1990-01/1992

MILITARY

Major, Corps of Engineers, US Army (Retired) 08/1972—08/1997 - Public Affairs Officer, Engineer, Proven Leader

Graduate US Army Engineer School Basic (1978), Advanced (1988)

Certificates

HAZMAT Incident Commander and Technician ● FCC General Radiotelephone License with Radar Endorsement

Community

Volunteer Firefighter and EMT ●Founding Member and VP—Colorado Vibration Institute