Experience

HP Manufacturing (Custom Machining & Fabrication of Materials)

• United States
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Procurement Specialist

  • Aug 2019 - Present

• Product Manager

  • Apr 2019 - Aug 2019



Sparkvark, LLC

• Owner, Founder

  • Jan 2012 - Present

  Part time marketing/entertainment company specializing in printing of marketing materials within entertainment venues, emphasis in auto racing community with organization yearbooks. Also, professional display fireworks company.



Norton Industries, Inc.

• Product Manager

  • Apr 2017 - Aug 2019

  Product Manager - Commercial Lighting Enclosures.



Diamond Products Limited

• United States
• Construction
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Technical Service /Inside Sales/Customer Service/Account manager

  • 2007 - Dec 2016

  Assigned to help incubate new business in Nov. 2014 which exclusively focuses on industrial abrasives manufactured by Diamond Products parent company: TYROLIT, a company of the SWAROVSKI group. ▪ Provide customer, technical service, inside sales for a mfg in a business-to-business environment. Duties include inside sales, technical service/trouble shooting, creation of new part systems, marketing identifiers and progress reporting. Safety committee member.



Murphy Bed USA Inc

• United States
• Furniture and Home Furnishings Manufacturing

• Sales Consultant

  • 2003 - 2007

  ▪ Performed design and sales of individual custom furniture units to meet both consumer and business customer’s custom needs. ▪ Developed business to business sales program, including multi-media presentations. ▪ Expanded company sales by developing domestic and international shipping methods for complete product line. Very limited product was available for shipping. These new customers were domestic and international, business and consumer. Increased these individual out-of-area sales by an average of 500%.▪ Median sale $4,500.00, was top location, and company producer various months.



GMPCS Personal Communications

• Manager Indirect Distribution

  • 2000 - 2001

  ▪ Performed sales and customer service support for satellite communications equipment (Inmarsat/Globalstar) and voice and data satellite services. ▪ Responsibilities included support of an international dealer/agent network for sales, training of new dealers/agents, and customer training/support. Customers ranged from individuals to CEO's of Fortune 500 companies. Extensive sales to U.S. Government, including Special Forces of the United States military, and Drug Enforcement Agency.



City of North Ridgeville

• Director of Safety and Services

  • 1998 - 2000

   City Manager position responsible for Police, Fire, and all City services. Direct supervision of 13 department heads. Departments comprised of over 170 employees with an annual budget of over $40 million. Director of Economic Development. Coordinate with Chamber of Commerce to create new economic development strategy including new marketing collateral which had not been updated for over 15 years. Management of regional wastewater treatment plant with design capacity of 33 million gallons per day. Led design, construction and financing team for $4 million plant expansion in 1999. Managed and implemented $2.3 million water tower/multi-purpose facility that included the creation of a historic park district. Responsible for negotiation strategy for municipal labor contracts. Established non-profit status {501c (3)} for regional Senior Citizens group permitting charitable contributions to be tax-free. Led research and legislative effort to create Planned Community Development zoning classification for large-scale (200 acre minimum) mixed-use developments. Completed State Employment Relations Board (SERB) Academy, Mayor’s Court Training, and various labor relations courses.



Wireless Innovations

• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager

  • 1998 - 1998

  Manager wireless-cell phone agent store.