Experience

Tower Solutions LLC

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Apr 2018 - Present



Hawk Ridge Systems

• Senior Sales Consultant

  • Nov 2017 - Dec 2017



Symmetry Solutions/Hawk Ridge Systems

• Senior Sales Consultant

  • Jan 2010 - Dec 2017

  Top Symmetry Solutions salesman 11 years running selling/supporting SolidWorks CAD, Simulation (FEA) , Electrical, Documentation, and File Management (PDM) software in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Sold 100+ licenses in 2011, 2012, 2013(150), 2015, and 2016. SolidWorks 500 Club member. Also sold the ZPrinter, color 3D printer/rapid prototyping equipment and various SolidWorks partner products. Hawk Ridge Systems bought out Symmetry Solutions in November 2017.



Laser Design/GKS Inspection

• Sales Manager

  • Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

  Sold high end laser scanning equipment, software, and services for reverse engineering and full surface 3D inspection. Custom stationary CMM based and portable units. Resold FARO hardware including terrestrial scanners. Sold reverse engineering and inspection software including Rapidform and GeoMagic.



Symmetry Solutions, Inc.

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales Consultant

  • Mar 2004 - Dec 2007

  Sold SolidWorks CAD/CAE software and services. Top sales performer. (see second term of employment at Symmetry above).



SPS Commerce

• Director, Operations

  • Mar 2000 - Mar 2001

  Developed and managed a team of project engineers responsible for designing internet enabled Business To Business (B2B) trading documents.



Fourth shift Corp.

• Director, Customer Support

  • Jul 1998 - Feb 2000

  A global MRP company which develops, markets, and supports fully integrated enterprise software for manufacturing, distribution, and financial management. Managed customer support team.



SDRC (Purchased CAMAX in 1996)

• Director, CAM line of Business

  • Jul 1996 - Jun 1998

  SDRC was a CAD/CAM/CAE software development company which purchased CAMAX Manufacturing Technologies in 1996. I headed up new CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) Line of Business. I was focused on the transition of CAMAX employees, products, customers, and resellers into the SDRC organization and product family. SDRC was later purchased by Unigraphics then Siemens.



CAMAX Manufacturing Technologies

• Vice President Technical services

  • Jul 1986 - Jun 1996

  Prior to being acquired by SDRC, CAMAX was the largest independant Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software company in the world. Focus was on high end surface modeling and CNC machining. I held a variety of positions from Applications Engineer, Software QA Manager, Customer Support Manager and various sales positions culminating with a Vice President position which oversaw a techncal staff of over 50 employees, in 3 states, including: Sales Engineers, Customer Support, Training, Documentation, and Product Marketing. I was part of the management team involved with product acquisitions (AutoDesk-ManufacturingExpert CAM), mergers (Point Control-SmartCAM) and the ultimate sale of the company to SDRC to provide liquidity to private investors.



ZYCAD Corporation

• Quality Assurance Manager

  • Nov 1983 - Jun 1986

  Zycad was a privately funded startup. They developed and marketed special purpose computers for performing integrated circuit simulations. The company grew in size from 50 to 250 employees and went public (1985) during my employment. Responsibilities: Provided final system testing and managed customer spares program for IC logic simulation computers. Supervised 2-4 employees. President’s Award of Excellence 3Q84



CompuTool (Later became CAMAX Systems)

• Sales Application Engineer

  • Jul 1980 - Oct 1983

  Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM)...later became CAMAX Systems. Demonstrated, tested, and supported this early turnkey 3D design and machining system. Included customized CNC software, machine tools, reverse engineering CMM's, and custom computer/3D graphics hardware.