Strategic Planning – Operations – Strategic Alliances
Business Development
Forecasting & Budgeting – Organization Design & Development
Management executive with 15 years’ experience leading successful start-up companies. Identify relationships to gain market share. Capitalize on market opportunities to drive revenues, profits, and growth. Strong general and profit and loss management. Strengths:
 Leadership – Startup wind department, from $0 in sales, in 2005, to $18,000,000 annually, through development of strategic relationships with major accounts.
 Team Building – Recruited management team noted for integrity and competency.
 Entrepreneur/Innovator – Fresh out of college, started new business, with limited resources from scratch, with sales reaching $45,000 a month in 1998.
 Negotiator – Maximized market stability by negotiating key long term contracts with customers such as GE and John Deere.
 Customer Service/Customer Relations – Drove sales up 100% each year from 2005 to 2009 by focusing on new company goals of quality, and by establishing solid customer relationships.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
RUN ENERGY LP., Privately owned company, Abilene, TX, Third party service provider in the wind industry with total sales of $45 million from 2005 to 2009 and 85 employees.. Key customers include: GE, Gamesa, Vestas, Suzlon, John Deere, RMT Windconnect and Horizon.
2005 – Current
Executive Officer and Business Development Manager
 Personally established the wind energy department from conception and creation to its current prosperous and thriving operation. .
 Develop all new business and market strategies.
 Manage key accounts with top executives.
 Responsible for relocating the corporate office to Abilene and restructuring organization to reduce cost and better position Run Energy in the market place
 Implemented new operation systems for Run Energy’s Intranet
 Established training and safety programs for technicians
 Management of P&L and sales budgets
 Generate cost spreadsheets for customer pricing
 Supervision of all operations
 Review all RFP’s and create the proposals to close the sale
 Participate in project planning and development with operation manager
 Negotiate long-term sales contracts with major customers
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Professional Experience (cont’d)
VESTAS AMERICA, Portland, OR - Manufacturer of wind turbines. Customer: FPL.
2001 – 2005
Site Lead, McCamey TX
Sought entry level position in order to learn about the wind industry
 Coordinated technicians for scheduled and unscheduled services
 Maintained the site while managing overheads, while maximizing energy production
 Trained technicians in troubleshooting, major component change outs and scheduled maintenances
 Conducted daily safety meetings
 Interfaced with engineers to ensure product solutions to meet customer requirements
TRADESMAN INTERNATIONAL, Austin, TX - Provide third party support to the construction industry.
1998 – 2001
Branch Manager
 Managed daily operations for Austin branch which consisted of 46 employees
 Hired and supervise administrative assistances, recruiters and sales representatives
 Negotiated construction contracts for customers
 Responsible for all profit and loss for branch
 Generated quarterly and annual reports
B&B NUSERY AND LANDSCAPE, Smithville, TX - Provide landscape services to residential and commercial customers. Full scale plant nursery.
1994 – 1998
General Manager/Owner
 Interviewed, hired and trained a staff of 17 and delegated responsibilities
 Scheduled employees in respect to customer schedules
 Handled A/R, A/P, reconciliations of accounts, payroll, maintained books and tax filling for company
 Sales in excess of $45,000/ month with in 3 years
 Negotiated pricing and delivery dates with vendors and suppliers
 Prepared budgets and forecasting for future goals and expenditures
EDUCATION
BBA with major in General Business, Angelo State University, San Angelo TX, 1994
REFERENCES
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