KENNETH COOK
10932 Bal Harbor Drive, Boca Raton, Florida 33498
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Project Management with high end high rise experience with hotels and condo’s with Stiles Construction. CEO of Operations and Director of Sales with 23 years of diverse management experience in the United States, Germany, Europe, and Central America. Engineering, R&D engineer, Design, Programming, Stiles Construction Project Complete Management, , Manufacturing, Sales and Marketing, Nolte Kitchens (Germany’s second largest high-end Europe kitchen manufacturer) Record of dramatically increasing sales from $2.5 million to $12 million with a PTI of $5.5 million plus managed a manufacturing start-up in Florida serving the U.S. and Central American market and Borg Warner (BW/IP) Hold B.S. in Business, and M.S. Mechanical Engineering from San Diego State University and Osnabrucke University, Germany German language.
AREAS OF STRENGTH/EXPERTISE
Corporate Leadership • Finance • Sales and Marketing
Quality Management (ISO 9000) • Computer Proficiency
Design and Production/Manufacturing • Fluent in German, and conversant in Spanish
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
STILES CONSTRUCTION CO. 2005-Now
Project Manager
Responsible for managing over 25 different subcontractors at one time, within the high end high rise industry, managing staff within the company, working direct with Owners, using prolog program, words, excel, office project, scheduling and estimating. Providing up dated meeting minutes, writing notices to proceed together with all change orders to Owner, working with budget / MFA and accounting through out the projects. Writing and reviewing all Contracts between subcontractors, reviewing any legal issues and working direct with City Officials for permitting and code compliance, establishing TCO’s and CO’s for projects worked on.
Accomplishments
• Trump International Hotel & Towers 298 Units (5 Star Hotel and Condo’s High Rise with 2 Towers) $250 million
• 350 Las Olas Place 163 Units (High end Condo’s) $75 million
• Q-Club 270 Units (5 Star Hotel and Condo’s High Rise) $120 million
• Wilton Station 272 Units (High end Townhomes and Condo’s) $100 million
• OSHA Certified
• CPR Certified
FERRARA Italian Kitchen, Dania Beach, Florida 2002-2005
CEO
Responsible for Sales staff and showrooms, complete new structure of Project Division for sales/design, Customer service, Financials, set up of new accounts/builders architects. Re-structure of design staff for project division. Locating new area’s for retail showrooms, finding new dealers to sale product and providing support and training of product and over seeing of all Operations of the business with $28 million in Sales.
Accomplishments
• New Operations Manual/IT Ferrara Italian Kitchen. Reorganized staff and Sales structure and built a new sales organization. Opening/Design of new showroom locations.
• New Sales staff Ferrara Italian Kitchen / New Marketing for product.
• Increased sales of project division to $8 million.
• Established new distributors/dealers / Set up new Customer Service Dept.
• Design Staff, project division / New Retail Sales Reps.
NOLTE KITCHENS INC., Dania Beach, Florida (US Headquarters) 1989-2002
President and CEO (2000 – 2002)
Responsible for $12-15 million in operations for the USA and Central America consisting of 9 corporate offices, Manufacturing plant and over 20 distribution offices.
• Completed turn-around Nolte Kitchens in one year of a losing operation with sales of $2.5 million to a $12 million level and PTI of $5.5 million for.
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Start-up of custom manufacturing plant
• Reorganized staff, finance and sales structure plus built a new sales organization.
• Director of Sales Department.
Senior Manager of Sales, Marketing, and Engineering (1996 – 2000)
Responsible for 350 employees in multiple functions
Accomplishments
• Increased sales from $2.5 million to $5 million.
• Established 100 new distributors throughout Europe.
• Identified US sales, product, and marketing opportunities.
• Successfully implemented product improvement engineering.
• Promoted to President and CEO over US operations to take advantage of identified opportunities.
R & D Engineer/Engineering Manager - New Product Design (1989 – 1996)
Accomplishments
• Conducted research and development and successfully upgraded technology.
• Product/Manufacturing and new machinery
• Created new designs for European and US market
• Identified and sourced manufacturing machinery to ISO 9000 standards.
BW/IP INTERNATIONAL, INC. (BORG WARNER), Riverside, CA 1987 – 1989
Research Mechanical Engineer
Accomplishments
• Designed new products with AutoCAD and special programming.
• Project Management and Testing.
• Developed new heat exchangers and mechanical seals for oil industry.
• Established new stress test procedures.
B.S. Business Finance, San Diego University
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, San Diego University
ASSOCIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
American Society of Mechanical Engineers • Gold Coast Builders Association
American Society of Interior Designers • NKBA National Kitchen and Bath Association
ABC Builders Association
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