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Maintenance Superintendent ~ General Manager
Purchasing Manager ~ Project Manager
Focus of Interest: Mining and Construction
PROFILE
Well accomplished, highly astute, and dedicated Senior Level Executive with over 28 years of equipment maintenance and management experience in mining, construction, and equipment dealership. Experience includes overseeing work force of supervisors, and technical trades of 70 employees. Highly knowledgeable in handling budgets, contract negotiations; forward purchasing agreements, and technical training. Adept in establishing excellent rapport with clients and colleagues.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
„Í Health, Safety and Environmental Management „Í Reliability Center Maintenance Program Management
„Í Budget, Risk, and Asset Management „Í International Project Management
„Í Procurement & Supply Chain Management „Í Continuous Process Improvement
„Í Materials Management & Inventory Control „Í Cost Reduction & Containment
„Í Supplier Sourcing & Analysis „Í Supplier Relationship Management
„Í Contract Negotiations & Administration „Í Staff Development & Leadership
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
„Í Served as business partner to develop Galaxy Company from start up in 2004 with $200,000.00 dollars start-up cash flow and reached $14,000,000.00 gross sales at the end of 2006
„Í Maintained over 90% availability with the highest production of all the crews and 0 lost time accidents at Newmont Gold Corporation as a Shift Maintenance Foreman
„Í Achieved 2001 savings in FPA's $2,500,000 as Purchasing Manager
„Í Increased savings in 2002 through form warranty's and negotiated invoices worth $3,500,000 as Warranty repair supervisor
„Í Achieved substantial accomplishment in 2002 with contracts in place to liquidate all obsolete inventories for the next 5 years, with 40% return
„Í Increased investment recovery income from $45,000.00 at the end of 2001 to $ 2,264,978.65 by the end of 2002
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Management and Administration
„Í Launched a division of Galaxy EIRL in Antofagasta, Chile
„Í Oversaw and led staff in overall daily operations in the company through internet and actual visitation at Chile
„Í Provided mine consultation in Africa east (Nairobi) and West (Sierra Leone)
„Í Supervised all Vice Presidents and Managers in the company
„Í Directed management of equipment sales, rebuild of equipment, import and export of the Heavy Equipment, and building of new business
„Í Created short and long term sales goals for the sales of the Heavy equipment
„Í Traveled and conducted presentation of product line to Dubai and UK to establish customers for future projects in Africa
„Í Handled business start up in western regions
„Í Forecasted projection and initial asset cost
„Í Oversaw all sales, service, and customer base, as well as all contracts in western region
„Í Ensured and global market development
„Í Supervised a work force of technical trades of 35 employees to achieve equipment availability, production and safety goals
„Í Maintained 150 pieces of Mining equipment including Cat 785A-B, 789-A-B, Dresser 510E, 385M Trucks, 992B-C-D, 5230, and Hitachi 3500
„Í Organized all equipment maintenance, alpms, scheduled repairs and parts procurement
„Í Negotiated contracts for forward purchasing agreements
„Í Improved lean purchasing strategy, as well as assist in B2B internet purchasing
„Í Held responsible in providing and execution of quotation, purchase, and negotiation of all Warranty repairs for Eastern Nevada
„Í Managed $20,000,000 in Obsolete inventory Nevada Operations and $30,000,000 in surplus equipment
„Í Maintained 147 tractor trailers, and a fleet of 250 pieces of heavy equipment
„Í Oversaw operations in Eagle Valley Construction with 3 major crushing plants, 2 concrete plants, an asphalt batch plant, and on an average 50 construction sites in progress
WORK HISTORY
GALAXY EQUIPMENT COMPANY „X KINGSPORT,TN
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT SEP 2004 - DEC 2006
HURBERRIES INC. - HEAVY EQUIPMENT PARTS „X ELKO,NEVADA
WESTERN REGIONAL MANAGER JAN 2003 - SEP 2004
NEWMONT GOLD CORPORATION „X ELKO, NV
WARRANTY REPAIR SUPERVISOR/INVESTMENT RECOVERY - NEVADA OPERATIONS/MAINTENANCE FOREMAN JUN 1990 - JAN 2003
EAGLE VALLEY CONSTRUCTION „X CARSON CITY, NV
MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT MAY 1988 - MAY 1990
A&K EARTHMOVERS „X FALLON, NV
MAINTENANCE FIELD SUPERINTENDENT JAN 1987 - MAY 1988
FOLGER/GEORGES EQUIPMENT COMPANY „X RENO, NV
SERVICE MANAGER - SHOP/FIELD AUG 1985 - JUN 1987
CYPRESS NORTHUMBERLAND MINE „X AUSTIN, NV
DIESEL MECHANIC/MAINTENANCE FOREMAN JUL 1981 - AUG 1985
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MAJOR ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT, MINOR RISK MANAGEMENT,2006
ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS,2005
MICROSOFT WORD, POWERPOINT, EXCEL, ACCESS, LOTUS AND GROUPWISE, NEWMONT MINING „X 2003
EQUIPMENT TECHNICAL TRAINING „X 2000 TO 2004
EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, GREAT BASIN COLLEGE „X 1990
DIESEL TECHNICIAN DEGREE, WYOMING TECH COLLEGE „X 1976
COMPUTER TRAINING, MINCOM 3.13S, ELIPSE, AND MATMAN SYSTEMS
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, COACHING PERFORMANCE, SUPERVISOR TRAINING, RESOLVING CONFLICT, EFFECTIVE LISTENING, LEAN THINKING, EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, MSHA COMPLIANCE, HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT, RELIABILITY CENTER MAINTENANCE, INVENTORY CONTROL, PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE,
ASSET MANAGEMENT, ANALYTICAL THINKING, EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE PLANNING, MARC CONTRACTS
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