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 History:

Semi-Retired- Volunteer Work- Tampa, FL- January 1, 2021 - present                                                             

 

  • 2022-Present- Hillsborough Education Foundation- Take Stock in Children- Mentor. FGP approved- Florida Background Check through Hillsborough County

 

  • July 2025- present- AARP volunteer member

 

  • Board member of Spinnaker Cove Condominium Association-Director- Responsible for maintenance.  Past  duties included: Website developer, maintenance, website development, and other IT functions.

 

  • January 2021- January 2023- Seniors in Service - Tutoring K through 3rd grade students. Developed a STEM curriculum to teach to the students. Program was cancelled by the county.  

 

  • Part time inventor:  Electronic and Mechanical Solutions based on Windows IOT, Raspberry PI, and Arduino Solutions. 

 

  • January 2020-December 2022- SCORE- Mentor

 

  • Developed an Industrial Machine training program- Industrial Machine Introduction, PLC programming, HMI Concepts, and Robotics. 

 

  • Consulting in Technical Sales, Industrial Automation Applications, Office applications, Time Management, Lead Development, CRM systems, Industrial Software Solutions, and Web Development. 

SICK Inc Tampa, FL March 2013 – December 31, 2020

 

Sales Manager- South

 

·         Manage the Southern Region of the United States which include: TN, GA, NC, SC, FL, AL, MS, LA, AK, OK, TX, NM, AZ, and PR.  Direct reports include: 2- Distributor Sales Managers and 6- Account Managers.

 

Regional Distributor Sales Manager- Southeast

·         Manage Automation Distributors in the state of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Winner of the 2016 Sales Excellence Award.  Substantial territory growth.

 

 

 

 

SICK Inc Detroit, MI March 2011 – December 31, 2020

 

International Key Account Executive

·         Work out of a home office and responsible for the growth and global coordination and development of the following Automotive Key Accounts: Ford, Chrysler, Comau NA, American Axle, Benteler, Detroit Diesel, and Tower Automotive. 

·         Trips to Europe and Italy to coordinate and project manage large global opportunities.

 

 

 

 

Morrell Group Auburn Hills, MI June 1985 – March 2011

 

                                                                       

Vice President, Sales and Marketing

 

·         Member of the Board of Directors

 

·         Managed a 52-person team of Sales Engineers and Product Managers in the marketing and sale of all Electrical Motion Control, Hydraulic, Pneumatic, Mechanical, Lubrication, and Turn Key Integration products and systems. Developed all aspects of a Sales Automation System which include Project and Quotation tracking, Sales Leads follow-up, development and launch of a CRM Sales System.

 

·         Developed innovative compensation, marketing and sales programs, which led to a steady growth of 12 to 14 percent year over year. 

 

·         Utilized technical ability, combined with expert knowledge of the sales and sales management processes, growing annual sales to 60 million. 

 

 

 

Morrell Group Auburn Hills, MI June 1985 – March 2011

 

Vice President, Automotive Sales     

                                                           

·         Managed a group of approximately 30 Sales Professionals in the marketing and selling of Industrial Automation product to Tier One Suppliers, General Motors, Ford, Daimler Chrysler, and Automotive Machinery OEM’s, in North America, Europe, and Japan.

 

·         Created, developed, and implemented Sales and Marketing Plans, as well as product marketing opportunities, in the Automotive End User and OEM Markets.

 

·         Developed relationships with international Machine Tool OEM’s in Europe and Asia, which led to a new international sales division. 

Morrell Group Auburn Hills, MI June 1985 – March 2011

 

Chrysler Program Manager                                                               

·         Manage all aspects of the Chrysler Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Account. Develop specifications, create and manage time lines, develop and maintain product forecasts, and track product delivery commitments for the machine tool builders on a global basis. 

Automation Group Director                           

·         Responsible for the Sales and Engineering management of Electronic Motion Control, Hydraulic Servo and Proportional Control, and Mechanical Products in the Michigan, Northern Ohio, and Windsor, Ontario Markets. 

 

·         Through direct involvement with the sales personnel in the field and through the development of product and sales marketing strategies a sales increase of 10% to 20% annually was achieved. 

 

·         The products in the Automation Group represented over $25,000,000 in annual sales revenue. 

 

 

 

Morrell Group Auburn Hills, MI June 1985 – March 2011

 

Bosch Rexroth Indramat Product Manager               

                                   

·         Marketed the Bosch Rexroth Indramat Line of Motion Control Products to O.E.M and End User accounts utilizing technical seminars to groups, product demonstrations, and face-to-face customer contact.

 

·         Client industry focus included: CNC, High Production, Metal-forming, Automation, Robotics and Converting.  

 

·         President of the Distributor Advisory Council

                                                                       

 

 

Morrell Group Auburn Hills, MI June 1985 – March 2011

 

Sales Engineer

 

·         Had an account base of nearly 25 key customers.  Grew the territory from $0 to over 2 million dollars.

·         Developed the following Motion Control systems for customers: Roll formers, Water Jet Cutting Robots, CNC Machines, Transfer Line Machines, Dial Index tables and various other machine applications.

 

Morrell Group Auburn Hills, MI June 1985 – March 2011

 

Field Application Engineer

 

·         Worked with a team of sales personnel to help them engineer solutions for their customers.

 

·         Applications included: Hydraulic closed loop control, Electric Servo Control, Mechanical guide systems, Pneumatic control systems, HMI systems, sensor automation product, robotics and others.