OBJECTIVE: Leading an innovative global technology company.
1986-Present CEO, Alternate Systems
- Company founder in 1986
- Responsible for product development, manufacturing, quality, and administrative systems
- Established marketing program for developing international business with clients in 14 foreign countries
- Developed calibration standards for proprietary neutron tube application at Sandia National Laboratories
- Invented and developed novel technique for high-resolution measurement of explosive pellet density in very small areas with XRF instrumentation for DX-1, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Sold and installed XRF analysis instrumentation and trained personnel in analysis of gold alloys for the Quality Laboratory, Municipality of Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Set up accounting and other management systems
- Developed calibration and manufacturing processes
- Repaired and refurbished XRF coating measurement systems
- Developed radiation safety program and taught radiation safety course
- Designed and implemented web site which resulted in US$100K in new business in the first year
- Comprehensive applications engineering experience in coating and plating measurement, X-ray fluorescence
- Personally sold over US$10 million in measuring instrumentation
- 15 years' experience as regional manager and representative of Fischer Technology - significantly increased representative sales
- 2.5 years' experience as sales engineer, regional sales manager, and applications engineering manager for Seiko Instruments USA
- Electronic interconnect quality management experience
- 2.5 years' experience in textile machine and process research and development
- 1 patent, inventor, carpet processing machine, 1 patent, coinventor, tire cord defect sensor
- More information can be found here.
EDUCATION
2007 Bell Leadership, Chapel Hill, NC Leaders’ Roundtable
2001 Bell Leadership, Chapel Hill, NC Leading Change
2000 Bell Leadership, Chapel Hill, NC Advanced Communication
1999 Boot Camp for Startups, Babson College, garage.com
1998 MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Managing Technical Professionals and Organizations
1997 Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University, Essentials of Finance for Non-financial Managers
1981 Clemson University, Statistics in Quality Assurance
1979 University of South Carolina, Business Administration, Honors
1975-1978 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Business Administration, NROTC, Honors Program
REFERENCES
Available on request.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
1985-1986 Regional Manager, Fischer Technology
- Responsible for sales, service, and applications engineering for Fischer's line of x-ray fluorescence, beta-backscatter, magnetic induction, eddy current, and coulometric coating measurement systems
- through direct contact and the management of three manufacturers' representative organizations covering the area extending from Colorado and Texas through North Carolina and Florida.
1983-1985 Manager of Applications Engineering, Regional Sales Manager, Sales Engineer, Seiko Instruments USA, Scientific Instruments Division
- Responsible for sales, service, and applications engineering for Seiko's x-ray fluorescence coating analysis systems.
- Responsible for following territories:
o- From New York City: Maine to Florida
- From North Carolina: Southeast.
- From Texas: opened new office
- Los Angeles: assumed responsibilities for Seiko's applications engineering.
1981-1983 Quality Engineer, Radiation Safety Officer, Holmberg Electronics
- Responsible for planning, justifying, and implementing the plans for Holmberg's new test and evaluation laboratory for electronic connectors.
- Promulgated test procedures and trained and supervised technicians performing dimensional, force, tensile, coating, and environmental testing.
- Developed and executed Holmberg's radiation safety program.
1978-1981 Research Technician, Milliken Research Corporation
- Responsible for research and development in the areas of carpet and fabric
- Solely responsible for concept, design and initial test of carpet processing machine which opened a $250 million/year market for Milliken. 2 Patents.