25 years' experience in consulting with Enterprise Management Systems for small business.  5 years' experience as day trader/investor.

30 years experience at all levels of light and heavy manufacturing management.  

Expertise: Manufacturing/Assembly Management, Start Up, Business Planning, Leadership, Quality Control, Budgeting, Logistics and Manufacturing/Plant Engineering.

Skilled and accomplished at all levels of manufacturing manage from floor level supervisor to plant manager.  Developed business plans and successfully launched several new products.  With 30 years experience in manufacturing I am well grounded in start up, quality control, budgeting, planning, supply management and manufacturing/plant engineering.

I have a Business Administration Degree and Associates Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Currently reside in Palm Desert California, am a member of the Detroit SCORE Chapter and have been counseling since 1998.

Will phone and site counsel as required.  

Have been counseling since 1998.

Bank of America / MBNA Bank - Experience in Card Serivces IT functions as an IT Process analyst and audit (9 Years).

Accenture - Established and manage a Mainframe application Tier 1 and Tier 2 Help Desk focused on DuPont Order/Invoicing and manufacturing/product Inventory Systems. (2 Years)

E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Company. 5 years as the Front Desk Manager at the Hotel DuPont in Wilmington DE managing the Rooms area hospitality service delivery team. 20 years as a Programmer/analyst specializing in COBOL and PL/1 mainframe order invoicing applications. Managed a PC based training center for DuPont employees using office systems. Developed custom applications for the Corporate Trucking division and a color press application for use by packaging manufacturers using DuPont Cyrel printing plates.

U.S. Army / Delaware Army National Guard/ USAR - 30 year career starting as a small unit leader (Armor/Infantry) and Operational S-3. National Guard/USAR service as a Signal Corp officer with duties as a Company and Battalion Commander. Last career assignment was as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Information Systems with the 311 Signal Command, USAR, F. Meade MD.

Speech Therapeutics Inc - Vice President/Treasurer of a Speech Therapy private practice owned by my wife. We have maintained this small business practice for over 25 years. Familiar with small business accounting and general Quickbooks knowledge.

Butler's Inc. - Family stationary business in Wilmington DE run by my father. Experience in this retail business as retail clerk, stock room, delivery driver, telephone operater, cashier and auditor.