General Manager at Tru Mark Athletic Field Marker
Sioux City, Iowa Area
General Manager at Tru Mark Athletic Field Marker
Sioux City, Iowa Area
Small business entrepreneur using web technology to market our product lines. Investor in startup businesses as well as promoter of community and economic development. Helping our community to prepare for the future through teaching transformational learning skills developed by Rick Smyre, President of the Communities of the Future, http://www.communitiesofthefuture.org.
Making connections inside and outside the community, marketing on the web, new product development, desktop and network operations.
(Sporting Goods industry)
May 2002 — Present (6 years 6 months)
Small business owner manufacturing and distributing athletic field marking equipment and supplies. Also General Manager of http://www.WaterTightCase.com which is a online retailer of OtterBox Products.
(Sporting Goods industry)
May 2002 — Present (6 years 6 months)
(Computer & Network Security industry)
September 2000 — May 2002 (1 year 9 months)
Installed and maintained networks, PCs and servers in small business client operations
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)
October 1978 — August 2000 (21 years 11 months)
Multitude roles in advancing leadership positions, beginning as computer programmer, acquisition project officer, branch and division chief, commander twice, staff positions at unified command and HQ USAF.
(Farming industry)
January 1967 — February 1974 (7 years 2 months)
Livestock and row crop operations to include center pivot irrigation.
MS, Systems Management, 1982 — 1984
BS, Engineering, Computer Science, 1975 — 1978
Secondary, College Prep, 1969 — 1972
Exercising, outdoors activities, jogging, riding a bike, coach youth baseball, reading nonfiction, biography, and leadership books
Nebraska Diplomats member promoting economic development in Northeast Nebraska, Leadership Norfolk, Norfolk Area Chamber of Commerce, Board Member of the NorthFork Riverwalk Development Project, Norfolk Morning Kiwanis Club, Knights of Columbus 3rd Degree, Norfolk Master Capacity Builders, Visioning 2026 Project, Norfolk Area Recruiters volunteer, Sports Turf Management Association, Nebraska and Iowa State Chapters, member of Community Transformer Network (http://www.communitytransformer.com/)