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𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚-𝙝𝙤𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 (𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩). 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 (𝗼𝘂𝗿) 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴. It has been a long journey, but today I own and operate (yes) in SMB manufacturing (machining) via acquisitions and focus on providing manufacturing-oriented services and leadership development. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆? Overcame struggles and too many derails to recall as a lost youth including addiction and incarceration, hitting rock bottom and finding Him, who saved me. I am unapologetic about my faith today as a believer and provoked to lead by it. 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚𝐡 2９:13, 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐚 2４:1５ 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 – started in shop class as a teen and grew up on shop floors, foundries, machining on through engineering. 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 (𝐁𝐒𝐌𝐄, 𝐌𝐒𝐈𝐄); 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 (𝐌𝐁𝐀), 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐌 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 picked up by necessity and via hard knocks. 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭– it was baked into my DNA early. I have had some great mentors and worked in some great systems as well as established them with some great teams. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞. The industry was rooted in past generations of my family and has been for me. I picked up a great passion for building talented teams and developing other leaders. 2５ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 – rose through the ranks and held leadership posts in several well-known, F500 and PE companies to executive levels. 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐧 – I am a mix of methods leader who dials in what works and colors outside the lines when needed. My training, experience, and background makes me unique. 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫. Yes, I can do both. I’ve built it over course of career somewhat unplanned and it can be more of a curse than a blessing at times. 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙚 – impact a million and revitalize U.S. manufacturing. Do it right, play hard but fair with a chip on our shoulder in building a faith centered, people first, customer focused culture. We will win, because we have to. The only way out of a corner is forward. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 2９:1８