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Email: ab0n1e@r.postjobfree.com

Email: ab0n1e@r.postjobfree.com

Logistics Web Page: www.kevinfoster.webs.com

Phone: 228-***-****

Education:

MGCCC

Logistics/Supply Chain/RFID, (Two classes to receive Logistics Degree) Phi Theta Kappa,

Presidents List, Vice Presidents list, several times

Microsoft Office Suite 2007/2010

Power Point, Excel & Word

MGCCC

Certified Welder, Trained and Tested at MS Gulf Coast Community College, 2010

CDI/TDI

Class A CDL with Endorsements for Tanker and Double/Triple trailers

ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD

U.S. Army Safe Driving School

Certified to operate 5 Ton tactical vehicle, agriculture equipment, backhoe (all models),crane (5

Ton),dump trucks (all models),engineer equipment, graders (all models), M916 Series 20 ton

scoop loaders, bull dozer (all models), tractor warehouse, forklifts up to 70,000 lbs, sky lifts,

generators all watts.

Flight School for Private Pilot’s License

North Little Rock Arkansas, 1983

Investment Training Institute/Emory University

Atlanta, GA 1981/82

Investment Banking * Owned Broker Dealer* licensed to buy and sell all investment securities.

Held Licenses from the SEC, NASD, MSRB, CBOT, MERC, NASE, OTC and all the other State

and Federal required licensing.

Emory University Atlanta GA 1982

Investment Banking

Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Local 659

Four year night school

Past Work History:

2009 till present

Foster Green Energy LLC

Coast Solar Systems LLC

Biloxi MS

Contact Karin Riley

305-***-****

Commercial LED Lighting and Solar System sales and installations

Rep working with local, state and federal government.

Account manager for commercial/industrial accounts. Main function was to handle all Logistics,

suppliers, procurement, R&D, contracts with vendors/factories. Train sales people, demos with

clients, lighting systems design.

August 2008 to December 2008 ( Project Complete )

Truckla Services Inc.

114 Suite A Cherry St.

Vicksburg Ms

Contact Kevin Hardisty 228-***-****

Contract Quality Control Systems Manager for National Park Service Project

In charge of Labor, Safety, Permits, Logistics, Materials, Traffic, Equipment

Maintenance, rebuilt roads and boardwalks, replaced culverts ( 60" ),

located water, gas, cable, phone and sewer lines.

Built Pyle dams, completed project on schedule and to specifications.

July 2007 to July 2008

Arkansas Dept of the Military

ISU/Post Engineers

Camp Robinson Maneuver Training Center

North Little Rock Ark.

Contact: Major Robert A. Fite 501-***-****

Over see maintenance of military barracks, operator heavy forklifts, military dump trucks and

other heavy equipment.

Coordinate with other departments on projects, write and secure purchases

orders, contacts vendors and secures prices for bids on contracts.

In charge of issuing all dig permits for the base.

May 2005 to September 2006

Gulf Coast Motors

Pascagoula Mississippi.

President and CEO

Formed auto Dealership and Finance Company

Built Buy Here Pay Here Car lots.

In charge of all buying, selling, repair shop and financing.

Lost all in Katrina Disaster

April 2000 to May 2005

Bladelady.com LLC

Lake Charles, LA

President and CEO

Started company and built web site

Sold custom knives and military/law enforcement gear

Traveled the gun circuit across the US buying and selling products and

generating new customers.

February 1997 to September 2000

Conco Inc.

Laurel and Beaumont Ms.

Manager

Managed factory producing pre hung doors, tables, chairs.

Built and ran milling operations and paint line.

Hired employees

January 1997 to October 1995

Hardwood Importers Inc.

Mango Creek Belize C.A.

Reopened lumber mill in Belize (owner/operator)

Rebuilt mill/site, housing, shops, head saws, generators, skidded, dozer, trucks, trailers, miles of

roads, bridges everything needed to produce export product and all equipment to run operation.

Negotiated contracts with government, hired and trained employees, produced rough cut lumber,

flooring, siding and veneer for export, ran logging operation in Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, and

replanted and maintained 81,000 acre lumber concession.

Affiliations:

Phi Theta Kappa

Humanitarian Logistics Association

American Welding Society

Society Of Logistics Engineers

American Blacksmiths Association

Knife makers Guild

Accomplishments in Logistics and Management:

1. Coordinated various projects in the oil and gas field such as compiling materials and manpower

needed to operate drilling, pipelining, moving rigs, building compression stations and tying it all

together.

2. Obtained all required licenses to own and operate investment banking

firm. Was senior VP of holding company that owned the investment bank, a

real estate firm, a mortgage company, a leasing company, a financial futures company and a

market newsletter that had 4000 corporate subscribers. I had a staff of 600 employees. Specialty:

fixed income trading, developed hedging strategies for fixed income portfolios. One of the first

CMO traders on Wall Street Part of team that created payoff speed formula for FHA mortgage

backed securities. Founding member of the Futures Industry Brokers ASS in Washington D.C.

and Chicago Member of the US Congressional Advisory Board

3. Retired from banking (1995) and opened an import/export business in Belize. Negotiated

contracts with the Belize Gov. Hired and trained the locals, rebuilt an entire lumber company,

produced veneer, flooring and siding, replant, maintained and protected 81,000 acres of rain

forest.

4. 1997 Moved back to MS when son was born ill. Manager of a factory that made

furniture for Wall Mart, built and managed milling operations and paint line.

5. 2008/2009 Contract Quality Control/Systems Manager for “Gulf Island National Seashore

Project”. Replaced culverts, rebuilt roads & boardwalks, reconnected bayou to Gulf, logistics,

safety, traffic control, permits, labor, and inspections to insure compliance to contra specifications.

6. Established several self financing car lots “Gulf Coast Motors”.

Lost all in Katrina and now having to start over.

7. First to install LED lighting in a government building in Mississippi. First to install LED Lighting

out doors for a MS city, parking lot and we cut power consumption by 70% for the city on that site.

Created software for energy audits to assist cities and large corporations with retrofit programs to

go green. Wrote Green Bill to help cities and corporations obtain grants and tax incentives to go

green in Mississippi. Featured on WLOX for taking the first large building in MS green using LED

Lighting. Negotiated with Mitsubishi to bring LED assembly plant to MS. Held first Going Green

Roundtable in Biloxi MS for members of city, state government with offshore LED manufactures.

Purpose was to bring jobs to the state.

Former member of Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 659

Ten years in the gas patch, Louisiana. Laid oil lines, water lines, sewer lines, natural gas lines

(Hot Taps) in several states. Worked as a fitter/tackier in the oil and gas field, rebuilt offshore rigs,

wellheads, and blowout preventer's, worked as a welder, welders helper, heavy equipment

operator, grinder, plumber, rigger and layout man.

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