Charles E. Jewett

**** ****** *** ** ******** (Houston), TX 77586 713-***-****

Overview: Proven, innovative professional with solid, diversified executive level career experience in

both publicly and privately held corporations in the metals industry throughout the entire supply chain from

raw material procurement, to manufacturing, processing, and fabrication for global sales distribution and

end user markets in the private, public, and governmental sectors

Skill Sets:

Long and short term strategic planning with internal and external execution

Problem identification with solution development and implementation

Collaborative, respectful, adaptable, and outcome driven sales negotiation

Effective and clear oral and written communications up and down the organization

Perceptive analysis considering economic, geo political, and cultural components

Career Objective: To materially contribute to the company’s bottom line profit by optimizing human

resources and material assets, utilizing proven sales, communication, leadership, and management skills

to affect a mutually beneficial outcome for all stakeholders.

Experience:

Weichert Realtors, Wayne Murray Properties – Agent, 2012 – Present Houston,

TX

Licensed Texas Real Estate Sales Agent specializing in “Inside the Loop” Houston, TX

commercial and residential real estate sales and purchases.

Lone Star Rebar, llc (& predecessor) – President, COO 2002 2012 Houston, TX

Led the successful reorganization of this regional steel fabricator by targeting a high end, time

sensitive niche clientele then reinventing the company as a zero defects, just in time supplier.

Identified new lenders and negotiated new lines of credit to fund asset acquisition, inventory, and

working capital. Simultaneously developed a domestic and international vendor network to

minimize inventory carry while assuring material coverage. Repositioning both the market and

supplier base, coupled with a complete operational and financial restructuring resulted in first year

profitability that grew twelve fold in both sales and profitability by the seventh year.

Tubacero International Corporation President, 1990 2001 Houston, TX, Monterrey, NL Mexico

Authored and successfully implemented to fruition, the short, medium, and long term strategic

plan to re introduce North America’s largest capacity steel line pipe manufacturer to the oil and

gas transmission and engineering industries, worldwide. Led the mill certification process and

qualification of the Mexican parent company, Tubacero S.A. de C.V., its’ five pipe mills and

products to key end user industry leaders including Shell Oil, Enron, BP, Brown & Root, Saudi

Aramco, Kuwait Oil, Fluor, Bechtel, TransCanada Pipelines, Tenneco/El Paso and others.

Identified and qualified the premier international steel plate and coil manufactures to expand the

company’s supplier base scope from solely domestic to world class. Negotiated and sold the three

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largest orders ever placed with the company in its’ then fifty plus year history, booking hundreds of

thousands of tons in the mill for critical projects in Asia, North America and the Middle East.

Brought value added products to the company through the creation and construction of a joint

venture corrosion protection application plant, expanding product offerings and bringing logistics

savings to both domestic and international customers. Implemented an on going U.S. distribution

network for the full range of the company’s offerings. Represented the company in world capitals

furthering the acceptance of Mexican products and favorable trade agreements to expand and

diversify the customer base.

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Experience, continued:

Houston Pipe International, Inc. – President, COO 1985 1990 Houston, TX & Amsterdam, The

Netherlands

One of three partners in this international trading company specializing in carbon steel line pipe,

OCTG, and non ferrous specialty steels for a variety of end user markets. Established distribution

centers in the United States and the Netherlands for mill products from both North American and

European suppliers. Identified, sold, and delivered turn key projects in Canada, South America

and the USA to private and governmental clients for critical applications in the oil and gas,

processing, water transmission, and thermal energy industries. Developed innovative logistic

methods and agreements for the trans shipment of fabrication in transit materials allowing for

duty free shipment for value added goods originating in one country for ultimate installation in a

third. Negotiated for both American and Dutch interests in Washington, D.C. and The Hague on

matters of import licenses, quotas, duties and trade restrictions.

Proler International Corp Vice President, Administration 1975 1985 Houston, TX

One of five Vice Presidents of the world’s leading and NYSE listed ferrous and non ferrous scrap

processor with corporate level oversight for the Personnel, Safety, Insurance, Transportation

Departments and the Tubular Products Division reporting to the Chairman of the Board and

President. Initially hired as an Inventory Trainee in the Pipe Department, promoted to increasingly

more responsible positions over an eleven year period becoming one the youngest persons

elected an Officer of an NYSE listed firm at that time. Streamlined practices and procedures, co

founded joint ventures, increased sales and grew markets, conducted labor negotiations and

interfaced with legal counsel. Negotiated evergreen contracts for the long term purchase of raw

materials. Chosen by fellow officers of the company to chair the Vice President’s Committee

reporting actions and recommendations directly to the Chairman of the Board.

Charles E. Jewett

1322 Golden Sun CT Seabrook (Houston), TX 77586 713-***-****

Achievements:

Director Ex Officio, National Association of Steel Pipe Distributors 1986 present

One of fifty U.S. executives to attend a White House reception with U.S. presidents Bush,

Clinton, Reagan, Carter, and Ford to celebrate the ratification of the NAFTA Treaty

Washington DC; January, 1993

One of twenty five international executives invited to attend the White House signing of the

NAFTA Treaty with President of the United States William Clinton, President of Canada

Brian Mulroney and President of Mexico Carlos Salinas Washington DC; December, 1992

Senior Warden & Vestryman St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Houston, TX, 1991 92

President, National Association of Steel Pipe Distributors 1985 86, Vice President 1984

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Education:

Stephen F. Austin University BA, Double Major; Economics & Political Science, Double Minor;

Business & Marketing

Professional & Personal References Available Upon Request

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