Allen J. DeKock

**** ******** ** ** *********: 616-***-****

Byron Center, Michigan 49315 Cell: 616-***-****

Email: acdx6l@r.postjobfree.com

Al DeKock's SALES and MARKETING in Filtration Capital Equipment

is backed by Experience and Product/Process

Engineering Skills

SALES ENGINEERING:

RPA PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES (Eaton

Corporation Kalamazoo, Michigan

Mid-West Regional Sales Manager Responsibility: Direct Sales

including Distributor and Representative technical management where

region grew in sales volume every year.

Filter Product Market Manager All marketing and product development

for new filter for the liquid chemical

market. Product grew to dominate marketplace at $10M/year.

AMA FILTER GROUP (Mahle Industrial North

America Alkmaar, Netherlands

Mid-West Sales Territory Sales and Market research for new market

for Pressure Filter directed sales

BASF

AUTOMOTIVE

Detroit, Michigan

West Michigan Sales Representative Technical Sales and Support for

West Michigan Automotive. Growth of

$1M from new products and multiple new plant introductions.

PROCESS ENGINEERING:

Plant Lead Engineer for $5M Haworth "Keystone" Manufacturing Line

for design, quote, construction start-up, hire and

production

Haworth Inc., Holland, MI

Launch Engineer for new industrial DCF Filter Product leading to

successful introduction and growth to a position of industry market

leadership Ronningen Petter

Engineering(Eaton Corp), Kal, MI

Business leader for Design, Production, Introduction of new Recreation

Vehicle start-up Company resulting in sale to major national

manufacturer RDVehicles

Inc., Bristol, IN

PROJECT ENGINEERING:

Directed multiple project improvements in design and new developments

for product in the Chemical market application of capital equipment

products. Direct R&D product development and customer application

testing

Ronningen Petter Inc. (Eaton Corp) Kalamazoo, MI

Project lead in the $1M initiative to develop consumer personal

protective design and prototypes. Additional engineering work for

PAPR, Welding Mask, Hardhat, Visor project including CE and ASNI

certification, Prototyping and Tooling

Jackson

Products (Kimberly-Clark) Belmont, MI

Contracted projects as R&D Engineer for experimental and advance

office system development from new materials and

design

D.F.I. Consult Engineering,

Grandville, MI

USA project management of manufacturing line and improvements for

plastic molding for North American Automotive mirror

production

Keeler Murakami Shizuoka, Japan

Technical Education Degree and Advanced Specialty Training

Educator Biology and Chemistry--- Ft

Lauderdale Christian High School

Laboratory Development Chemist --- Guardsman Chemical

B.A., Majors in Biology, Physical Sciences, Education---

Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI

Graduate Coursework---

Michigan State University/Florida Atlantic University Certified

Chemical Engineer--- SME, Society of Manufacturing

Engineering

Please contact me directly for opportunity to share with you my

personality, work ethic, enthusiasm, and engineering experience as it could

apply to your company needs.

Sincerely, Al DeKock

AL DeKock

7045 Windrift Ave

Byron Center, MI 49315

616-***-****

acdx6l@r.postjobfree.com

Bachelor's Degree from a four year college or university, or equivalent

combination of education and experience.

. BA from Calvin College Grand Rapids, MI

. Some Graduate level courses and Sales Training coursework

. SME Certification with specialization in Advance Finishes

. Sales Distributor and Representative Management

. Engineering R&D and Product Experience

. Marketing Product Roles

Experience- 10 or more years of experience in a role with progressive

increase in responsibilities. Proven track record of managing and

mentoring others for success. Experience with managing developing, driving

and directing sales.

A. Ronningen-Petter (Eaton Corp) - 10 Years - Product Manager to R&D to

Marketing to Regional Sales

Chemical Process Engineering - 10 Years- - Chemical Formulator to Line

Engineer to Corporate Process Manager

B. Sea to Sea -Cycling to End Poverty - managed 42 volunteers and 228

cyclist during a 9 week tour

C. 5 years managing Eaton Corporation and Mahle Industrial Mid-West

Industrial Territory

5 years Product Marketing /Training to Rep. and Dist. Organizations

Experience generating strong sales leads and establishing multiple key

accounts and creating strategic relationships.

o Chemical Market Product Management role where responsibilities were to

lead company and sales organization in new products in new markets.

o Examples of 1M/year growth in Paint Sales to new customer. 5M/year

sale of new equipment in Chemical Market

o Opportunity to play roles in 3 different Regional area of sales for

Ronningen-Petter (Eaton Filtration). I have success roles in covering

slow on dead territory's to bring back sells and establish new sales

contracts for the new replacement salesman.

Experience working with West Michigan Office System

V Direct hire positions at Herman Miller and Haworth in manufacturing

process area.

V R&D development for Herman Miller, Steelcase and American Seating for

new Office system products.

Experience working with and with in international companies.

> Provided successful sales growth while working for US divisions of

BASF and Mahle.

> Provided process engineering improvements for the Keeler-Murakami

joint venture for automotive mirror production in the US.

Experience working directly with customers on custom projects and preparing

quotes. May involve traveling to customer location. Must posses excellent

customer service skills.

Largest custom equipment sales to BASF Resins, Germany 600,000

Responsible for global training of Representative organizations with

the matching responsibility for new customer trials and service.

New Market Customer references:

Chemical Market - BASF-Germany, Ashland Chemical

Food and Beverage- ADM, Cargill

Automotive Market- Ford Canada, Magna Group, Murakami

Pharmaceutical Market- Pharmacia-Upjohn, Eli Lilly

A sales background with engineering experience and/or a strong technical

aptitude.

See :

http://www.eaton.com/Eaton/ProductsServices/Filtration/AutomaticSelfCleanin

g/MechanicallyCleanedFilters/DCF/index.htm

DCF filters were designed with my direction and put to market and sales

under my leadership

Experience generating strong sales leads; previous experience establishing

a few key and strategic accounts.

References available

Customer lists available

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