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Nathan Alan Kurek

Professional Profile

Entrepreneur and Senior Executive level professional with over 18 years of experience developing, strategizing, and managing all aspects of multi-million dollar manufacturing facilities. Experienced in both in-house and in-field construction techniques and practices. I have been pivotal in the successful design, construction, and completion of hundreds of projects across the United States and several international projects.

Experience

February, 2015 –

Present

55+ Hours/Week

Blackhorse Iron & Bridge, LLC. Greensburg, PA

Sales & Marketing

Startup WBE/DBE company specializing in the sale and installation of metal decking, precast products, and miscellaneous components in the bridge industry.

Currently developing customer base across United States to utilize our product in their projects. Created new databases, lead generation procedures, and contact procedures to fully capture opportunities in the market.

Established contract agreement with United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners to provide experienced labor in the installation of product in western PA market.

Established safety procedures and manuals for on-site personnel.

Established various supplier relationships to prevent shipment interruptions and to continue to develop into new products demanded by the customers.

Helped implement a three year growth and development strategy with measurable goals to maximize company growth potential while minimizing cash flow disruptions.

Travel to various customer offices and field offices to establish customer loyalty and to get a behind the scenes look at up and coming projects not yet released to public. Notable Accomplishments:

Rt 215 over Stockton Lake, Aldrich, MO. 1448’ long Steel Plate Girder bridge deck replacement. Over $600k project procured within first six months of company existence.

Within first eight months time, booked approximately $1M dollars work with a better than 20% gross profit margin.

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Nathan Alan Kurek

February, 2014 –

February, 2015

45+ Hours/Week

Grouse Ridge Capital Group -

Brayman Construction Co., BCC-Foundations,

Brayman Precast, Specialty Rebar, Advantage

Steel, Bridge Deck Soulutions

Saxonburg, PA

Vice President

Implemented a combined sales/marketing force across companies and product lines. This was directly responsible for an increase of 35% in bidding opportunities, 8% increase in capture rate, and increase in revenue by $6.7M. Review all product line quotes and contracts before execution.

Identified several new product lines that were attainable with current capacities and led team to design, build, and receive certification for those products and procedures from various agencies.

Led the initiative for human resource development strategies including employee training across companies manufacturing facilities, and training procedures to promote from within team members.

Redesigned multiple company safety programs to gain economies and to standardize procedures resulting in zero accidents and time loss for employees.

Redistributed project manager, plant manager, and inside sales manager roles to better coordinate production and meet customer service satisfaction goals.

Instituted employee evaluation system and developed bonus system across various companies to reward employees for safety, quality, and production goals based on employee committee recommendations.

Implemented operational and sales weekly goals and achievement meetings which helped to effectively break down ‘barriers’ of cooperation between team units.

Travel extensively to customer facilities and projects to better understand their needs, develop networks within their organizations, and negotiate final contracts and terms.

Developed 1, 3, and 5 year corporate strategies for growth through expansion of current facilities and/or acquisition of target facilities. This included market, machinery capacity, capital expenditure, and financial analysis of both portfolio and target companies.

Lowered overall supply side costs through implementation of railway transit and negotiating contract rates with common carriers, resulting in approx. 7% Savings Company wide. The use of railway also afforded the opportunity to work with Norfolk Southern and CSX railways on several overtrick bridges and lag wall projects for and additional $2.8M in revenue.

Familiar with all facets of contract negotiations and laws. Responsible for execution of sales- related agreements, leases, warranties, employee-related agreements, and general business contracts.

Developed supplier certification program reducing risk exposure on projects related to material and quality control programs. This reduced in-field and in-house rework by 27% within 6 months of program launch.

Fully accountable for preparation, review, and presentation to ownership of monthly financial instruments including budget, P/L, job costing, and income statements.

Analyze weekly AR/AP and cash flow projections to assure proper utilization of assets and to prioritize future needs for growth.

Notable Accomplishments:

US Army Corp of Engineers, Monongahela River Charleroi Locks and Dam Emptying Basin, Westmoreland & Washington Co’s, PA. Led design and fabrication of over 500 cu yd precast pour originally designed as cast-in-place. Realized approx. $2.6M in labor/material savings. August, 2013 –

February, 2015

20+ Hours/Week

Bridge Deck Solutions, LLC. Latrobe, PA

General Manager

Responsible for preparation, review, and presentation to ownership of monthly financial instruments including budget, P/L, job costing, and income statements.

Prepare and analyze monthly/quarterly/yearly material needs and usages to maximize inventory turnover.

Developed 1, 3, and 5 year strategy plan for continual growth and expansion into new markets. This included market, CapEx, current capacity, transportation and budget analysis for the 60 month look ahead.

Wrote banking business plan including 3 year look-ahead pro forma, cash flow, and anticipated employee forecast to obtain long term credit lines from financial institutions.

Negotiate short and long term contracts with steel, consumables, and outside work vendors. This included, but was not limited to, field installation crews, in-plant inspection services, and outside welding/fabricating services.

Developed and trained MBE/WBE installers and inspection services including classwork and field presentations to assure QC/QA objectives were met.

Worked with outside vendor to create and initiate website. This included writing sales and technical content, developing drawings for insertion, and outlining information flow of site.

Responsible for setting monthly/quarterly/yearly sales goals. Developed sales tracking program to for continual analysis and approval. Increased bid opportunities into 13 new states and an additional $18M.

Review and approve quotes for customers prepared by estimating department. Prepare quotes and renegotiated quoting opportunities for presentation to customers. Review and approve customer purchase orders contracts.

Organized and presented public outreach programs for the issuing authority or agency.

Analyze past and future pricing indices to map corporate strategy for sales, revenue, and expense budgets.

Forecast current and future capacity needs in order to properly utilize employee and machinery output. Includes identification and remediation of deficiencies through employee hiring and additional machinery purchasing.

Programming of NC/CNC machinery to help obtain in-tolerance products. Also includes programming of machinery PLC’s to ensure efficient maintenance and running of production machines.

Responsible for continual use and development of QC/QA program, procedures, and manuals. Lead multi-discipline team in employee training and assurance of proper utilization of procedures.

Travel to customer jobsites and field locations to ensure proper installation of products and to develop new opportunities. Receive customer feedback and insight to help development of new products.

Produce presentations for customers for job specific opportunities along with ‘toolbox talk’ presentations to end users for current company products.

Attend regional industry meetings and roundtables in order to develop new relationships and to ensure continual monitoring of issues and resolutions.

Work with several ICC credited labs to test current and in-development products. Attend annual fabricating, machining, and welding conventions, including participating in professional development classes, to increase company efficiencies through new technologies and practices. 724-***-**** acuweh@r.postjobfree.com

Nathan Alan Kurek

June, 2006 – July, 2013

65+ Hours/Week

Clearspan Construction Products/CDP

Industries, LLC.

Dormont, PA/Latrobe,

PA

Owner/Vice-President

Grew startup manufacturing facility from $450k first year to nearly $16M in year six. This was from an initial capital investment of $40k. Employees grew from 1 hourly to over 40 hourly and salaried positions.

Designed, purchased, integrated, installed, and initial setup of numerous conventional and hydraulic presses, fabricating, and metalworking machines. Also responsible for all lease negotiations, financing, and pro forma budgeting for acquisitions of machines and facilities.

Designed and built numerous dies and processes for companies products. Retooled several rollforming lines to increase production capacity by over 400%.

Responsible for all day to day operations including personnel scheduling, hiring, and employee related agreements. Established plant and mid manager level bonus structure to enhance employee commitment and contributions to company financial stability. Developed cell manufacturing technique to ensure continual employee feedback on procedures and policies, and to develop management personnel from within the organization.

Directed company policy of outperforming competition by constant introduction of new products and services to market. Led research and development personnel with information acquired from customers and market studies for continual improvement to companies products and procedures.

Acquired 100,000 sq ft. manufacturing facility in 2011. Designed and built machinery foundations, electrical panels and sub-assemblies, and pneumatic systems. Designed single level in-plant office facility including fully integrated IT and security systems.

Wrote and prepared all marketing material, including technical data and handouts, for industry meetings and conventions. Developed customer mailing lists and welcoming packets for new customers. Prepared PowerPoint presentations for customer meetings and developed in-field training guides. Attended public meetings to as knowledge base for upcoming projects.

Instituted on-site classes at union and non-union shops to expand workers knowledge base on installation techniques of product. Personally demonstrated installation techniques to personnel.

Prepared website outline and developed technical content for all products. Responsible for final edit and launch. Reviewed customer comments to assure ease of use and correctness.

Analyzed machinery and personnel outputs to establish budgetary considerations. Set personnel and customer priorities and monitored all plant expenditures.

Prepared and administered monthly/quarterly/yearly budgets for all company departments including plant, sales, and general office. Performed monthly cash flow analysis to ensure stability of procured and future contracts. Utilized efficient use of banking and vendor credit lines to maximize material purchasing discounts and volume savings.

Negotiated vendor and customer contracts to ensure adherence to companies QA/QC procedures along with any federal or state specifications required.

Worked with state DOT’s to develop new product specifications to match products offered by our company along with new products not yet approved.

Notable Accomplishments:

Supplied products on numerous structures damaged in 2006 by Hurricane Katrina including I-10 over Lake Pontchartrain. Also structures deemed necessary for evacuation including the Huey Long Bridge in New Orleans and LA-1 in LaFourche Parish, LA.

US Patent No. 8,572,788 “Concrete Diaphragm Including Form Spanning Between Spaced- Apart Longitudinal Members”. This patent currently held by NAK

US Patent Application No. 12/620,908 “Device for Attaching Haunch Carrier to a Bridge Beam Member”. This patent purchased and assigned to Bridge Deck Solutions. 724-***-**** acuweh@r.postjobfree.com

Nathan Alan Kurek

April, 1995 – August,

2006

60+ Hours/Week

Halferty Metals Company Derry, PA

Vice-President

Led all sales functions including market research, capacity capabilities and constraints, customer relations, and product development. Met with multiple customers and presented company products and solutions to their needs.

Created marketing campaign including product brochures, machinery and plant capabilities brochures, and line cards to gain customer following.

Developed additional product lines with input from customer base, including integrating our products into their business plans. This led into one company product line becoming a ‘direct to customer’ shipping point from our factory.

Integrated new product lines into construction projects involving municipal pumping stations, holding tanks, and waste water treatment plants. Also entered new market supplying various manufactured components for dam rehabilitations.

Estimated, prepared, and presented budgets and quotations for customer projects.

Ran day to day operations personnel including scheduling, job functions, and hiring/termination.

Responsible for whole plant move including preparation of budget, hiring of sub-contractors for electric and foundation work, design and flow-through of material throughout manufacturing cells.

Implemented cell-manufacturing lean principals into work flow resulting in an increase of 22% more lbs./mh and reducing overtime by 90% in 6 month period.

Designed new product machinery, dies, and procedures. This included AutoCAD drawings of all dies and machines, maintenance procedures and logs, and programming of PLC’s.

Led maintenance personnel in all day to day die and machinery repairs. Rebuilt several high value machines and lines to improve long term maintenance and reduce operating costs significantly by 95% first year. This also increased output from 300 units/day to 1500units/day. Notable Accomplishments:

Worked with Port Authority of NY & NJ and American Bridge on the PATH station beneath World Trade Center #1 to expedite repairs to system.

Worked with Tishman Construction and Wheeling Corrugating Company on the rebuild of WTC

#7, which was badly damaged on Sept. 11th, and the WTC Memorial infrastructure.

Jeanette Municipal Authority. Responsible for supply of various components in a $4.12M PennVest project involving new effluent pumping stations and clarifier upgrades. 724-***-**** acuweh@r.postjobfree.com

Nathan Alan Kurek

Education

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

BA in Economics, with a concentration in

Mechanical Engineering, 1994

Greensburg Central Catholic, Greensburg, PA

Graduated with honors, 1989

Additional Training

Certified Welding Inspector No. 12030871

Continual Professional Development Hours at both International Bridge Conference and American Society of Welding Conference

Awards/Community Involvement

Westmoreland County 4H “Company of the Year” recipient, 2012

Penn State Extension Board, 2012 – Present

Latrobe Little League Board of Directors, Minor League Coordinator, 2010 – Present

Created and continue to mentor the 4H Gears First Robotics Competition team #3955 Technical Skills

Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and AutoCAD.

Utilized HCSS for numerous project budgeting and scheduling.

Recently utilized Adobe Dreamweaver for website design.

Adept in various programmable logic control ladder programs including Allen-Bradley and Telecomunique.

Capable of programming various machine tools utilizing NC and CNC g-codes. References are available on request.

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