TERYL M. HERNDON
Tupelo, Mississippi 38801
Home: 662-***-**** Email: *************@*****.***
Cell: 662-***-****
Objective: To locate and secure a job in Manufacturing Operations or
Management.
Innovative - Energetic - Organized - Intuitive - Administrative
Experience:
September 2007 - Present
Director of Reformers Unanimous Addictions Recovery Program
Wildwood Baptist Church, Tupelo, Mississippi
. RU is a Christ based addictions recovery program designed for the
entire family.
. Responsibilities include:
o Providing counseling to the addict and/or addict's family
o Leading in the teaching time
o Giving directions to group leaders
o In-home visits
o Promoting program in community
o Purchasing program material and maintaining proper levels of
inventory
September 2007 - October 2008
Plant Manger
Cabinet Specialties LLC, Oxford, Mississippi
Owners: Bailey Lumber & Supply Company, Gulfport, Mississippi
. Responsible for day-to-day operations of a multi-faceted Kitchen &
Bath Cabinet manufacturing plant, employing forty employees.
. Developed sales strategies for company
. Designed and engineered plant layout for maximum through put
. Responsible for all purchasing and receivables
. Set company goals and budgets
. Personnel Director and Human Resource Manager: Responsible for
establishing OSHA standards, training employees, employee evaluations,
establishing company policy and resolving employee disputes.
. Established and accomplished goal of no accidents in plant.
June 2006 - September 2007
Self-Employed, NetPro
. Private design, sales and service of commercial and residential
computer systems.
April 2006 - June 2006
County Tech, Diebold Election Systems (Subcontract)
PDS Technologies, Houston, Texas
. Trained County's Circuit Clerk and employees how to use the TSX voting
machines and server functions.
. Trained Poll-workers how to open and close polls on the TSX voting
machine.
. Worked with the Democratic Party Committee in Monroe County, MS in
planning and organizing both the primary & run-off elections.
. Managed the local installation of voting machines, servers and optical
scanners.
. Oversaw acceptance testing of computerized voting machines for
deployment.
. Troubleshot problems with servers, voting machines and optical
scanners on Election Day.
November 2005 - April 2006
Manufacturing Consultant and Plant Manager
Britton Industries, LLC, Eupora, Mississippi
. Analyzed manufacturing processes. Made changes within the plant to
increase production from four hundred kitchen cabinets per month to
two thousand five hundred cabinets per month.
. Trained new estimators.
. Provided a method of calculating production costs and establishing a
realistic pricing structure.
. Conducted departmental surveys to identify inventory demand
. Purchased raw materials, office products, computers and plant machines
. Designed a sales brochure and was instrumental in making the decision
to buy new design software that would interface with the various
woodworking machines.
April 2005 - November 2005
General Manager
Triangle Cabinetry & Design, West Point, Mississippi
. Responsible for the day-to-day operations.
. Set company goals and budgets
. Successfully transitioned plant from mixed mode to 100% Lean
Manufacturing
. Improved operational systems, processes and policies of company
. Worked with design engineers to develop a better product
. Personnel Director and Human Resource Manager: Responsible for
establishing OSHA standards, training employees, employee
evaluations, establishing company policy and resolving employee
disputes.
. Project Manager: Responsible for all subcontracts including
estimating jobs, negotiating contracts, collecting monies, solving
problems directly related to subcontracts, scheduling production and
installation of completed casework and millwork.
. Estimators, Purchasing/Receiving Agent, Inventory Control Manager,
Production Manager, Finish Department Manager, Accounting and Payroll
Clerks report directly to me.
. Data Processing Manager: Maintained enterprise network, security
systems and computerized woodworking machines. Installs software.
Hardware repairs.
October 2002 - April 2005
Purchasing Agent/Data Processing Manager
Triangle Cabinetry & Design, West Point, Mississippi
. Oversight of A/R and A/P clerk
. Purchased all manufacturing material and negotiated best pricing with
vendors,
. Managed all computer and phone network systems (LAN/WAN),
. Maintained proper inventory control levels,
. Customer Service,
. In-house Sales,
. Contract negotiations with vendors and customers
. Project & Design Management.
. Reorganized day-to-day operations to reduce overhead and increase
profits.
. Changed company policy to incorporate tighter handling of raw
material,
. Realized a greater percentage of profit by reducing shrinkage.
. Millwork Estimator utilizing Dodge Reporting System
1995 - 2002
Network Engineer/Owner
NetPro, Harrisburg, Arkansas
. Negotiated client sales and contracts
. Purchased all computer and software products
. Customer Satisfaction
. Set company budgets and goals, trained and evaluated company
employees.
. Estimated, designed and Installed network systems (residential and
commercial).
1999 - 2002
Pastor
Greenville Baptist Church, Harrisburg, Arkansas
. Administrated church business,
. Communicated biblical principles through the preaching of the Gospel,
. Educated church staff and Bible teachers.
1999 - 2000
Interim Director of Information Services
Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Germantown, Tennessee
. Supported Business Office, Registrar Office, Executive Office and
Library Systems.
. Taught Master's Level courses
. Liaison between the CFO and Computer Resources Department. Responsible
for setting seminary computer budgets, running financials, statistics,
and other mission critical reports.
. Maintained all computer and network hardware and software needs
including the evaluation and purchasing of new products. Also
maintained network servers.
1996 - 1999
Pastor, McElroy Baptist Church
Wynne, Arkansas
1982 - 1995
Senior Programmer Analyst II
Orgill Brothers & Co., Inc., Memphis, Tennessee
. Communicated between upper management and a staff of junior
programmers
. Designed, wrote, implemented, and trained employees on new business
applications and software.
. Coordinated computer connectivity between remote sites and main site.
. Installed and maintained company's LAN.
1978 - 1982
Programmer
Malone & Hyde, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee
. Responsible for maintaining business software and writing new
software.
Education:
Dec., 1998 Master of Divinity
Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary,
Germantown, Tennessee
Major: Theology and Pastoral Counseling
Graduated: Magna Cum Laude
Dec., 1978 Bachelor of Arts
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi
Major: Computer Science
May, 1973 Diploma
Amory High School, Amory, Mississippi
Salary Negotiable
References Available Upon Request