buyer, wood procurement, cad operator

Edward B. Drier *** Tilden Road

Bessemer, MI ****1

Cell Phone: 906-***-**** Home:

906-***-****

FORESTRY EXPERIENCE

Marion Plywood Corporation Marion, WI

Log Buyer/Forester

. Run lines, cruise timber, advertise, sell and supervise logging

jobs as needed

. Corporate representative locally with venders and other

corporations. Negotiated contracts. Scaled on handheld computer

and downloaded to plant daily. Communicated with plant via email,

participated in group meetings monthly at the plant.

. Bought from land holding companies, saw mills, paper companies and

private loggers

. Trained to purchase certified green wood. Experienced buying:

Hard Maple, Red Oak, Soft Maple, Cherry, White Ash, Yellow Birch,

and Beech

. Arranged shipment of purchased wood to plant

. Purchased 1.2 to 2.4 million board feet per year in Western Upper

Michigan, Northern Wisconsin and Northern Minnesota

D & D Timber Products Company Wakefield, WI

Partner/Forester

. Hired, trained and supervised staff/crew, handled day-to-day

operations of business

. Bought stumpage on private and public lands

. Built roads, cut, skidded, and hauled to various mills

. Owned and operated: 2 Skidders, Bulldozer, Grader, Slasher, Log

Truck, Flat Bed Truck, Bobcat Fellerbuncher

Louisiana-Pacific Pilot Rock, Oregon

Forester

. Cruised timber on private and federal land

. Placed inventory plots on company lands

Connor Forest Industries L'Anse/Marquette, MI

Woodlands Supervisor

. Supervised and trained employees, handled issues and decision-

making on site.

. Managed logging operations on private, company and federal land

. L'Anse District/Marquette District/Champion District

Log Yard Foreman at Sawmills & concentration yards in Marquette,

Champion & Butternut

. Purchased and scaled logs and saw bolts

. Supervised veneer log sales

District Forester at L'Anse

. Ran property lines, cruised and marked timber

. Supervised logging crews

Scaler

. Scaled logs, sorted and marketed veneer

Wisconsin Staffing, Ironwood, MI, at Columbia Forest Products Mellen,

WI

Plant/Mill hand

. Trained observer in STARS safety program

. Trained to operate jointers

EDUCATION Gogebic Community College

Ironwood, MI

Associate of Applied Science in CAD GPA 3.91

Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI

Bachelor of Science in Forest Management GPA 3.43

Gogebic Community College Ironwood, MI

Associate of Science GPA 2.95

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ACTIVITIES Member of Great Lakes Timber Producers Association (1989 -

Present)

Member of Superior Range Shooting Club (2005-2008)

Coach - Bessemer Little League (1992-2008)

REFERENCES

. Mike O'Connell-Head of Wood Procurement-Marion Plywood Inc.-Marion, WI

. 1-715-***-****.

. Connie Hicks-Instructor--Applied Technology Division Chair-Manufacturing

Technology

--Gogebic Community College-Ironwood, MI-906-***-****

extension 232

. Paul Semmerling-Instructor (Semi-Retired June 2010)-Computer Aided

Drafting-

--Gogebic Community College--Ironwood, MI-906-***-****

extension 231

. Dave Elliot-Head Log Buyer (Semi-Retired May 2010)-Columbia Forest

Products-

--Mellen, WI-906-***-****

. Mike Gilligan-Independent Log Buyer--GEMS-Iron River, MI-906-***-****

. Keith Brey-Forester-American Forest Management-Eagle Harbor, MI-906-

369-3845

. Tony Luzari-Log Yard Supervisor--Plum Creek-L'Anse & Rapid River, MI-

906-***-****

. John Fitze-Log Sales Representative-J M Longyear-Marquette, MI-906-250-

5289

. Tom Moon-Log Sales Rep.-Keweenaw Land Assoc.-Ironwood, MI-906-***-****

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