Dick Kantenberger ***** Taylorcrest Rd.
Houston, Texas 77024
**************@*********.***
Personal Exceptional Skills: Promoter, Public Speaker (“one of the top 1% most
endorsed in United States for Public Speaking- Linkedin”), Writer (published
author
OBJECTIVE: Business Development/ Regional Sales Manager/ Sales Engineer
A sales position to utilize my strong innovative, analytical, organizational skills to
successfully meet your goals now; especially on technical big-ticket items in, but not
limited to, the electric utility, oil & gas, marketing communications and education
industries.
No Health Insurance Required - Full-time or Part-time
RELATED ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
o Marketing consultant to The Boeing Co, Seattle, WA, Engineering and Construction
Div, on computer controlled SCADA projects in the automation of oil - gas separator
plants in Saudi Arabia.
o Top producer in the U.S. for eleven years for a division of Control Data Corporation
in SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems for electrical utilities, oil
and gas pipelines, and oil and gas production systems.
o Sold, negotiated contract and arranged international financing for the first U.S.-made,
computer-based SCADA system in Central Africa controlling the power grid of the
capital district of the country.
o Marketed SCADA and EMS (energy management systems) both domestically and
internationally for Harris Corporation and TRW, Inc.
o Selected member of the U.S. Department of Commerce sponsored trade mission to
the electric power industry in West Africa.
o Wrote and was principal speaker for lecture series on real-time computer-based
control systems (SCADA) for oil and gas production. The series was later expanded
nationally by Control Data Corporation.
o Top 10% in sales for nation's third largest financial investment banking firm.
o Improved visibility for a non-profit outreach program by arranging for George Bush,
Lloyd Bentsen and Barbara Jordan to speak.
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o Increased my readership in a national online newspaper during the last year by over
6%.
o During the last school year increased enrollment at a private gifted and talented school
by 58%, reduced operating loss from $300,000 per year to under $100,000, and I found a
new Head of School.
Currently:
Marketing Consultant and Business Development, Houston, Texas
Examiner.com, Gifted Education National Writer (part time)
Houston
Spring Branch ISD, Math/Physics Teacher (part time)
Experience:
The Rainard School for Gifted Students, Board of Directors/ Head of Marketing and
Business Development
Houston
Marketing Consultant to The Boeing Co., Engr. & Mfg. Div, Seattle, WA
for computer controlled SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) automation
projects in Saudi Arabia.
Klein ISD, Spring Branch ISD and The Village School Houston, TX
Mathematics and Physics teacher
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Harris Corp., Controls Div. Melbourne, FL
Int’l Mkt. Mgr. for Mid East, Africa, Brazil
Mkt. computer controlled SCADA and EMS (energy management systems) to the
electric utility, oil & gas pipeline, oil & gas production industries.
TRW, Inc, Controls Div. Houston, TX
Mkt. Mgr for Western U.S., Far East, Mid East, Africa
Mkt. computer controlled SCADA and EMS systems to the electric utility, oil & gas
pipeline, oil & gas production industries.
The Kantenberger Co. Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Tulsa
President
Mfg. Agents selling electrical & electronic equipment and computer controlled SCADA
systems to electric utilities, oil & gas pipelines, oil & gas production industries for
various mfrs, including Control Data Corp., Controls Div.
Merrill Lynch & Prudential Securities Houston, TX
Institutional and Retail Broker
Education:
Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX
Bachelor of Business Administration
University of Houston Houston, TX
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
University of Houston Houston, TX
24 semester-hours on MBA
Volunteer Work:
Board of Directors:
The Rainard School for Gifted Students
Spring Branch – Memorial Sports Assoc.
Houston Tennis Assoc.
Houston Grand Opera Guild
Houston Grand Opera: General Director’s HGO Marketing Committee
Chairman, Speakers Bureau
Chairman, Art Advocacy Committee
Pre-curtain lecturer
Advisory Committee to the Board of Directors of the National Telemetering
Conference
and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers;
Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented;
State Campaign Committee for Dolph Briscoe for Governor of Texas.
First Methodist Church Houston
References:
Susie Doucette Pyle, VP, General Sales Manager, Fox 26/My 20, 713-***-****,
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Derrick Willcock, President, Micromation Systems Pty, Ltd., 27-11-822-****,
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Tom Miller, President, BTM Investments, Inc. 713-***-****, ************@***.***
John R. Ford, Chairman of the Board, The Methodist Hospital System, Dallas, TX.
972-***-**** ******@**.******.***
Mrs. Nita L. Ford, Board of Directors, Dallas Baptist University,
214-***-****,*********@**.**.***
Dr. Todd Deveau, Head of School, Rainard School for Gifted Students, 713-***-****,
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