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JON A. HAUSER

South Bend, IN *****

Ph. 260-***-****

Email: adcfyj@r.postjobfree.com

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, SUPERVISION, PROCUREMENT, SUPPLY CHAIN, LOGISTICS 20+ Years of experience in Steel Fabrication and Manufacturing WORK HISTORY

EVANS METAL PRODUCTS, INC. Elkhart, IN

July 2019 to Dec 2019

Architectural and Commercial Steel Fabrication

●Procurement/Supply Chain/Logistics Manager. This was a temporary position. My responsibilities included all direct and indirect purchasing and procurement, sourcing raw materials (primarily steel and other metal alloys), cost analysis, negotiating prices and terms with potential vendors, inventory management, logistical support, project and LEED documentation, material certification, and ERP system management. ABTREX INDUSTRIES, INC. South Bend, IN

Oct 2017 to July 2019

Custom Industrial Manufacturing, Steel Fabrication

●Buyer/Estimator/Procurement Manager. My responsibilities included the complete management of the supply chain and materials inventory, studying blueprints and other technical documents to estimate the material and labor costs of potential projects, issuing quotes for those projects to prospective clients, soliciting quotes from potential materials suppliers and issuing purchase orders based on price, quality, and other factors, and coordinating logistics. I also centralized procurement procedures and activities of all six domestic Abtrex divisions under the management and oversight of the Main Office in South Bend, IN.

●Cost Analysis and New Construction Planning for a $2.4 million expansion to Abtrex’ South Bend manufacturing facilities which concluded in the summer of 2019. This included soliciting and awarding construction and utilities contracts, obtaining funding sources, and managing permits, ordinances, etc., as well as $1 million in capital equipment. In connection with this proposed expansion, and on my own initiative, I conducted negotiations with the St. Joseph County Council for a $300,000 property tax abatement, and then represented Abtrex during the process of passing that legislation successfully through the County Council. KRAIG BIOCRAFT LABORATORIES South Bend, IN

Sept 2016 to Sept 2017

Biotech Research and Development

●Production Manager. I signed a 1-year contract with this biotech laboratory during their first year of production operations. Until this time, their efforts had been dedicated exclusively to lab research. Kraig Biocraft specializes in genetically engineered silk production for commercial, military, and scientific applications. During this crucial start-up period in South Bend, I was responsible for managing personnel, scheduling and directing labor, tracking production, cost analysis, procuring materials, and collaborating with the lab research team. HAUSER ENTERPRISES, LLC / H & M Trailers Tony, WI

Partial Owner/Management from 1/1991 to 3/2012

Custom Steel Fabrication, Manufacturing, and Machining

●Operations Manager. I grew up learning the steel fabrication field from the ground up in this steel manufacturing and large custom project-oriented family business. From an early age my production floor responsibilities included MIG welding and all other aspects of steel fabrication. As an adult I eventually became Operations Manager, where my responsibilities included blueprint reading and assistance, materials/labor estimation, project bidding, inventory tracking, purchasing, negotiating prices and terms for materials, financial and business management, employee supervision and management.

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WISCONSIN METAL FAB Chippewa Falls, WI

9/2006 to 12/2008

Manufacturing, Welding, and Steel Fabrication

●Project Manager. I assumed this role after being promoted from my initial responsibilities of Quality Control Manager (for ISO-2001 certification) and Materials Estimator. Eventually my role comprised the entire estimation process, including labor and material markups. After being promoted, my duties expanded to estimating both materials and labor, quoting work orders, negotiating material prices and terms with potential vendors, issuing purchase orders, routing labor assignments to the production floor, and coordinating logistics. FLUOR-DANIEL CONSTRUCTION Greenville, SC

Contract employment for three separate intervals on four project sites: Chemical Plant in PA, 9/92 to 12/93; Food Plants in UT and IN, 1/95 to 12/95; Power Plant in TX, 1/99 to 7/99 International Commercial and Industrial Construction

●Chief Document Controller. I started as an apprentice, then was promoted to Journeyman Pipe Fitter and Welder, and then to Document Control Dept. As Chief Document Controller, I managed the staff that was responsible for every construction related document that daily came onto these sites, plus those pertaining to administrative, supervisory, and support personnel. I organized and was responsible for the system by which all blueprints, spec sheets, inventory lists, purchase orders, and shipping and receiving records were received, filed, updated, distributed, secured, and disposed of. This entailed the processing of 2000-5000 documents per day. EDUCATION AND SCHOLARLY ENDEAVORS

INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND South Bend, IN

JUDD LEYTON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

Fall Semester of 2018 to Currently

●Master’s in Business Administration. I am currently in graduate school, working toward this degree. I estimate that I will be graduated with an MBA in the fall semester of 2021. Currently my GPA is 3.67 on a 4.0 scale. MONMOUTH COLLEGE Monmouth, IL

Sept 1985 to May 1989

●Bachelor’s Degree, May 1989

Majors in Political Science and History, Minor in Economics Was graduated Cum Laude, Senate Scholar, Dept. Honors I was graduated cum laude and with department honors in May of 1989 with two majors and a minor degree of study. I was also one of four students in my graduating class to be granted the distinction of Senate Scholar. As such, I was only the second student in the 156-year history of the institution to be invited to address the faculty colloquium. PHI ALPHA THETA

International Historical Honor Society

I have been a member since 1989, and contributing author to The Historian, the official journal of historical research and publication for this international historical honor society. BYZANTIUM SERIES OF HISTORICAL NOVELS

Author of Road to Byzantium and Beyond Byzantium, volumes one and two of a four-part series, historical novels that chronicle the era of First Crusade. More about the series and author is available at www.jahauser.com. 3 P a g e

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CIVIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT State of Wisconsin

1990-2002

During the first decade following my graduation from Monmouth College, I was heavily involved in the political affairs of my local community and the State of Wisconsin. That experience includes having been Deputy Chief of Staff for the administration of Governor Tommy Thompson, and Chief of Staff for the Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, Representative David Prosser. I was also communications director for three successful campaigns for the U.S. Congress, and a successful statewide campaign for the State Supreme Court, as well as many campaigns for state legislative office. Lastly, I was myself the winner of three primary elections during this time, and therefore the Republican party’s nominee for a seat in the Wisconsin State Legislature. BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS of FORT WAYNE Fort Wayne, IN

July 2013 to January 2016

●STEM Program Director. I initially volunteered for the Boys and Girls Club for two months before joining their paid staff in September of 2013. After approximately a year as program assistant, I was promoted to the Twenty First Century Community Learning Center as STEM Program Director. I had the opportunity to work directly with the youth of the community, most often with children from from low-income, racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds.

●CHIPS Education Committee. In connection with my work at the B & G Clubs, and by the invitation of the Allen County Health Commissioner, I was a member of the Community Health Improvement Plan-for Kids (CHIPS). KROC CENTER South Bend, IN

February 2016 to October 2017

●Youth Program Counselor. After relocating to St. Joseph County, I volunteered at the Kroc Center in South Bend, where I served in a role similar to the one I held with the Boys and Girls Clubs in Fort Wayne. REFERENCES

(many others available upon request)

Mr. Chris Steffel

General & Plant Manager

Abtrex Industries, Inc.

59640 Market Street

South Bend, IN 46614

Ph. 574-***-****

Email: adcfyj@r.postjobfree.com

Mr. Jesse Sommer

Fabrication Department Manager

Abtrex Industries, Inc.

59640 Market Street

South Bend, IN 46614

Ph. 574-***-****

Email: adcfyj@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. David Tobey

Associate Professor of Management

Indiana University South Bend, Office 207D

1700 Mishawaka Ave.

South Bend, IN 46615

Ph. 574-***-****

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Ms. Diane Swayze

Director of Programming

Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne

2609 Fairfield Ave.

Fort Wayne, IN 46807

Ph. 260-***-****

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