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Jeffrey V. Miller

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Scottsdale AZ 85258

419-***-**** Cell

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Various consulting assignments in diverse industries:

Encore Window & Door (start-up window and door dealership): Established business practices, established relationships with key suppliers, managed operations during start-up period

Blue Fin Media (High-tech media business): Created business plan and investigated funding sources

Hylant Insurance (large commercial insurance broker): Established Energy and Polymer Practice

2009-2011 SFC Graphics, Toledo, Ohio

Consultant, President SFC Integrated Imaging (affiliated business unit integrating digital imaging with manufactured products.)

Created new company business unit applying high definition, UV cure digital ink jet printing to industrial applications using state-of-the-art technology. Established substantial customer base, resolved technical matters, developed protective UV cure top coat material and application methodology, established systems and procedures, created QC program. Second year sales, ~$1MM

2003-2008 Comfortline, Ltd, Toledo, Ohio

President & CEO

Fiberglass composite window & door manufacturer. Profile composite pultrusion manufacturer. Sales tripled to ~$12MM/yr. Developed industry-first fiberglass sunroom consisting of composite pultruded profiles as structural members. Developed patented technology to manufacture composite structural profiles necessary for product using pultrusion process. Negotiated exclusive sales contract with Owens Corning to market fiberglass sunrooms through their dealer network.

Introduced composite pultruded products manufacturing to Chinese market

1999-2003 Western Window & Door, Phoenix, Arizona

President, CEO & Owner

Aluminum window & door manufacturer/distributor/installer serving southwest luxury residential & commercial markets. Doubled sales in 3 yrs to ~$14MM. Achieved company record profitability in Yr 2000. Established branch sales locations in Las Vegas, Palm Desert & So. California. Conceived and implemented automated manufacturing process for multi-slide patio doors and for very large insulated glass units. Provided windows and doors to several architecturally-acclaimed residences. Provided all sliding doors to several 5-star resort properties in the Southwest US, Mexico and Hawaii

1996-1999 American Architectural Products, Boardman, Ohio

Executive VP &COO

Roll-up acquisition player in window & door industry. Company grew from ~$80MM in sales at inception to $350MM in sales via ~20 acquisitions in three-year time period. Established a vertically integrated business in PVC windows consisting of a PVC extrusion operation supplying profiles to several geographically dispersed company-owned window & door fabricators. Negotiated advantageous national supply contracts for glass and health benefits.

1995-1998 Gentek, Cleveland, Ohio

President, Window & Door Division

Operated seven independent window & door manufacturing businesses with ~$80MM total sales, five in the US, and two in Canada. Negotiated national supply contract with AMRE, at the time the largest retail replacement window dealer in the US. Negotiated west coast supply contract with Costco for replacement windows. Rationalized PVC window product line across six factories, reducing cost and improving profitability.

1979-1994 Various operational & engineering management positions in the window & door industry

General Manager, New Construction Product division, Chelsea Building Products:

Conceived and developed industry-first wood/PVC composite window product.

Co-founder of Wayne-Dalton Corporation: Developed innovative high-tech composite products and manufacturing processes for garage door panels that propelled Wayne-Dalton into an industry leadership position. Integrated several technologies within a fully automated state-of-the-art production line that minimized product cost of a premium energy-efficient composite product.

Education

US Naval Academy

BS, Industrial Engineering, Ohio State University

MBA, Case Western Reserve University

Awards & Professional Affiliations

Board of Trustees, Polymer Ohio 2004-2015

Chairman, Fiberglass Material Council, AAMA 2004-2008

Product Innovation Award 2008; bi-annual EPTA World Meeting (pultrusion industry) voted by membership for composite fiberglass sunroom.

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