DAVID L. FLOOD
Milwaukee, WI 53225
**************@*****.***
Summary of Skills and Abilities
A passionate team player with strong leadership skills and proven finance, management and sales experience. Accomplished in creating and taking initiatives from start to finish while delivering results. Respected leader and manager with extensive experience in project management and customer relationships. Action oriented always towards simplicity, efficiency and effectiveness.
Areas of Expertise
Strategy Development Presentations and Proposals Crisis Management Finance / Accounting Inside / Outside Sales Contracts and Negotiations Project Management Bidding and Estimating
Professional Experience
Regency Auto (company closed) Milwaukee, WI 2011 to 2011
General Manager / Sales Manager
• Front End Sales and Lot Manager
Ace Capital (office closed) Bayview, WI 2008 to 2010 Commercial Loan Representative
• Commercial Loan Sales Representative
MFL Design and Fabrications, Inc. (company closed) Benton Harbor, MI 1991 to 2007
Director of Operations
• Directed operations of a 1.375 million dollar custom manufacturing plant facility
• Plant Manager for 15 employees while setting up all procedures from inception
• Office Manager coordinating Accounting, Purchasing, Payables, and Receivables
• Procured capital investments including business plans and loan application
• Sales Manager and Lead Salesperson including all large project sales ($ 500,000 +)
• Bid Estimator / Contract Negotiator who can read blueprints and contracts thoroughly
• Computer aided kitchen designer who completed all shop drawings, then trained and developed the commercial designer position with high end AutoCAD programming
• Sought and obtained Berrien County Economic Development Loans for expansions
• Applied and received Benton Township Personal Property Tax Exemptions (IFT’s)
• Group Leadership Training Course graduate of an intense 21 day course in Evanston
• Acted as lead safety coordinator and conducted all in house and OSHA inspections
• Chaired weekly management meetings and quarterly profit sharing meetings
• Set up profit sharing program and job cost tracking program for same meetings
• Developed manufacturing schedules, ordered materials, coordinated up to 50 jobs at once on the plant floor at any given time
• Implemented purchasing of a $ 250,000 CNC milling equipment and multiple cut panel sawing along with $36,000 in coordinating Microvellum CAD programming
• Directly contributed to a minimum 20 % annual growth in manufacturing sales over a five year straight period (164 % Sales Growth over 5 year period)
Chamber of Commerce – Awards and Accomplishments
6 time Silver Stake Award winner for company growth in excess of 25 % per year
2 time Gold Stake Award winner for company expansion of plant in excess of 25 % per year
2 times nominated for Small Business Person of the Year Award
Computer Proficiency
Microsoft Word and Excel, QuickBooks, Micro Vellum, Cabinet Ware, AutoCAD, Adobe, Q10
Education
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
MBA in Finance
Concentration on Stocks & Investments,
Investment Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions
Graduated Top of Class at the # 12 school in the country GPA: 3.83
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
Graduated Top 10 % of Class at # 1 school in the country GPA: 3.34
Evans Scholarship Recipient
References Available Upon Request