Expert Details
Forest Industry: Supply Chain Operation and Manufacturing
ID: 738191
Tennessee, USA
Operational Experience:
- Degreed and Certified Forester
- Extensive field forestry background
- Six Sigma Black Belt; with woodchip projects
- International supply chain operations
- Wood product sales, purchasing, trading
- Registered Affiliate Broker in TN
- Decades of land acquisition work
- Hardwood lumber grading graduate
Managerial Experience:
- Business owner/manager
- Harvesting operations
- Multinational supply chain team leader
- International woodchip production planning
- Land development site work
- Assistant plant manager
- Forest operations crew leader roles
- Chair for national Forestry convention
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year: 1993 | Degree: BS | Subject: Forest Resource Management | Institution: Univ of Tennessee; Knoxville |
| Year: 2016 | Degree: Black Belt | Subject: Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing | Institution: Dow Corning |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2021 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Senior Manager - Eastern Region | Department: none |
Responsibilities:Develop supply chain and procure pine woodchips for export to China.Manage woodchip supply chain including: port facility contract, supplier contracts, fumigation and inspection contracts, management of inventory, scheduling of contractors for loading vessels, and handling government paperwork for exports. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2018 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Owner | Department: none |
Responsibilities:Specialty logging operation created to service landowners in the middle TN region who have cedar and pine tracts that conventional loggers wont' service. Develop the client base, purchase the timber, manage the logging crew and operation, etc. Sold the logging equipment in late 2021 but has contract crews logging timber. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2018 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Director of Acquisitions and Development | Department: |
Responsibilities:Develop land contacts and find properties that suit the needs of company, particularly for Tiny Home subdivision development. Manage the entire land purchase through Due Diligence and into the buildout before handing off to site engineers. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2017 to 2017 | Employer: Twin Creeks Properties, LLC | Title: VP of Acquisitions | Department: |
Responsibilities:Develop land contacts and find properties that suit the needs of Twin Creeks Properties, LLC, particularly for subdivision development. Manage the entire land purchase through Due Diligence and into the buildout before handing off to site engineers. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2010 to 2016 | Employer: Dow Corning Corporation, INC. | Title: Global Forestry Program Leader | Department: Silicon Metal |
Responsibilities:Manage global Forestry supply chain for Dow Corning. Due to concentrations of facilities, North and South America were my primary focus areas. The silicon metal industry requires heavy amounts of carbon, mostly sourced from coal, charcoal, and wood chips. Operations in Brasil required the majority of my time, with long periods in country to manage various projects in eucalyptus forest management and operational development of the forest harvesting operations. DC trained me in their operational techniques and I earned my Black Belt in Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2004 to 2008 | Employer: Waterfront Group, LLC | Title: Land Acquisitions Manager | Department: Acquisitions |
Responsibilities:Develop land contacts and find properties that suit the needs of Waterfront Group, particularly for secondary home subdivision development. Manage the entire land purchase through Due Diligence and into the buildout. Manage multiple construction contractors through completion. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2008 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Owner | Department: none |
Responsibilities:A Forest Management and Forest Products Consulting Firm. Raw Land, developed land, or messed up and don't know what to do with it land; put vision and expertise to work to place your property at the top of the market or create a sustainable forest management plan. |
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Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Multiple Timber Theft cases - various levels of involvement, most were settled out of court. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Society of American Foresters - multiple leadership positions and National Convention Chair Tennessee Forestry association - 2001 through current |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Certified Forester - Society of American Foresters Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing - Black Belt Hardwood Lumber Grading Certificate - National Hardwood Lumber Association |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| National Convention Chair - Society of American Foresters |