Summary Plant Manager with more than 30 years of progressive industrial management experience in all aspects of manufacturing operations. Personal strengths include optimizing organizational performance by analyzing complex situations, establishing organizational goals, allocating scarce resources, and communicating effectively internally and through Corporate organizations to achieve the defined objectives. Skilled in transitioning new product lines into an organization, achieving dramatic organizational growth, and in downsizing to achieve profitability by lowering break-even points. Accomplishments * Managed an organization of 670 associates dedicated to the profitable manufacture and distribution of high quality wood, metal, upholstered, and fiberglass products for the commercial furniture markets, including the contract office, hotel, and food service furniture markets. * Successfully managed & sustained manufacturing organizational growth from $16 million to $172 million over a period of fifteen years with improved profitability and on time customer shipments. * Instituted Lean manufacturing utilizing Kanban and cellular manufacturing, reducing plant head count by 89 people, reducing labor by 30%. Improved space efficiency, reducing lease property requirements by $588,000 annually. Material, labor and overhead savings through Lean events resulted in more than doubling gross margin percentage on a consistent basis. * Personally managed the development of a new product that strategically benefited the Company through significant profitable product sales. * Integral management role in relocating and consolidating five Company facilities and Operations located around the nation. Mike Nelson Page 2

Highlights:

• Fabrication
• Quality
• Quality Assurance
• Test
• Manufacturing
• Budgeting
• Distribution
• Management
• P&L
• Purchasing