David Hughes

I perform physical testing of soils and concrete.

My job was to contact and pre-qualify area businesses for preliminary evaluation of profitability enhancement.

Led materials cost reduction through market research, competitive bidding and vendor negotiations in support of product development for production, engineering and administration groups in a hands-on work environment. o Research innovative engineering solutions, evaluate and engage vendors o Create bills of materials for new products and revisions, and project cost assessments o Verify authorization, availability, and delivery for purchase requests

Entrepreneurial enterprises that culminated in management of cellular retail store while supervising eight (8) sales representatives in cellular and outside sales of MasterCard/VISA merchant point-of-sale (POS) EFT (electronic funds transfer) processing systems and software; overseeing established vendor and processing accounts, troubleshooting and resolving customer difficulties in support of processing banks and equipment leasing companies.