Wes Brant

Developed Company plans, manufacturing and engineering processes for a wholly owned Chinese manufacturer of Specialty Vehicles. Instrumental in the Companies development during factory construction, product design and prototype production. *Completed core product feasibility studies and designs. *Planned factory flow layout and equipment requirements. *Sourced factory fabrication and assembly machines. *Wrote Company procedures for all departments.

Developed core product and distributions improvement plans for manufacturer of Street Sweeping Equipment. Served as Manufacturing Manager, Product Assurance Manager and Engineering Manager as company moved from family owned to subsidiary of Alamo. *Completed core product development dealer development plans. *Increased unit production 20% as Manufacturing Manager. *Certified 75% of distributors and trained over 600 personnel as Product Assurance Manager. *Enabled company to double sales over 4½ years.

Led domestic and international sales, marketing, engineering, customer service (field, service warranty, parts sales), and information technology for $40 million manufacturer of Street Sweeping Equipment. *Increased unit orders 33% through dealer development. *Served as interim Chief Operating Officer developing turnaround plan and budget for staffing management level, rebuilding infrastructure and launching new products. *Served on board of directors. *Significantly improved reliability through re-eng

Established and led integrated business teams for Holan, Telsta and Powerall products in sales administration, product engineering and process engineering for $70 million manufacturer of Utility, Telecommunication and Construction Equipment. *Achieved cohesive flow of information from sales to manufacturing by organizing integrated business teams. *Improved cash flow by eliminating 6 month backlog in less than 4 months. *Developed new Australian account and sold and delivered profitable order

*Developed new product line that attained 10% market share in first year as Product Manager for Reedrill.

*Consolidated U.S. and Canadian products to increase revenue from $24 to $60 million over four-year period as VP of Engineering for Pitman Manufacturing. *Contributed to development of five-year operating plan and budget, then successfully met primary objectives in design concepts, application engineering, and sales support. *Led acquisition and implementation of CAD system and related engineering department reorganization.