KENNETH COOK
10932 Bal Harbor Drive, Boca Raton, Florida 33498




SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Project Management with high end high rise experience with hotels and condos with Stiles Construction. CEO of Operations and Director of Sales with 23 years of diverse management experience in the United States, Germany, Europe, and Central America. Engineering, R&D engineer, Design, Programming, Stiles Construction Project Complete Management, , Manufacturing, Sales and Marketing, Nolte Kitchens (Germanys second largest high-end Europe kitchen manufacturer) Record of dramatically increasing sales from $2.5 million to $12 million with a PTI of $5.5 million plus managed a manufacturing start-up in Florida serving the U.S. and Central American market and Borg Warner (BW/IP) Hold B.S. in Business, and M.S. Mechanical Engineering from San Diego State University and Osnabrucke University, Germany German language.

AREAS OF STRENGTH/EXPERTISE

Corporate Leadership Finance Sales and Marketing
Quality Management (ISO 9000) Computer Proficiency
Design and Production/Manufacturing Fluent in German, and conversant in Spanish

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

STILES CONSTRUCTION CO. 2005-Now
Project Manager
Responsible for managing over 25 different subcontractors at one time, within the high end high rise industry, managing staff within the company, working direct with Owners, using prolog program, words, excel, office project, scheduling and estimating. Providing up dated meeting minutes, writing notices to proceed together with all change orders to Owner, working with budget / MFA and accounting through out the projects. Writing and reviewing all Contracts between subcontractors, reviewing any legal issues and working direct with City Officials for permitting and code compliance, establishing TCOs and COs for projects worked on.

Accomplishments
Trump International Hotel & Towers 298 Units (5 Star Hotel and Condos High Rise with 2 Towers) $250 million
350 Las Olas Place 163 Units (High end Condos) $75 million
Q-Club 270 Units (5 Star Hotel and Condos High Rise) $120 million
Wilton Station 272 Units (High end Townhomes and Condos) $100 million
OSHA Certified
CPR Certified

FERRARA Italian Kitchen, Dania Beach, Florida 2002-2005
CEO
Responsible for Sales staff and showrooms, complete new structure of Project Division for sales/design, Customer service, Financials, set up of new accounts/builders architects. Re-structure of design staff for project division. Locating new areas for retail showrooms, finding new dealers to sale product and providing support and training of product and over seeing of all Operations of the business with $28 million in Sales.

Accomplishments
New Operations Manual/IT Ferrara Italian Kitchen. Reorganized staff and Sales structure and built a new sales organization. Opening/Design of new showroom locations.
New Sales staff Ferrara Italian Kitchen / New Marketing for product.
Increased sales of project division to $8 million.
Established new distributors/dealers / Set up new Customer Service Dept.
Design Staff, project division / New Retail Sales Reps.

NOLTE KITCHENS INC., Dania Beach, Florida (US Headquarters) 1989-2002
President and CEO (2000 2002)
Responsible for $12-15 million in operations for the USA and Central America consisting of 9 corporate offices, Manufacturing plant and over 20 distribution offices.
Completed turn-around Nolte Kitchens in one year of a losing operation with sales of $2.5 million to a $12 million level and PTI of $5.5 million for.







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Start-up of custom manufacturing plant
Reorganized staff, finance and sales structure plus built a new sales organization.
Director of Sales Department.

Senior Manager of Sales, Marketing, and Engineering (1996 2000)
Responsible for 350 employees in multiple functions

Accomplishments
Increased sales from $2.5 million to $5 million.
Established 100 new distributors throughout Europe.
Identified US sales, product, and marketing opportunities.
Successfully implemented product improvement engineering.
Promoted to President and CEO over US operations to take advantage of identified opportunities.

R & D Engineer/Engineering Manager - New Product Design (1989 1996)

Accomplishments

Conducted research and development and successfully upgraded technology.
Product/Manufacturing and new machinery
Created new designs for European and US market
Identified and sourced manufacturing machinery to ISO 9000 standards.


BW/IP INTERNATIONAL, INC. (BORG WARNER), Riverside, CA1987 1989
Research Mechanical Engineer

Accomplishments

Designed new products with AutoCAD and special programming.
Project Management and Testing.
Developed new heat exchangers and mechanical seals for oil industry.
Established new stress test procedures.

US NAVY1983 1987


TECHNICAL COMPUTER SKILLS

AutoCAD Programming HPME 10 Microsoft Word/Excel
20/20 & Plaint Program CKD Prolog On-Screen Office Project

EDUCATION

B.S. Business Finance, San Diego University
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, San Diego University


ASSOCIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Gold Coast Builders Association
American Society of Interior Designers NKBA National Kitchen and Bath Association
ABC Builders Association