Ken Kleinfelter's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

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TECHNICIAN @ Bendix West Coast (AlliedSignal) * Repair of various instruments (Electro-Mechanical, Electronic, Hydraulic and Pneumatic) and gyros From February 1981 to July 1982 (1 year 6 months) Commercial Manager @ GKN Aerospace Alabama Fuel Systems From February 2014 to February 2016 (2 years 1 month) Tallassee, ALActing General Manager @ GKN Aerospace Alabama Fuel Systems Management of the Alabama Fuel Systems site including meeting profit and sales expectations. From August 2014 to December 2014 (5 months) Tallassee, ALBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER @ GKN Aerospace Alabama Fuel Systems Alternate Title: Head of AdministrationRepsonsible for Business Development, Sales & Marketing, Finance, Human Resources and Commercial departments at new facility in Tallassee, AL.Products – Flexible aircraft & ground vehicle fuel tanks • Development of new fuel cell programs for fixed wing & rotary wing aircraft as well as ground vehicles• New Customer Development• Preparation and execution of proposals, contract review and presentations (customer & internal)• Management of sales budgets & forecasts From August 2009 to February 2014 (4 years 7 months) ASSISTANT PROGRAM MANAGER @ Golden Bell Management, Inc Products - Customer Service * Customer Service including relationship building* Safety and Motivational presentations* Training and Monitoring of caddies* Payroll / Recruiting / Hiring* Responsible for budgeting and petty cash From August 2008 to August 2009 (1 year 1 month) MANAGER, SALES & MARKETING @ American Fuel Cell and Coated Fabrics Company Products - Flexible aircraft fuel tanks, embankment tanks, truck mounted tanks, towable drums (fuel & water), pillow tanks * Development of new helicopter & aircraft fuel cell programs * New Customer Development* Management of Government Contracts & Import/Export (ITAR) departments* Preparation and execution of proposals, contract review and presentations (customer & internal)* Management of sales budgets & forecasts* R&D program management * Day to day management of sales staff, regional sales representatives, distributors and service centers From November 2005 to March 2008 (2 years 5 months) FIELD SALES MANAGER @ QED/inc Products - Aircraft Pressure Gauges and Mechanical Cockpit Accelerometers * Business Development of new programs* Military Accelerometer upgrade* Bio-Tech applications* Airbus landing gear applications From May 2004 to November 2005 (1 year 7 months) CUSTOMER SUPPORT MANAGER @ Rogerson Aircraft Corporation Products - Aircraft Avionics, Indicators, Auxiliary Fuel Tank Systems PressureIndicating Systems * Managed Import/Export control department (ITAR) * Managed Customer Support Representatives for Spares, Repairs and Military Account management of assigned North American accounts including sales activities, marketing responsibility and customer contact via telephone, fax, e-mail, tradeshows and visits to customer's facilities for all divisions (including avionics).* Improved the transaction process including quoting, lead times and parts provisioning* Managed Repair Shop for Indicators, Pressure Indicating Systems and Auxiliary Fuel Tank Systems* Responsible for performance of remote Avionics Repair Shop including setting priorities From January 2002 to May 2004 (2 years 5 months) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT @ . Products - Representation of three companies * Broker/Distributor of interior components, antennas and fire extinguisher components* Manufacturer of Ground Support Equipment and provider of metrology services* Multimedia company providing web site development, video production, audio production/recording and print brokering From January 2001 to January 2002 (1 year 1 month) SALES MANAGER @ Pacific Scientific HTL/Kin-Tech Division Products: Fire Suppression Systems, Flight Crew Personnel Restraints,Aftermarket Services * Marketed repair services to North American (including Canada) airlines such as United, Delta, UPS, FedEx; * Guided negotiation of Long Term Agreement with Airborne Express for Fire Extinguisher repair ($65K/year)* Brought Helicopter Restraint Retrofit Program for AS-350, AS-355 & AS-365 to market including completing the STC process (Potential $5.5M)* Marketed DC-9 Restraint Backfit System to Airborne Express ($75K)* Development of proposals including spare and repair pricing in coordination with Finance, Engineering and Product Lines* Participated in a team that increased aftermarket sales by over 33%* Responsible for the "Voice of Customer" From July 1998 to January 2001 (2 years 7 months) SALES ENGINEER @ Autronics Corporation (now Curtiss Wright) Product: Fire Protection System Retrofit Program including smoke detectors, electronic control units, suppression system and integration * Marketed, guided, scheduled and managed D-C Cargo Fire Protection System Conversion Program including development of a business plan, presentation of program proposal and technical overview of system ($400K)* Sold upgraded Smoke Detector to Northwest Airlines ($275K) From January 1997 to June 1998 (1 year 6 months) SALES ENGINEER @ Hanson Rivet & Supply Company Product Lines: Rivets (Solid, Semi-Tubular, Drive and "Pop"), Tooling * Increased business by 5% through better customer communication* Solved customer's technical problems* Inventoried and prepared for sale $1M worth of product From September 1995 to June 1996 (10 months) MARKETING AND FIELD SUPPORT MANAGER @ BAM Product: Marketing of Personal Injury Attorney * Provided support (marketing materials, trade show logistics, leads and expense reimbursement) to volunteer field staff* Prepared financial analysis of field activities* Analyzed marketing campaigns and prepared reports on results* Provided input on revision of television and print advertising material* Revised Employee Handbook From May 1994 to May 1995 (1 year 1 month) INSTRUMENT SHOP FOREMAN @ Castle Precision Industries Product: Instrument repairs * Instrumental in start-up of FAA approved Instrument Shop including selection of test equipment. From July 1993 to March 1994 (9 months) PROGRAM MANAGER @ AlliedSignal Aerospace Products: Repair of Instrument, Accessory, Power Generating, Gyro, Pneumatic, Hydraulic, Electronic and Electro-Mechanical equipment; Management of Power Generating Equipment repair programs on Boeing 747 and Gulfstream III/IV aircraft maintaining a high level relationship with over 300 customers worldwide ($3.3M per year)* Sales and marketing responsibility for Power Generating Equipment repair programs including budget/planning, visits to customer sites, direct mail programs, advertising campaigns and trade show participation* Responsible for customer satisfaction including prioritizing work flow* Provided technical support to customer in addition to factory support* Prepared sales and order forecasting in support of annual "STRAP" business plan* Responsible for acting as "customer's voice" From March 1991 to May 1993 (2 years 3 months) GENERAL SUPERVISOR @ AlliedSignal Aerospace Management of a Small Business Unit (SBU) consisting of four repair departments (Accessory, Electronics, Gyro and Instruments) consisting of 25 employees (20 technicians and 5 administrative) * Responsible for achievement of SBU profitability by identifying and implementing continuous improvement actions* Start-Up of two Power Generating Repair Programs* Involved in cross functional activities with Customer Service, Quality & Purchasing and Factory Engineering From March 1989 to March 1991 (2 years 1 month) SUPERVISOR @ Bendix West Coast (AlliedSignal) * Supervision of Instrument Repair Shop (13 technicians)* Generation of technical manuals for test equipment built in-house* Selection of competent personnel (10 employees)* Training of Technicians and development of Lead Technician and Senior Technicians From April 1985 to March 1989 (4 years) LEAD TECHNICIAN @ Bendix West Coast (AlliedSignal) * Assisted in supervision of Instrument Repair Shop* Training of Technicians and Senior Technicians* Development of test equipment and procedures for repair of new components From December 1984 to April 1985 (5 months) SENIOR TECHNICIAN @ Bendix West Coast (AlliedSignal) * Repair of various instruments (Electro-Mechanical, Electronic, Hydraulic and Pneumatic)* Assisting technicians with problematic units From July 1982 to December 1984 (2 years 6 months) Head of Business Development - US Military @ GKN Aerospace - Special Products Group Business Development of GKN Aerospace Special Products focused on the US Military markets. Products include flexible fuel tanks, ice protection/detection systems and transparencies for aircraft (fixed wing, rotary wing, UAS). From February 2016 to October 2020 (4 years 9 months)