Robert Shaw Samuelson 3355 Blackburn St #4104, Dallas, TX 75204 602-910-1781 rs15c2d0e@westpost.

net PROCESS ENGINEER/PROJECT MANAGER Exceptional, proven and robust leader with a p assion for excellence, business growth and evolution. Possesses keen, intuitive ability as a catalyst for constructive organizational impact, applying methodic al problem solving and leadership with a record of distinctly positive, sustaina ble results.

HIGHLIGHTS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PRINCIPAL SHAW REMODELING, Phoenix, AZ General Contractor 8/06 - present Founded a BBB Accredited commercial/residential construction firm that has been recordable accident free and has a 100% customer satisfaction rating from found ing to present. Reduced daily operating expenses by 38% in order to remain a viable company dur ing US recession. Designed and constructed: medical office, cocktail lounge, womens boutique, com mercial bakery, residential kitchen, bath and home as well as projects for large corporations such as Safeway and Smurfit-Stone. Established reputation as a compassionate, generous member of the metropolitan Phoenix community by contributing services to Make-A-Wish foundation, the Salvat ion Army and Habitat for Humanity. Provided assistance to local families with d isabled members, making their homes more ADA accessible. Operated in all business capacities including P&L responsibility, contract nego tiation, budgeting, HR, safety officer, quality control, scheduling, sales, mark eting, estimating, accounting, bookkeeping, and superintendent. PROCESS ENGINEER SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER CORP., Glendale, AZ Corrugator/Manufacturing Plant 7/05 7/06 Established system of recording/reporting manufacturing process metrics. Analy zed metrics, established goals and successfully obtained process improvement buy -in from employees. Used Six Sigma tools and methodical problem solving to replace antiquated, inef ficient manufacturing processes throughout multiple corporate facilities in Ariz ona and Texas. Implemented constructive changes including automating product labeling and reor ganizing plant layout to smooth product flow. Replaced shouting and hand signal s with in-ear communication system allowing proper communication between operato rs at the beginning and end of a critical production process. Formed and lead employee teams that targeted plant waste issues, dramatically d ecreasing amount of lost/wasted resources within the facility. Team camaraderie fostered improved individual job performance. NAVAL OFFICER/PILOT US NAVY, Multiple US and International Locations 7/91 7/0 5 Flew over 2,000 incident free operational flight hours in 3 different naval air craft conducting countless domestic and international operational missions and t raining hundreds of instructors and new aviators. Crucial figure in implementing, executing and fine-tuning a locally developed l inear-flow flight scheduling system which increased the squadrons first pass yie ld rate by 15% and revolutionized flight scheduling. Recognized the need for, created and implemented a comprehensive program to ide ntify and focus flight instructional efforts on operational and scheduling weakn esses, which vastly improved efficiency and guaranteed on-time production in acc ordance with wartime pilot needs and naval fleet requirements.

Personally trained and mentored over a dozen students from their first flight t o their solo flight. Created and executed the squadrons plan to upgrade their outdated computer syst ems to the Navy/USMC Intranet. Coordinated and lead dozens of civilian IT contr actors resulting in a seamless transition. Conducted counter-narcotics operations across the Caribbean, Central and S Amer ica. Instrumental in his units interdiction of over 30 metric tons of narcotics worth over $7.8 Billion. EDUCATION AND TRAINING US NAVAL ACADEMY Annapolis, MD Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering US Naval service: Department Head Officer Leadership Course, Aviation Maintenan ce Officer School, Oceanographic Acoustic Analysis, Flight Instructor Training C ourse and Aircrew Resource Management.