Thomas Manning III

THOMAS J. MANNING CPM, CCPM, PME, CNE Owner/Global Projects President/COO 2001-2010 5,000+employees Co-Owner/Director of Business Dev. 1999-2001 Fishmonger.com General Manager 1997-1999 3,000+employees 160+mil PM/Director of Purchasing/MIS 1989-1997 700 employees 80+mil Operations 1986-1989 Organization building Startups Expansion & Growth Operations Management Project Management International Logistics Litigation Control Contract Negotiations General Management I am a senior executive level project management expert with over 25 years in practical operations, manufacturing and general management experience. I have successfully managed capital intensive International operations in multicultural environments. Consummately fluent in all aspects of global support, logistics and management and International operations compliance issues for large projects and corporations. Owner/Global Projects President/COO 2001-2010 MRI Americas LLC., Seattle Washington/MRI Polska Sp. z o.o., Szczecin, Poland/MRI Pycckii Ltd., Vladivostok, Russia /West Boundry Ventures Ltd., British Columbia, Canada USA/Canada/Russia/Poland/EU Owner of MRI Americas LLC and above mentioned (Management Resources International) for a startup operation to direct and manage all domestic and international project activities in mining processing of precious metals in Europe. Familiar with 6-sigma, lean, CPM, CCPM, prince2, Prochain and other project management protocols (systems) and competent in all MS software programs Worked with multiple Government Ministries for economic development and permitting in USA, Canada, Brazil, UK, Russia., Germany, Denmark, Greenland, Poland, Czech. Rep., Ukraine and... Worked with Venture Capital groups for MRI Americas’ needs for additional development Managed product shipments from British Columbia to Poland and supervised residual metals extraction production through Russian enhanced metals separations technology Directed legal exclusivity for MRI’s intellectual property and materials management at multiple production facilities (foundries) in Poland under ‘KGHM’ Opened and staffed developing legal subsidiaries to MRI Americas; MRI Polska Sp. z o.o., Poland 2004 and in Moscow 2005 Hired private security and investigators to work with the Ministry of Finance, Prosecutors, Police, FBI, US Embassy and EU Corruption Counsel Prosecuted and jailed personnel involved in corruption while shoring-up areas of vulnerability Expertly enforced liabilities management and litigation for all domestic and foreign-based Agent/Liaison operations through risk assessment and conflict resolution Poly-lingual; Fluent in Russian and Polish - strong background in other languages and cultures Published multiple business journal articles and issued press releases Travel up to 100 percent Co-Owner/Director of Business Development/Supply Chain Integration 1999-2001 Fishmonger.com/Worldcatch Inc – International Maritime Portal Head of Business Development initiatives for a burgeoning ‘dot com’ internet portal for target market services related to international maritime and its multi-billion global fishing industry Managed IBM software developers to maximize flexibility in disparate system integration supporting supplier and consumer systems integration for e-service solutions Fought vigorously and effectively to stay ahead of competition until spearheading a successful merger General Manager/Director of Procurement 1997-1999 Far East Maritime Agency/Pacific Trawlers Inc – US/Canada/Russia Managed global operations with direct spend $120+ million per annum and $160+ million in sales – later became GM during a hostile takeover managing all aspects international operations Operated and managed 12 separate international production and manufacturing facilities with 3000+ employees and increased profitability 30 percent in 3 years Worked closely with fuel suppliers and oil trading groups to efficiently manage tankers and our fuel requirements of 7,500 metric tons/month @ 30 million/annually Reduced overall project operation and re-supply expenses 18 million dollars in the first 20 months Fired and replaced all staff and engineers that were proven to be engaged in fraud Reduced downtime of production operations by 80 percent through effective implementation of ‘mission critical’ spare part distribution and international operations management Created an industry-wide collaborative engineering and operations services forum for partner and vendor groups to work with competitor companies and their management to reduce overall logistics expenses in spare parts imports (we became OEM supplier of multiple goods) Created drop-ship consolidation, custom storage and distribution networks for transportation and vendor service groups for incredible savings Project Manager/Director of Purchasing (CPM) 1995-1997 Dalmoreproduct – Seattle, Washington/Russia Recruited as project manager and head of purchasing for a startup operation with a 10.5 million dollar budget