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BACKGROUND
OF THE OWNERS
Allan Colby:
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Has
worked in the metal working industry for 18 years.
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From
1986 to 1990, Mr. Colby sold metrology equipment in the states of New York,
Connecticut, Vermont and Massachusetts.
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From
1990 to 1996, he then established and managed the St. Louis office for the
same company, directing the efforts of distributors and sales engineers that
covered the states of Southern Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and
Arkansas.
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Since
1996, Mr. Colby has been selling fabrication products in the states of
Southern Illinois and Eastern Missouri.
Donald
Patterson
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Received
a Bachelors of Science Degree in Milling Science and Management from Kansas
State University in 1982.
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Before
entering machine tool sales, Mr. Patterson worked in engineering and
production management positions for major corporations.
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His
last 20 years in the machine tool industry Mr. Patterson has worked as a
sales engineer for several machine tool distributors.
Mitchell Brown
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Has
been in the sheet metal fabrication industry for 18 years (16 years in
production/production management).
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Started
in 1987 at Boeing in Wichita working on 757 major assembly and continued
into sheet modification until the mid 1990's.
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A
life long fabricator Mr. Brown has worked in, managed, and been a consultant
for many companies in the manufacturing industry.
Mr. Brown managed and directed engineering and
manufacturing for an aerospace precision sheet metal job shop from 1995 to
2000 as it grew from $400,000 to $28 million in annual sales.
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