Jon R. Mangerich - President, Four Winds Group, Inc.

Mr. Mangerich has more than 20 years of experience designing and implementing integrated information system solutions including work with mainframe, mini and micro computer requirements. His experience includes planning, designing, obtaining, installing and deploying integrated hardware, software and communication solutions for a wide range of client requirements, from large scale government super computer requirements to stand-alone micro support systems.

Qualifications

• Diverse background in mainframe to micro computing including complex system integration, program management and support services.
• Practical knowledge and experience associated with Operations and Maintenance, service dispatch, sales and support for a wide range of companies and government applications.
• Accomplishments include project definition, technology integration, contracting, automation assessment, implementation and site services / training. The result is a "can do" and "have done" combination to provide unique user responsive solutions on-time and on-budget.

Representative Accomplishments

• FOUR WINDS GROUP, Co-Owner, President. Extensive sales, support, integration and consulting work including technology integration. Extensive work associated with Networks (LANs, WANs), device interfacing (hand-held, pen-based, micro to mini to mainframe computer integration).
• Customers include manufacturing (Kraft General Foods, Fujitsu, AMD Sub-micron Development Center, Parker Aerospace, and Smurfit Carton y Papel de Mexico), major facility maintenance auto¬mation (Boeing Field, John Wayne Airport, Southwest Florida Water Management District, AMD facilities @ Sunnyvale and Austin, Arizona Public Services, Hartford Hospital) petroleum services (GATX terminals), Department of Transportation (Washington, Colorado, Hawaii and Massachusetts), and service dispatch requirements (Food Lion Stores, Bank of America, and Home Savings of America).
• Automation project management for Colorado Department of Transportation installation of ECTA CMMS applications for Hanging Lakes Tunnels
• Automation project manager for requirements associated with the Hawaii Department of Transportation Trans Koolau Tunnels (H-3) project
• Extensive field implementation, training and support services for Four Winds client base
• Project coordinator for the installation of CMMS at King County Airport in Seattle, Washington and assisted in the implemen¬tation of CMMS at John Wayne Airport.
• EXPERTISE, System integration, project management, application definition, client requirements definition. Developed software marketing and services operation in conjunction with IBM (approved IBM Business Partner). Developed business expertise for specific support of customer requirements for automated maintenance and inventory requirements. Emphases on sales, installation, training and services.
• CONTROL DATA CORPORATION (CDC) Government Systems Marketing. Super-computer Systems and services marketing and project management. Provided system solutions for NASA's advanced computational fluid dynamic modeling requirements (Numerical Aerodynamic Simulator, Thrust Measurement Applications, CAD/CAM, Performance Analysis Models, Rotocraft Simulator Systems). Work included super-computer systems, high speed communications, engineering, operating system and application support services, requirements assessment and sub-contract negotiations / technical specifications for projects with annual revenue in excess of $3.8M per year.
• CONTROL DATA CORPORATION (CDC) Support services. Re-design and imple-mentation of corporate accounting services and information systems for accounts pay¬able and employee travel / expense accounting to reduce response to field requirements from 10 days to less than 24 hours.
• UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park. Services director, Area Improvements and Maintenance Staff (AIMS) Facility maintenance management for student dormi¬tory facilities. All aspects of hands-on maintenance repairs and support services including planning, scheduling and record keeping for facilities repair and modifications. Co-ordination of trade services and projects for major electrical and structural work.