Business

Item Description

(Don Larson is donating 2 hours of his time to the winning bidder.)

Principal

General Manager, Sales, Chief Engineer and other positions at a number of companies and clients.

Professional Experience:

Since founding MCF, Don has played the lead role in business development, identifying the areas where clients can gain measurable productivity improvements through applying technology. The company focus has been on enabling business processes with web based solutions. The clients have ranged from small multimillion dollar firms to the Fortune 5000.

Don spent three years with a Cleveland based software firm taking it from zero to multimillion in revenue. He worked at WireWay, Inc as the General Manager, a nationally recognized manufacturer of raceway systems for industrial control components. The Cleveland based firm is a national innovator in the controls market for over thirty years.

He also has served as manufacturer's rep for several Fortune 100 companies in the Industrial Controls and Power Electronics Industry such as UPS equipment, switch gear and variable frequency drives. Prior to an active sales role, he led an engineering department in one of the manufacturing divisions of Elf Aquitaine building capital equipment. The company served the automotive industry in bothnthe plating and laboratory testing fields.

He spent five years on active duty in the U.S. Navy, serving at multiple duty stations leaving the Navy as a Lieutenant. Mr. Larson founded a weekly radio program, Capitalist Cleveland that concentrates on entrepreneurial business development in North East Ohio.

Education:

BS in Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University

MS in Engineering, The Ohio State University

MBA - The Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University

Affiliations:

Board Member Weatherhead School of Management

Board Member North Coast Entrepreneurs, Inc.

Promise Partners - Cleveland based business owners group.

Founder's Café

British American Chamber of Commerce

Item Special Note

(Don Larson is donating 2 hours of his time to the winning bidder.)

The executives will meet with the winning bidders at a time convenient to both parties, on or before December 1, 2009, except in the case of some celebrities which may carry over to the first quarter of 2010.

Once the winning bid has been validated and collected, CAAO will request the winning bidder's bio/resume and reason for wanting to meet the executive and communicate that information to the executive. CAAO will also pass on the necessary contact information for the winning bidder to make their appointment.

If the winning bidder cancels or wishes to change the date/time of the meeting once it has been scheduled, the winning bidder will be responsible for contacting the executive to communicate any changes.

The winning bidder is responsible for all travel expenses to attend this meeting.

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