John Ford

I coordinate and schedule all installations of overhead doors in both the commercial and residential sectors within a 60 mile radius of home office. I am able to help management drive sales by proactively initiating the profitable participation in Home Depot’s Furnish and Install (F & I) programs that span over 16 stores. I also partner with sales teams through suppliers to ensure 100% accuracy for timely ordering, delivery, and product installation. I strive to maintain the highest standards of customer excellence and product turnaround time from initial ordering to completion. I also collaborate with owners to develop and complete employee handbooks, policies and procedures for both service and installation of commercial and residential overhead doors.

As one of the founding members, I oversaw the purchase of properties in underutilized markets to construct assisted living facilities and then directed the efforts to sell the properties back to the local operators. During my tenure, I was able to partner with lenders in constructing loan packages to review for approval submittal I gained control of company in 2004 and diversified real estate holdings to drive profits Following the diversification of goals, the company expanded to partake in the hospitality, self-storage, retail, offices and housing industries.

I was an Integral team member that directed the financial buyout and conversion of a fire log to a wood pellet plant through USDA Rural Development program, as well as the federal SBA program. I maintained and tracked budgets throughout construction process and eventual startup of factory. I fiercely negotiated contracts for various end products as well as shipping terms and payment conditions. I collaborated with office and plant managers to efficiently develop and train employees and partnered with accounting team to ensure timely and accurate statements were generated to financial institutions and member ownership. At the conclusion of the project, I coordinated the profitable sale of plant.

I began as a consumer loan officer and was in charge of the consumer portfolio from loan origination to collections and recovery. I then became lead mortgage lender, based on success, supervising the origination of residential mortgages. From there, I was promoted to Branch Manager of the Plover Wisconsin branch of Wood County National Bank. I was responsible for the developments of all the consumer, residential, and commercial portfolios for the new branch. The emphasis in the branch was to establish sound banking relationships within the Plover and Stevens Point areas.