Richard Messersmith

• Responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and purchasing approximately 1,600 raw material and production parts primarily used in the aerospace and defense, automation and robotics, medical, and vehicle markets. • Commodities include electronics, electronic devices, wire, chemicals, and packaging materials. • Team with the Planning, Production, Engineering, and Quality Control Departments in a production line environment to meet customer requirements. • Use Microsoft Dynamics D365 ERP software in planning and purchasing production demand requirements.

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) website: www.abac.edu • Assist students in planning out their academic program of study while at ABAC • Advise and register college students into their program of study courses to meet planned program completion date • Counsel students that are not meeting academic and/or financial aid progression requirements due to their academic performance

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) website: www.abac.edu • Created and implemented curriculum in teaching business and first-year experience face-to-face, hybrid, and web courses in a community-college environment. • Dedicated enthusiasm for encouraging students in a positive learning environment. • Taught part-time with a load of approximately 15 to 20 students per class and received overall positive student reviews in all classes surveyed. Bainbridge State College class schedule history: https://bainbridge.gabest.usg.edu/pls/B620/www_user.bc_schedule.full_schedule_request Vitae pasted below...

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) website: www.abac.edu • Developed, implemented and maintained comprehensive financial aid services for approximately 4,000 students on the Federal, State, institutional and private levels. • Developed and implemented a plan for the awarding and distribution of approximately $28M of financial aid funds to eligible students in a timely, accurate, and equitable manner. • Set policies and procedures for office administration and the administration of financial aid funds.

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) website: www.abac.edu • Advised and registered college students in programs of study and course selections. • Articulated course transfer credits for students who transferred from another institution to Bainbridge State College. • Implemented a computerized student curriculum and advising software program.

American Electric Lighting website: http://www.americanelectriclighting.com/ Buyer - High Intensity Discharge Lighting Division (2002 - 2004) • Sourced, negotiated and purchased approximately 2,400 raw material and production parts at a total annual spend of approximately $5.5 million. • Teamed with the Production Planning Department and the individual production departments to schedule via AS400 Computer Material Requirement Planning (MRP) software, raw material and production part ordering to meet the production schedule in an assembly-line environment. Buyer - Heritage Collection (1999 - 2002) • Selected as part of a four-member team to study and move a decorative street lighting business purchased by AEL, with annual sales of $1.5 million from Emporia, Kansas to Bainbridge, Georgia. Included physical movement of inventory, tooling and documentation. • Teamed with the Sales, Customer Service and Production Departments to schedule via AS400 Computer MRP software, raw material and production part ordering to meet the production schedule in a job-shop environment.

Althin Medical, Inc. was purchased by Baxter International in March 2000 - http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/baxter-completes-acquisition-of-althin-medical-72923562.html Planner/Buyer/Supervisor (1998 - 1999) • Sourced, negotiated and purchased MRO supplies for the Production, Research and Development, and Administration Departments of the Miami Lakes operation. • Managed Stockroom inventory consisting of approximately 7,400 stock keeping units at an inventory value of approximately $3 million. • Achievements include reorganization of the Stockroom management by implementing computerized Re-order Point (ROP) inventory management, computerized material location assignments, creation and implementation of an approved supplier listing, and managing supplier consignment inventories at an approximate dollar value of $50,000. Jr. Buyer (1992 - 1998) • Forecasted, planned, sourced, procured and managed with the use of MRP and ROP computer inventory systems, approximately 150 production and packaging raw materials at a total annual spend of approximately $1.7 million per year. • Sourced and procured MRO items to facilitate production and administration areas. Created and managed service contracts. Shipping Department Warehouse Coordinator (1988 - 1992) • Managed and supervised four Warehouse Technicians and three Office Clerks. • Revised and created new standard operating procedures for the Warehouse Department. • Scheduled national and international finished goods shipments.

Georgia Southern WebMBA web page: http://coba.georgiasouthern.edu/mba/online/ USA News & World Report ranking of Georgia Southern's WebMBA program: https://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/georgia-southern-university-OBUS0235/mba

Georgia Southwestern State University School of Business web page (Management): https://gsw.edu/academics/schools-and-departments/school-of-business-administration/academic-programs/management