Location: United States
Member Since:
Jan. 10, 2019
Gordon O Spark
Biography
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
GORDON SPARK (Gordy) has over 45 years of proven experience in manufacturing and distribution operations and has worked for a myriad of corporations; private, public {FORTUNE 500 & DOW 30} and nonprofit, with annual revenues ranging from $5 million to over $1 billion.
Gordy is a survivor of the Great Manufacturing Complacency Creep spanning a period from the early 1970’s to today.
Gordy is still consulting today continuing to broaden the diverse range of industries that he has provided common sense solutions, for complex challenging conditions. Decades of hands-on experience has honed his unique ability to quickly assess where hidden values in all aspects of manufacturing and distribution operations can be tapped to improve the bottom line.
His management of ERP installations and modernizations began with the installation of one of the first ERP products launched in the USA, ASK-MANMAN Systems in the mid 1980’s. Since that time, he has led ERP installation and modernization teams for a wide range of products including: SAP, 4th Shift Edition, JD Edwards, MISys Manufacturing, Epicor, Synergistic Systems, Infor VISUAL ERP and SSA Global Technologies ERP MK Manufacturing/Distribution/WMS and other legacy systems.
He has traveled extensively in the USA and overseas and spent considerable time working behind the IRON CURTIAN in Poland, under the auspices of one of the few Licensing Agreements indirectly approved, by the occupying military forces of the Soviet Union.
He holds a BS in International Studies from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Wisconsin and an MBA in Finance from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, Lake Forest, Illinois. He currently holds US Patents and has contributed to the development of other patented designs.
He is married, has three children, lives in Colorado, still “chases” steam locomotives, is a DIY aficionado, enjoys collecting Currier and Ives original prints {railroad images preferred}, while scouring antique stores from coast to coast and is currently working diligently on Volume II of MANUFACTUROSAURUS THE SURVIVING SPECIES.
NOSTROVIA!
GORDON SPARK (Gordy) has over 45 years of proven experience in manufacturing and distribution operations and has worked for a myriad of corporations; private, public {FORTUNE 500 & DOW 30} and nonprofit, with annual revenues ranging from $5 million to over $1 billion.
Gordy is a survivor of the Great Manufacturing Complacency Creep spanning a period from the early 1970’s to today.
Gordy is still consulting today continuing to broaden the diverse range of industries that he has provided common sense solutions, for complex challenging conditions. Decades of hands-on experience has honed his unique ability to quickly assess where hidden values in all aspects of manufacturing and distribution operations can be tapped to improve the bottom line.
His management of ERP installations and modernizations began with the installation of one of the first ERP products launched in the USA, ASK-MANMAN Systems in the mid 1980’s. Since that time, he has led ERP installation and modernization teams for a wide range of products including: SAP, 4th Shift Edition, JD Edwards, MISys Manufacturing, Epicor, Synergistic Systems, Infor VISUAL ERP and SSA Global Technologies ERP MK Manufacturing/Distribution/WMS and other legacy systems.
He has traveled extensively in the USA and overseas and spent considerable time working behind the IRON CURTIAN in Poland, under the auspices of one of the few Licensing Agreements indirectly approved, by the occupying military forces of the Soviet Union.
He holds a BS in International Studies from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Wisconsin and an MBA in Finance from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, Lake Forest, Illinois. He currently holds US Patents and has contributed to the development of other patented designs.
He is married, has three children, lives in Colorado, still “chases” steam locomotives, is a DIY aficionado, enjoys collecting Currier and Ives original prints {railroad images preferred}, while scouring antique stores from coast to coast and is currently working diligently on Volume II of MANUFACTUROSAURUS THE SURVIVING SPECIES.
NOSTROVIA!
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Books
Manufacturosaurus: Near Extinction
by Gordon O Spark
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 120,410.
Language:
English.
Published: January 30, 2019
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, & technology » Manufacturing, Nonfiction » History » Biography
“Manufacturosaurus: Near Extinction” shares wild, educational stories based on true manufacturing incidents that occurred in Poland during the Soviet Occupation, the American automotive industry, and the highly competitive electronics industry in Mexico—prior to NAFTA.
Gordon Spark includes dinosaur caricatures, Gordisms, and geographical pseudonyms to add a humorous twist to a tough subject.