An Entrepreneur and Prior Business Owner, Ron offers nearly 30 years experience in retail, merchandising, new business set-up, finance, executive management, sales, marketing, electrical engineering, electronics, computer software, computer hardware and web design and development. A natural people person, he enjoys sharing business knowledge and technical skills to play a key roll in building and expanding small to mid-sized companies and enhancing the skills of employees. Ron’s natural behavior includes the ability to take the lead as needed while encouraging other people to become involved. He works well as a cohesive between levels, across units and within teams and brings mature responsibility with a sense of humor to any environment. A firm believer in continually upgrading his skill levels and education to better serve clients and customers, Ron offers excellent training abilities for senior executives through all levels of company associates Prior to forming his battery business in 1989, Ron spent many years in retail store management, new store set-up and corporate positions with Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Service Merchandise and in the restaurant, finance and insurance industries earning numerous awards and recognition for exceeding multi-million dollar sales goals, profit goals, and personnel training and development. Rons retail / restaurant knowledge is second to none. Ron is degreed in electrical \ electronic engineering with knowledge and experience that also includes battery design, the installation, preventative and maintenance of IBM PCs, clones and related hardware and all software including new business software applications, business and security software/features, wireless technologies, the Internet and related Web technologies. Training materials he has written include manuals for Compaq and Panasonic Notebook Computers for a large corporation with more than 3000 units being utilized by their field force. Ron is a Company Officer and President of Rathbone Energy, Inc. A Preferred and Authorized Department of Defense Contractor / Vendor and a HubZone; Contractor, OEM-V / VAR custom design and assemblers of high end dry cell primary and rechargeable battery packs for any industry. They also wholesale dry cell primary and rechargeable battery cells, high end dry cell primary and rechargeable battery packs and custom design high-end battery analyzers/chargers for mass production. Since 1992 Rathbone Energy has been serving such international markets as broadcast news, professional film, medical industry, the federal government, DOD and bids for NASA. A participant in the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), National Home Health Care, (NHHC), and other trade shows and member of the Society for Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), and the Society for Broadcast Engineers (SBE).