John M. Breton Austin, Texas 78739 1-512-9680137 johnbreton@yahoo.

com

CAREER OBJECTIVE Seeking a technical Sales/ Marketing/Business Development Management role focused on the global Oil & Gas, Engineering, and EPC contractor community that would allow me an opportunity to better and more fully utilize my engineering background and the breadth of my technical Business Development experience in the Domestic or International O&G Industry. My range of engineered products and technical services over the past 15 years spanned API pipe, Cathodic Protection, and Corrosion Coating solutions. This allowed me to build a Houston O&G Mid-to-Senior Eng/Ops/Project Managers contact base of some 500 decision makers and 1300 such managers across the GCC, greater ME and beyond. SUMMARY OF RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Business Skills An accomplished Sales, Marketing, and Bus Dev Manager with a solid history of successful efforts in Product Development, Partnership Marketing, and Building of Solid Client Relationships with end user customers, distribution, and my own sales teams. Strong history of Sales Team and Distribution Development across a variety of products/services that included individual and group mentoring, planning, time management, and goal setting; Strategic Planning and Bus Dev experience, in both dom/intl markets, with both start-up and seasoned businesses. A demonstrated competence in development of profitable corporate sales objectives and developing the plans, programs and teams necessary to achieve those same goals. Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills written/oral. Superior team building skills with a collaborative style of management. Significant experience in the development of sales collateral, writing articles for publication in respected Trade Journals, and a frequent speaker at Trade and Tech Conferences throughout the ME and beyond. Computer proficient in Windows 95/98/XT, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Works, & Internet. Sales, Bus Dev, and Marketing Management Experience Developed training programs, sales tools and conducted seminars for in-house sales and marketing teams as well as a wide range of small distribution companies in the area of sales, marketing, and general business improvement techniques; I introduced the concept of "partnership marketing into each organization I served as a benefit to each organizations respective distribution network. Recruited, trained, managed and mentored market-driven sales teams in several industries and established sales goals to focus on the protection of existing markets while developing incremental sales programs in secondary markets to expand customer base/corporate revenue. Developed domestic/International marketing plans on behalf of a variety of engineering, manufacturing, and construction products companies seeking to either expand market share in existing markets or to enter new markets. Such efforts would include securing vendor approvals, ISO approvals, API monograms, and various company certifications as part of said strategies. Introduced database marketing techniques that utilized a variety of private/public resources to target markets, industries, companies of interest across the US being guided by existing customer profiles and SIC codes to guide development of regional targets. Oil & Gas and related Steel Industry Experience A strong metallurgical engineering and manufacturing experience in the fabrication and application of API products and Engineering Services to the broadest Oil and Gas Community. An intense technical Sales/Marketing/Business Development experience marketing API Products and Engineering Services (induction bending) to the major oil and gas producers in the ME - both national companies in each of the GCC countries and the multi-national companies working in the region. A very successful experience introducing our company and product capabilities to the Oil and Gas Industry, the Engineering community, and the EPC contractors to gain approvals for use of our product in both onshore and offshore applications. As part of this process, I wrote/published articles in a wide range of technical journals, exhibited at regional trade shows, and spoke at engineering conferences from KSA to India as well all GCC countries and elsewhere.

From Oct 1998 through Mar 2004, I called on all Ntl/Intl O&G Producers, Eng Cos, and EPC contractors to secure approvals for our product and engineering services. In the process, built a contact base of 1300 mid-to-senior level Eng/Ops/GM throughout the GCC/greater ME and beyond. During this period, I oversaw several technical areas in the successful commissioning of the MEs newest, state-of-the-art, HFI welded API 5L/5CT mill to supply pipe to the Gulfs main markets and beyond . Guided the selection of electronic process control equipment to monitor optimal performance of critical processes on the mill; namely, forming, welding, and heat treatment as dictated by API, ISO, Shell, Saudi Aramco, and other end-user customers. I was able to utilize my engineering experience to assist my Saudi Company to configure their mill and its QC/QA process management systems to meet/exceed expectations of API and ISO and to gain approvals by Saudi Aramco, Shell, PDO, ADNOC, KPC, etc. I then bid several pipeline projects and won multi-million dollar projects in Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and UAE. Marketed products/services to Senior Management in target companies and developed a methodology for introducing my companies unique capabilities /values while building long term relationships with key customers and prospects base on trust and performance. Since mid-2004, I have marketed an array of engineered products and tech services to the Oil & Gas Industry in/around the Houston area with calls on major Producers, Engineering Companies and EPC Contractors. I have conducted training programs for Fluor, Mustang Eng, Technip, and AmecParagon over the past 45 days on topic ranging from Cathodic Protection Theory to Bolt Tensioning. Since mid-2004, I have developed a contact base of some 500+ Eng /Operation Managers in the Houston/Gulf area. I have designed/managed market appropriate sales literature, media advertising, and trade show collateral needed to position each company served as a uniquely qualified supplier of engineered products and provider of technical services and would utilize marketing dollars to build market recognition and establish company/product differentiation. A hands-on metallurgical engineer who enjoyed spending time in the shop and with the customer in the role of problem solver and business developer. A professional engineer as comfortable in a plant manufacturing setting as in making presentations in the Boardroom. CAREER BACKGROUND Consultant Lin Scan Inspection Dubai N/S America January 2014 After lengthy discussions over several years with Dr. Khaled Chami, friend and President of Lin Scan, we agreed to work together to develop the US and South American markets for Lin Scan. It is our expectation that we will meet to discuss our plans for the market mid January through early February in Dubai/Sharjah 2014 followed my attendance at the Houston Pigging Conference in February. 3M Corporation IsPD Austin, Texas February 2010 - October 2013

Technical Sales Executive

Primary focus is the introduction of various corrosion coatings manufactured by 3M to the O&G Pipeline Transmission Companies for rehabilitation and girth weld coating on new/rehab transmission/gathering lines for crude/natural gas/refined products. A newly created position within 3M as my extensive background in presenting products/technical services via PP presentations to Corrosion Eng, Pipeline Integrity Engineers, Consulting Engineering Firms, and EPC contractors was seen as a critical need to expand their exposure to the market at large. In a short time, I extended my membership within the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, National Association of Steel Pipe Distributors, and secured membership for our Division in the Pipeline Contractors Association as a means of networking with this key organization as it interacts with the Pipeline Owner Companies to execute of new pipeline projects and/or for the inspection and maintenance of the hundreds of thousands of miles of pipeline in use in the country today. Another responsibility is to train 3M distributors on the application of our liquid coatings for new construction girth weld applications and/or pipeline rehabilitation project work. Ultimately, the goal is to qualify a technical member at each distributor location to train contractors in their region on the application process. Until that time arrives, I travel to job site and contractor yards training contractor crew in a classroom environment/hands on yard setting an/or on a job site on the hand application and the use of our HSS-450 spray application to then certify them as having been trained by a representative of the manufacturer. I have developed literature and secured databases driven by SIC code profiling to do extensive marketing to the target contractors, consulting engineers, and pipeline owners. These programs will be executed by internal sales personnel and by our growing distribution network. I have also had our group exhibit at regional NACE trade/conference venues in Corpus Christi, San Francisco, and Washington, DC.

Business Development Manager Tri-Star Industries Austin(Houston), Texas 4/2008 to 2/2010 My primary focus on behalf of Tri-Star Industries was to build a strong contact base in the domestic Oil & Gas Industry and with major Consulting Eng Firms and EPC contractor headquartered in/around Houston. Responsibilities ranged from gaining approval to selected customers AVLs, quoting dom/intl projects where the products of Tri-Star - Singapore would be listed on the BOM; namely, Catholic Protection of Offshore Assets, Mark cable tray systems, Bolt Tensioning and Flange Pulling Systems and PTFE Bolts and Nuts. In this role I did technical presentations at Mustang Eng, Ames Paragon, Technip, and Fluor for their respective pipeline, project management, and corrosion engineering teams. I also spent Jan-Feb of 2010 in KSA and Abu Dhabi/Dubai introducing our Mgmt from Singapore to my key contacts/Agencies previously established in the region as well as to contacts in Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman to allow them to get off to a good start as they commissioned a small stud bolt manufacturing facility in Sharjah, UAE. General Manager BDC, Ltd. Austin, Texas Jun-2004 April 2008

On my return from Saudi Arabia, I formed BDC, Ltd with the support of my Saudi Arabia partner to seek US companies who were seeking access to the ME O&G markets through the wide ranging group of qualified Technical Sales Agencies we had put in place across the GCC, Yemen, Syria, Pakistan, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Korea. Also sought to find marketing opportunities for companies I worked with in the ME who were interested in access to US opportunities. Simultaneously, I worked with various Austin, Texas, St. Louis, Missouri, and other Texas companies who sought business development assistance in various market segments including the commercial real estate community, Texas Oil and Gas Industry and the broader OEM community in the state of Texas. Additionally, Ive developed B2B marketing programs , web sites, and product/service literature designed to expand channels of distribution and establish long term partnership marketing relationships for a number of US based manufacturers of steel wire/tubing and products for the domestic construction industry. Business Development Mgr Rabiah & Nassar Group Dammam, Saudi Arabia Oct. 1998mid-2004 Developed companys first global plan to identify international target markets. Developed personal contact with key technical, marketing, and procurement managers at major oil & gas companies throughout the GCC and other ME Countries, interviewed/selected an in-country Agent in 12 ME markets to act on our behalf and wrote/spoke extensively about our new mill and its unique technologies. A very successful experience introducing our company and product capabilities to the Oil and Gas Industry, the Engineering community, and the EPC contractors to gain approvals for use of our product in both onshore and offshore applications. As part of this process, I wrote/published articles in a wide range of technical journals, exhibited at regional trade shows, and spoke at engineering conferences from KSA to India as well all GCC countries and elsewhere. From Feb 1999 through Mar 2004, I called on all Ntl/Intl O&G Producers, Eng Cos, and EPC contractors to secure approvals for our product and engineering services. In the process, built a contact base of 1300 mid-to-senior level Eng/Ops/GM throughout the GCC/greater ME and beyond. During this period, I oversaw several technical areas in the successful commissioning of the MEs n ewest, state-of-the-art, HFI welded API 5L/5CT mill to supply pipe to the Gulfs main markets and beyond. Guided the selection of electronic process control equipment to monitor optimal performance of critical processes on the mill; namely, forming, welding, and heat treatment as dictated by API, ISO, Shell, Saudi Aramco, and other end-user customers. I was able to utilize my engineering experience to assist my Saudi Company to configure their mill and its QC/QA process management systems to meet/exceed expectations of API and ISO and to gain approvals by Saudi Aramco, Shell, PDO, ADNOC, KPC, etc. I then bid several pipeline projects and won multi-million dollar projects in Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and UAE. . Western Regional Sales & Marketing Mgr Teelok Corporation Austin, Texas 1995-Oct. 1998

Created marketing plan targeting Western US markets in engineering, architectural, residential and commercial construction industries in support of companys wide range of engineering design softwa re and steel component products and substantially improved industry recognition while increasing accounts from 3 to 20 strategically located companies from Texas to Arizona.

VP - Sales & Marketing

Truswal Systems Corporation

Arlington, Texas

1992-1995

Built a market-driven sales team and established sales plans focused on the development of new accounts and growth in revenue with existing customer base resulting in 30% gain from a previously declining market-share for this engineering services and products manufacturer serving the US construction market.

VP - Sales, Marketing & BusDev

Overhead Door Corp.

Dallas, Texas

1989-1992

Managed a $225 million sales forecast with a $3 million operating budget for this the oldest manufacturer of industrial/residential doors and operators in the USA. In this role, I managed a staff of 60 professional sales/product managers, developed marketing programs and new products for 400 independent distributors and grew the business 8% over 3 years despite US construction activity being at a historic low point. VP - Marketing Stratoflex-Parker Hannifin Ft. Worth, Texas 1986-1989

Guided domestic and international marketing efforts for a $97M manufacturer of fluids power hose and fitting for the Oil and Gas, Construction, Automotive, and Aerospace industries. Product & Marketing Manager Bekaert Steel Wire Corporation Dallas, Texas 1983-1986

Managed the product mix and pricing strategies for a $40 million division of this $2 billion Belgian steel wire company and guided strategic planning processes relative to application, risk analysis and corporate rationalization of capital expenditures while supporting 12 sales engineers with competitive analyses, market segment analyses and product mix evaluations Tech Sales Rep & Prod Development Eng Armco Steel Corp., Inc. Kansas City, Mo 1978-1983

Initial responsibilities involved managing Electric Furnace Shop, Primary Rolling Mills, Rod and Wire Mills and Grinding Media Forging Mills. Traveled throughout US calling on customers a mill tech representative, reviewing mtl claims, working with customers in product design and mtl selection. With each operation, I had QA/QC functions across each operation, managed team of mill inspectors, and created mill certs for distribution to customers with shipment of product. I represented company to ASTM and AISI. Wrote business plans for several product lines, managed field sales office in Wichita, Kansas, and traveled extensively for the company in pursuit of new business. EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS Amberton University - Garland, Texas MBA w/concentration in Marketing MS - Industrial Management

Central Missouri State University - Warrensburg, Missouri University of Texas - El Paso - El Paso, Texas

BS Metallurgical Engineering