Director / Manager Sales / Procurement / P & L / Fortune 500 / Project Management / General Manager / Budgets / Cost Control / Start-ups / Multi-Locations / Marketing / Sawmill / Lumber / Wood Fuel Pellets / Labor Relations

1. Michael Knobel
P. O. Box 24 ColumbiaCity, OR 97018 503-314-5122 michaelknobel13@gmail.com
Seekingemploymentwitha financiallystrong company that has a goal of consistentconservative growth
and a culture of respectand sharing of ideasresultingincollective improvement.
Director / Manager
Sales / Procurement / P & L / Fortune 500 / Project Management / General Manager / Budgets / Cost
Control / Start-ups / Multi-Locations / Marketing / Sawmill / Lumber / Wood Fuel Pellets / Labor Relations
Focusedhandsonleaderable tomanage all aspectsof woodproductsbusiness. Experience withFortune 500
leaderWeyerhaeuserandsmallercompanies. Developbusinessplansforstart-upoperationsinhighly
regulatedsettings,takingthemthroughpermittingtoproductionandprofitability.
 RecruitedasDirectorof OperationsforWestOregonWoodProducts,promotedtoGeneral
Manager/President
 Hiredas Special ProjectsEngineerforHardwoodsDivisionof Weyerhaeuser,promotedtoPlant
Manager in4 monthswhenitwas unprofitable,became profitablein4 monthsandshortlythereafter,
was earningnetincomesof multi-millionsannually.
Key Skills: Adaptingtonewideasandchangesto achieve businessgoals... Developingstart-upbusiness
plants. . . Leadinghighperformance teams... Managing diverse workforces... Buildingstrategic
relationships... Analyzingbusinesschallengesanddevelopingsolutions... formulatingactionplans,
residualsprocurement,logprocurement.
Bachelor of Science,ForestManagementandEngineering,WashingtonState University.
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
 Hired as Director of Operations for West Oregon Wood Products, Inc. To present, 9 years
without lost time injury, increased production, managed project and construction of new
pellet plant and start-up of new business location, promoted to General Manager, then
promoted to current position of business President. As President for Small Business, directly
involved in sales, residuals procurement, operations management, and financial performance.
 As Plant Manager of Hardwood Sawmill for Division of Weyerhaeuser, when hired, the mill
was not profitable. Within 4 months, the mill became profitable, upon leaving its
employment; the mill consistently earned multiple millions annually.
CAREER SUMMARY
Director Operations-> General Manager / President, WestOregonWoodProducts,Inc.,
2006 to PresentBusiness Improvement
OperationsManager, Teal JonesLumberServices
2003-2005, ProjectManager,Start-upof SoftwoodPlanerPlant
General Manager, WashingtonAlderLLC
1997-2001 Newlyformed hardwoodcompany. Developedculture,policiesandprocedures,and
training. Ledproduction,andmaintainedsafetyandqualitystandards. Ledsite selection,contract
negotiations,permits,milldesignandmaterial flow. Directed hiringandtrainingof 70 new
employees.
Plant Manager Sawmill,HardwoodDivisionof Weyerhaeuser
1986-1997, Managed sawmill andmanufacturingoperations. Oversaw sawmill andremanufacturing
business.NetIncome inmultiplesof millions.
ProcurementForester,ColumbiaVistaCorporation,CruisedTimber,PurchasedTimberandLogs

2. Recap of Knobel’s Education and Experiences
B.S.Degree fromWashingtonState University
 Physical science optionof ForestManagement: Civil EngineeringMinor
LeadershipInstitute 150 hourstraining
 Studieddifferentcompaniesandstrategies.
 Createdmodel companiesandcompetedagainsteachother.
o Variablesincludedmarketconditions,R& D, production,costs,risk,price,inventory,
investors,loans,etc.
o Team buildingand competitioninvariousoutdoorscenarios.
o Studieddifferentstylesof leadership(causeandeffect).
Group ProblemSolving 72 hours training
 Learnedhowto facilitate problemsolving inanobjectivemannerwhile encouragingeveryone’s
participationwhich resultsinaunique andpowerful solution/s.
 Successfullyappliedthe processin100’s of situations.
PermitAcquisition
 Acquiredall buildingandoperationalpermitsassociatedwiththree greenfieldstart-up
manufacturingfacilities.
Customerrelations
 Learnedthe “value propositionprocess”.
o Resource and/orsupply – capacity – markettargetand results.
 Involvedindevelopingnewproductsfor NorthwestHardwoods.
 Servedona Weyerhaeusercommitteebrainstormingnew ideasforproductdevelopment.
 Visitedcustomer’sfacilitiesacrossthe US,Japan,Europe.
Involvedinnewcompanystart-upsandre-organization
 Helpeddevelopvisionandmissionstatementandlearnedtheirimportance.
 Helpeddeveloppoliciesandprocedures(appliedfirmly,fairly,andconsistently).
 Directlyinvolvedincreatingcompanyculture.
Legal Aspectsof Firing 16 hours
 Learnedthe processand documentationnecessaryinordertodischarge employeesthatare
creatingburdentothe business. All thisinamannerto reduce riskfor the company.

3. Disabilityandthe Law 16 hours training
 Presentedbythe State of WashingtonHumanRightsCommission.
SafetyTraining 130 hoursclassroom
 Several presentationsfromvarioussources.
 Sharedideaswithsafetycommitteesfromothercompanies.
 A memberof the St.HelensChapterof SafetyEngineers.
 Servedonand facilitatedmanysafetymeetings.
Qualitycontrol andassurance studies
 Studiedandtouredothercompany’squalitycontrol programs.
 Involvedinwritingoperationandsafetymanualsformachine centers.
 Involvedinestablishingsamplingmethodsincludingfrequency. Involvedinhiring,firing,and
training100’s of employees
 Involvedintesting,screening,andinterviewing.
 Involvedinwage andbenefitanalysis.
Computerskills
 MS Word
 MS Excel
 MS Project
 MS PowerPoint
 Mini-cad
 Multiple customdatabase programsfor inventory,etc.
 Variousaccountingprograms
Experiencedworking withthe followingdepartments:
State of Washington
 Departmentof Ecology(SWPPP) (Spill Response) andNorthwestCleanAirAuthority.
 Accidentpreventionplansandhazardouscommunicationsincl.MSDS.
 WashingtonState WISHA / Departmentof Labor & Industries/OSHA.
o L and I claimmanagement.
 EEOC and State Human RightsCommission.
 Departmentof employmentsecurity.
State of Oregon
 CleanWaterAgency
 Departmentof Environmental Quality
 OSHA
 Departmentof Energy

4. Employee Relations
 Servedonemployeerelationscommitteesinnon-unionplantsandinvolvedwithproblemsolving,
discussions,and negotiationswiththe unioninunionplants.
SafetyCommitteesandSafetyPresentations
 Presentedcrewmeetingswithsafetystatisticsandvariousmonthlymeasurements.
 Facilitatedmultiple safetycommittees.
 Knowthe state requirementsbehindasafetycommittee andhow tokeepappropriate minutes.
DiversityTraining 40 hours
 Attendedatleast4 differentclassesformanagers.
 The bestclass focusedonthe positivesof adiverse workplace ratherthana shoppinglistof do’s
and don’ts.
WeyerhaeuserFoundation 1.5 years
 By invitation,Iservedonthe Foundationwiththe goal tohelpchildrenatrisk.
Anti-harassmenttraining(Sexual andother) 60 hours
 How to maintainarespectful workenvironment.
DevelopedFit-to-WorkPrograms 24 hours classroom
 (pre-employmenttesting,randomtestingandtestingforcause)
 20 hours of classroomlearninglegal aspectsof drugpoliciesandhow todeal withdifferent
situations.