BUSINESS EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE

Mr. Hoffman has decades of experience in a wide variety of service, manufacturing, wholesale, and retail businesses — in the private, public, and government sectors — in local, national, and international markets.

He has held numerous management, operational, and line positions in almost every area of business including finance, manufacturing, operations, project management, product design and development, mergers and acquisitions, marketing and sales, strategic alliances and partnering, computer systems design and implementation, contracts, purchasing, subcontracts, mediation, negotiations, in-house counsel, real estate acquisition and development, construction, and various other senior and management and operational positions.

EXPERIENCE, MANAGEMENT, CERTIFICATIONS, AND EXPERTISE
Operations
Manufacturing
Finance
Project Management & Implementation
Facilities
Construction
Production Planning

Production Control
Materials

Inventory
Logistics

Supply Chain
Shipping, Receiving, & Warehousing
Systems Design & Implementation
Systems Engineering
Forecasting
Purchasing
Subcontracts
Contracts
Sales

Marketing
Strategic Alliances & Partnering
Mergers and Acquisitions
Investments
Procurement

Accounting
Pricing & Cost Analysis
Cost Accounting
Negotiations
Bids & Proposals
Business Planning
In House Legal Counsel

International Business Negotiations & Contracts
Engineering
New Product Development
IT & Computer Systems
MRP/ERP Implementation & Management
Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Dreamweaver
Adobe Premier Pro
WordPress
Internet Hosting

Web Page Design
E-Commerce
Futurist

ASSOCIATIONS, MEMBERSHIPS, AND INVOLVEMENTS
National Management Association
Financial Management Association
National Association of Manufacturers
National Contract Management Association
Enterprise Resource Planning Association
International Project Management Association
Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers
National Association of Business Planning Professionals
San Diego Entrepreneurs Group
California Green Building Association
International Institute for Advanced Studies
University of California San Diego
San Diego Business Opportunity Center
Small Business Administration