Duane Langenfeld
Hanover,PA
Summary
Long Term Business Owner with exceptional background spent in the automotive service industry. Proven leader with engaging demeanor and success working in most demanding environments. Talented in training and mentoring successful teams.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Owner
Jabuti LLC
Rapid City, SD
01.2010 - 12.2021
- Devised and deployed sales and marketing tactics to drive sales within niche automotive market.
- Maintained and organized work schedule for 15 plus subcontractors.
- Remained up-to-date on current trends and attended industry trade shows and markets to view and order inventory.
- Kept all building areas and equipment functional and well-organized to promote business performance.
- Studied market to determine optimal pricing of goods and services and to capitalize on current hail storms.
- Provided outstanding coaching to employees to boost productivity.
- Capitalized on social media platforms to increase market awareness and secure workflow.
- Consulted with customers to assess needs and propose optimal solutions.
- Achieved sales goals and increased revenue and profits through productive strategy development and organizational leadership.
- Managed repair of 350 plus hail damaged vehicles in 2020, with gross revenue of 1.8 million dollars.
Paintless Dent Repair Technician
Self Employed
Hanover, United States
12.1994 - 01.2010
- Replaced and repaired vehicle parts according to work order instructions.
- Inspected new parts and areas of repair to verify correctness and quality.
- Created and reviewed work orders detailing required repairs per shop and manufacturer guidelines.
- Performed routine maintenance and repairs using hand and power tools to maximize reliability.
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
- Repaired more than 10,000 vehicles with paintless dent repair.
- Typically managed 15-20 accounts that utilized PDR services.
Intelligence Analyst
US Army
Ft. Meade, Maryland
10.1989 - 03.1995
- Created useful and timely intelligence products to support field operations.
- Developed recommendations to assist clients and agencies with efforts to advance intelligence gathering and interpretation in multiple theaters of operation.
- Collected information about enemy strengths, movements and activities.
- Squad leader to 10 men in basic training.
- Platoon sergeant in Advanced Individual Training, managed 50 plus soldiers.
- Supervised gathering, review and dissemination of intelligence information from human sources, electronic sources, and counter-intelligence.
- Awarded three ARMY Achievement medals.
- Awarded one ARMY Commendation medal.
- Supervised gathering, review and dissemination of intelligence information from human sources, electronic sources, and counter-intelligence
Skills
- Integrity and Transparency
- Leadership and People Development
- Complex Problem Solving
- Relationship and Team Building
- Industry Expertise
- Employee Motivation and Performance
- Operational Analysis
- Judgement and Decision Making
- Innovative and Visionary
Accomplishments
- Graduated from high school with honors.
- Graduated Enciphered Communications Intelligence Analyst in the US ARMY. (Wash out rate of over 70%) Held a Top Secret Umbra clearance.
- Promoted to E5 within three and 1/2 years. (required multiple waivers)
- Graduated Spanish Linguist course and worked at NSA my final year in ARMY.
- Trained for paintless dent repair in 1994, have been repairing and managing vehicle repair since.
- Provisionally patented 6 new products and brought three to market.
- Was accepted into Ascent Innovation center in Rapid City, SD with one of my new products.
- Said product won fourth out of 19 in the South Dakota's Giant Vision competition.
- Managed an automotive hail repair business to 700k a year in gross revenues, last full year was 1.8 million.
Timeline
Business Owner
Jabuti LLC
01.2010 - 12.2021
Paintless Dent Repair Technician
Self Employed
12.1994 - 01.2010
Intelligence Analyst
US Army
10.1989 - 03.1995
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