Gene Ray Byrum
Clay,KY
Summary
Adept individual with more than 20 years working as a manager for multi million revenue-generating businesses. Determined and experienced in mentoring and challenging team members to meet and exceed company goals. With an additional 10 plus years of field work in the electrical industry as a crew leader, earned managements skills and credentials are coupled with in field project management experience to apply and/or share with others. I am a self-driven and hardworking individual/manager that has been blessed with great opportunities and experience in the electrical industry, and a desire to share them.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Electrical Division Leader
Groves Electrical Services
Madisonville, KY
09.2017 - 04.2022
- Lead and participate in projects, man-hour, and division budget estimates. proposals, and development fo Industrial Electrical, Commercial Electrical, and Underground Distribution services.
- Lead and participate in project designs and management.
- Lead and participate in project execution and safety plans.
- Managed over 60 employees.
- Maintained positive customer relations by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions.
- Established team priorities, maintained schedules, and monitored performance.
- Assisted in organizing and overseeing assignments, planning and coordinating in-house and outsourced resources.
- Established performance goals for employees and provided feedback on methods for reaching those milestones.
Branch Manager
Hannan Supply
Owensboro, KY
10.2016 - 09.2017
- Maintained friendly and professional customer interactions.
- Assessed employee performance and developed improvement plans.
- Engaged employees in business processes with positive motivational techniques.
- Created strategies to develop and expand existing customer sales, resulting in increase in annual sales.
- Increased monthly staff retention rate after implementing new training programs.
President
T & D Solutions Northern Region
Clay, KY
12.2012 - 09.2016
- Hired and managed over 200 employees to maximize productivity while training staff on best practices and protocols.
- Supervised operations of Industrial and Commercial Electrical, Substation, and Distribution Overhead and Underground services.
- Developed and implemented new strategies and policies in collaboration with executive partners to establish and achieve long-term business objectives, providing company with strong and sustainable organizational leadership.
- Led operational team in creation, roll out and management of new accrual financial system.
- Overseen all administrative operations of branch.
Vice President of Industrial Operations
Hendrix Electric
Clay, KY
01.2000 - 12.2012
- Identified opportunities to improve business process flows and overall departmental productivity.
- Hired and managed employees to maximize productivity while training staff on best practices and protocols.
- Managed over 60 employees.
- Led and participated in project estimating and division budgets.
- Led and participated in project designs and execution.
- Led and participated in customer relations.
Education
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Murray State University
Murray, KY04.2021
Bachelor of Science - Business
Mid Continent University
Mayfield, KY12.2013
Associate of Science - Business
Mid Continent University
Mayfield, KY06.2012
Skills
- Business planning
- Financial Management
- Business administration
- Staff Management
- Business Development
- Budgeting
- Strategic planning
- Self-Motivated
- Kentucky ME & CE Certification
- Kentucky & Federal MSHA Surface Instructor
- Kentucky & Federal Surface & Underground Certified Miner
- Kentucky & Illinois Surface Foreman's Card
- Kentucky & Illinois Surface & Underground Electrical Card
- First Aid / CPR Certified
- Fluent in Industrial, Commercial, and MV Distribution Electrical Design and Construction Methods
- Fluent in Electrical Construction Man-hour, Equipment, and Material Budgeting
Timeline
Electrical Division Leader
Groves Electrical Services
09.2017 - 04.2022
Branch Manager
Hannan Supply
10.2016 - 09.2017
President
T & D Solutions Northern Region
12.2012 - 09.2016
Vice President of Industrial Operations
Hendrix Electric
01.2000 - 12.2012
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Murray State University
Bachelor of Science - Business
Mid Continent University
Associate of Science - Business
Mid Continent University
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