Michael M. Rogers

• Primary activities include designing developing, building, and marketing high performance Kalashnikov based, 12 gauge sporting, and tactical shotgun systems for civilian customers, private collectors, local and state police officers, federal agents, military members, and civilian contractors.
• Compliance and administrative duties include, but are not limited to, applicable Form 4473 NICS background checks, recording and maintaining federal and local licensing, security systems, insurance, statutory records and compliance for all firearms transactions, maintaining separate logs and records for GCA, NFA, and manufactured firearms, tracing firearms transactions as required and directed by BATFE
• Licensed by US DOJ BATFE as an 07FFL - Firearms Manufacturer and Dealer. Formerly licensed as an 02 SOT - Special Occupation Tax Stamp Holder for the manufacture of Title II firearms, including automatic weapons, suppressors, and short barreled rifles and shotguns.

• General management, sales and sales team leadership, product creation (design), product and process engineering, implementation and management.
• Designed and developed over 2000 individual handmade and handcrafted jewelry products (individual SKUs).
• Led company from zero to over 1.8 million (4.5 million in today's dollars) in nationwide, and international yearly sales (Europe).
• Duties performed include development, implementation, and analysis of production, and QC metrics for productivity and output for production personnel, sales personnel, and client performance
• Development, implementation and oversight of lean manufacturing practices, 'just in time' materials management, precious metals recovery and recycling, Individual, and semi automated mass finishing processes and management, graphic design, product photography and image processing, catalog design development, and distribution
• Registration, management, and successful enforcement and litigation of intellectual property rights, Copyrights, Trademarks, and Trade Dress.

• Designed, developed, and managed the production high end Native American made jewelry lines marketed nationwide to the company's clientele
• Introduced and implemented 'just in time' production and materials management, implemented mass finishing systems, dramatically reduced shrinkage, reducing costs through efficient materials and personnel management, creating and managing protocols for precious metals retention and recycling.
• Hired, trained, and worked with individual craftsmen and women to develop skill sets, processes, and techniques for consistent highest quality production, and best practices, within a lean manufacturing environment.

General manager, production, and materials management, product design and development, national and international sales, customer relations, personnel management, skilled labor training and supervision (metalsmiths, and production personnel).

• Developing sales territories and clientele in the States of NM, AZ, and CO
• Based in NM, USA, traveling between, and working out of Heidelberg in Germany, I purchased from individual Native American jewelers in Zuni Pueblo NM, and established a clientele of wholesalers, independent Jewelers, and specialty stores extending throughout Germany
• Servicing clients from Southern Bavaria, North to the Danish border, I prepared and handled all Import and Export paperwork, compliance documentation and customs clearances for my European clients, delivering ordered goods at the clients location, as well as carrying and maintaining an extensive inventory for immediate sales and delivery to the client.

• Designed and hand fabricated jewelry
• Promoted in 1974 to Chief Designer, and Production Manager, managing a staff up to 20 Native American Jewelers
• I remained in that position until mid 1976.