Mikah Bacon
Washougal,WA
Summary
Self motivated, passionate, and successful small business cofounder and operations manager, with a desire for more personal growth and longing to enter the professional field of mechanical engineering. Professional goals include utilization and bettering of technical abilities in mathematics, science, and engineering, particularly in the field of vibrations, and to use and further grow skills of team leadership, business management, project management, and communication that have been developed in the growth of a small but successful multi-million dollar business. Overall career goal of becoming a professional engineer and/or engineering project manager. Currently studying for and plan on taking the FE exam in the late Summer of this year (2023) to help refresh technical and conceptual knowledge of basic engineering principles and get started on the path of becoming a professional engineer.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Co-Founder/Operations Manager
Bacon's Inc.
Washougal, WA
04.2014 - Current
- Helped start and develop multi-million dollar business.
- Established and standardized procedures in all aspects of business from production to processing and sales taking initial yearly revenues of $500k-$600k to over $2 million.
- Managed employees in all aspects, including hiring and termination, human resources, training, skills development and career enhancement within organization, payroll, establishing and tracking performance metrics, performance reviews, setting work goals and achieving deadlines for orders and changes in processes, developed leadership roles, tracked hours, dealt with personnel issues and conducted investigations into employee reported problems.
- Managed inventory and supply levels of produced inventory for sale, as well as inputs needed for producing and processing products.
- Tracked and maintained quality control issues.
- Aggressively worked with vendors and suppliers to cut costs and increase profits.
- Accounting, including bookkeeping, filing monthly local and state taxes, finding, hiring, and communicating and reporting with CPA to manage budget, pay taxes, and accurately track profitability of company.
- Worked with state employment agencies to resolve any reporting and/or other issues when they arose.
- Communicated with IRS to manage and deal with any reporting issues as they arose.
- Kept track of and addressed any safety concerns as they arose.
- Worked with equipment vendors to narrow down and select equipment needed for business as it started and grew, including HVAC components, processing equipment, air filtration, and other areas.
- Worked with contractors to bid and start construction of initial business start up, and business expansion.
- Worked with employees in every department periodically to maintain and improve efficiency of procedures and processes in all departments.
- Conducted business meetings with new partners and clientele to strengthen and start new business relationships.
- Developed company website and all marketing materials used when promoting products.
- Helped develop and finalize product packaging design and layout, as well as produce and implement revisions to packaging with use of computer based illustration programs.
- Learned through reading, research, and communicating with industry leaders to better understand various aspects of business and ways to improve efficiency and overall success.
- Managed and developed employee relationships to reduce turnover and increase effectiveness of their work and organization as a whole, together, resulting in no employees having quit in over one year.
- Developed incentive programs to increase employee productivity.
- Held weekly meetings amongst managers to maintain and strengthen communication within organization and deal with any type of problems as they arose.
- Developed strong communication skills and ability to adapt to any challenges and obstacles that presented themselves, and work with team to address and solve many types of problems.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
University of Portland
Portland, OR05.2014
Skills
- Active Listening
- Records Management
- Quality Control
- Organization and Time Management
- Analytical and Critical Thinking
- Accounting
- Problem Solving
- Team Leadership
- Performance Monitoring and Evaluation
- Articulate Communication
- Operational Efficiency
- Operational Management
- Payroll Preparation
- Project Oversight
- Report Generation
- Policy and Procedure Implementation
- Accounting Operations
- Workflow Schedules
- Business Leadership
- Operations Oversight
Timeline
Co-Founder/Operations Manager
Bacon's Inc.
04.2014 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
University of Portland