 |
Ed has been called a Renaissance man, America's Change Agent and a few other things not printable. One CEO named him his Senior Vice President of Truth. Whatever you call him he is the guy who tells it like it is. He is a former Senior Vice President of Telxon, Vice President of Worldwide Logistics for Compaq Computer, Director of Distribution for Pepsi Cola and Area Manager with Frito Lay. All positions he attained with no college degree.
Ed learned his most valuable life and leadership lessons during his days as a young Marine sniper serving two consecutive years in the Vietnam War. He is the Author of Dead Center - A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War, Poems of a Rogue and My Vietnam. Ed returned and began his working career as a truck driver, mechanic, dispatcher and eventually became Vice President and General Manager of the small trucking company.
After climbing the corporate ladder he became disillusioned and started his own turnaround consulting company, Direct Hit, Inc. In this capacity Ed provided leadership to some of America's top companies. His clients included Pepsi Cola, Caterpillar, Ryder, PepsiAmericas, DHL, Schluberger, Chef Solutions, APL, General Bottlers, Unisource, Ropak Southwest, Genco, Restoration Hardware, and many more. Ed was a frequent speaker and has addressed the US Marine Corps on many occasions, the US Army, the Alaska Governors Conference, Colorado District of Attorneys Association, APL, Utah Rural Teachers Association, Pepsi Cola and many others.
Ed is now retired, except for writing, and the author of eight books with more on the way. He is the father of three, Grandfather to four and has been married to his wife Gloria for forty three years and counting. They live on a peaceful mountainside in Montana.
Ed learned his most valuable life and leadership lessons during his days as a young Marine sniper serving two consecutive years in the Vietnam War. He is the Author of Dead Center - A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War, Poems of a Rogue and My Vietnam. Ed returned and began his working career as a truck driver, mechanic, dispatcher and eventually became Vice President and General Manager of the small trucking company.
After climbing the corporate ladder he became disillusioned and started his own turnaround consulting company, Direct Hit, Inc. In this capacity Ed provided leadership to some of America's top companies. His clients included Pepsi Cola, Caterpillar, Ryder, PepsiAmericas, DHL, Schluberger, Chef Solutions, APL, General Bottlers, Unisource, Ropak Southwest, Genco, Restoration Hardware, and many more. Ed was a frequent speaker and has addressed the US Marine Corps on many occasions, the US Army, the Alaska Governors Conference, Colorado District of Attorneys Association, APL, Utah Rural Teachers Association, Pepsi Cola and many others.
Ed is now retired, except for writing, and the author of eight books with more on the way. He is the father of three, Grandfather to four and has been married to his wife Gloria for forty three years and counting. They live on a peaceful mountainside in Montana.
ED'S LIFE ON A PAGE
My Life on a Page: Lock 17, OH – Born – Son – Brother – Little Leaguer – Weird Kid – Poor Student-Kart Race Champion – Truant – Teenager – Drunk - ‘D’ StudentHigh School Graduate – Marine – Parris Island – Shitbird - Jail – Escape & Evade-Three Days in the Swamp – Apprehended -Big Break – Change - Graduate Boot Camp-Land With Marines in Dominican Republic – First Combat - Wounded - NATO Cruise-Drunk - AWOL – Busted – Volunteer for Nam - Become Scout-Sniper – Atheist - Sniper-– Force Recon - Wounded - Lead Special Sniper Team – Become an Agnostic-Two-Years Nam – Return Stateside – Strange Place - Drunk – Conduct Military Funerals-Discharged Sergeant - Mercenary Wannabe - Meet Wife-To-Be – Makes Me Work-Mechanic - Married By Woman JP - Winchester, VA – Husband - Akron, OH-Truck Driver - Drunk - Terminal Manager – Camden, NJ – Strikebreaker – Quit-New Philadelphia, OH - Full Time Student - Kent State – Shootings – Quit After 2 Years-Work - Sell Life Insurance -Safety Manager - North Canton, OH – Terminal Manager-Suffield, OH - Son Born – Father – Quit Drinking – General Manager – Uniontown, OH-Sell Motorcycles – Start Business – Sell Racing Lubricants-Vice President & General Manager – Akron, OH – Sell Tapes & Records-Get Religion, Become a Christian – Daughter Born – Career Search – Join Frito Lay-Detroit, MI – Traffic Manager – Promoted – Distribution Manager – Promoted-Moved – Dayville, CT – Plant Startup – Regional Distribution Manager – Lay Minister-New England Strike Coordinator – Promoted – Move – Dallas, TX-Distribution Engineer – Travel US – Industry Speaker – Frito Lobbyist - Promoted-Group Manager – Start New Frito Business – Daughter Born - Promoted-Move – Williamsport, PA – Area Logistics Manager – Lay Minister – Decertify Unions-Negotiator – Getting Older – Fall Out of Favor – Fight Back - Demoted-Area Tech Manager – Start Chain of Weight Loss Centers – OSHA & Safety Manager-Fired – Lose Everything But Weight in Weight Loss Centers - Take Job With Pepsi Cola-Move – Baltimore, MD – Area Distribution Manager - Merge Acquisitions – Success-Promoted – Director of Distribution – Move - Danbury, CT – Live on Plane – Promoted-Director of Reengineering - Takeover Huge Change Project-Tell Emperor He Has No Project – Disaster - Get Attaboys for Truth – New Job-Good Money – Informed Never Be a VP, Too Old – Quit – Take Job with Compaq-Move – Houston, TX – Promoted – VP Worldwide Logistics - One of the Boys-Growth is Astounding – Speaking - Soon Find the Crooks - Try to Change-Boardroom Sucks – Become a Chameleon or Else - Wrong – Big Fight – Daughter Raped-Tough Times – Counseling – Big Fight Continues – Walk Out-Daughter Attempts Suicide – Start Consulting - More Counseling - Write First Book-‘Dead Center’ – Ballentine Buys - Establish nomoreBS - Contract Work With Telxon-Become VP of Distribution - Daughter Getting Better-Tell Telxon They Don’t Need a VP of Distribution-Promoted to Senior Vice President of Truth – No Kidding – Consulting-My Business Grows – Write Pocket Change & Loose Change – Publish-Move – Big Arm, MT - Publish my conversion story - a couple other books - Happily Married 43 years & Counting - Three Kids – Four Grandkids - a little PTSD from the BS in Iraq (think Vietnam) and Afghanistan - work with current Marine Snipers - Fully Alive - gave up on Corporate America – Excited – Having Fun - Going strong and Continuing To Write Everyday!