Michael Fisher: Manager in Steamboat Springs, CO

Alpine Lumber Company was founded in Englewood, Colorado in 1963 with the simple goal of providing unparalleled service to Colorado's professional building community. That guiding philosophy has allowed Alpine to successfully expand throughout Colorado, and into Northern New Mexico. Alpine Lumber currently operates twenty one builder-oriented lumberyards, three Alpine Truss shops, three Alpine Millwork operations (prehung doors, windows, cabinets, and trim), a pre-built stair shop, FastFrame engineered wood center, and Rocky Mountain Reload (rail-serviced material handling).

- Distribute medical equipment, including surgical devices, replacement implants for shoulder, knee, and hip. - Responsible for all consumables and instrumentation delivered, shipped, drop shipped, and received. - Oversee and service 22 hospitals and orthopedic surgeons in Northwest Ohio territory. - Ability to coordinate and prioritize quick decisions during a variety of operating room conditions. - Provide physicians with technical assistance in connection with product use in operating room. - Sales meetings include hospital executives, purchasing managers, physicians, nurses, and supply managers. - Listen to customer needs and develop profitable buyer/seller relationship.

- Provided assistance to yearly strategic plan related to People, Service, Quality & Safety, Growth, Finance, and Community pillars. - Recommended areas of improvement and implemented new ideas at hospital board of trustees meeting. - Completed Lean Leader Development Training during internship. - Applied new platforms for performance improvement, patient safety, infection prevention, accreditation and regulatory compliance, performance measurement and data analytic's. - Gathered data for administrative reports, and facilitated department directors with daily operations assigned. - Observed total hip replacement surgery in operating room. - Instructed a purchasing process improvement meeting with administration & purchasing department. - Led Monthly Lean Manufacturing meetings with Chief Executive Personnel.

- Worked directly with basketball coaching staff in day to day operations of a Division 1 basketball program. - Helped operate a winning NCAA tournament Elite 8, and Sweet 16 basketball management team. - Communicated pertinent information and statistical information to coaching staff during games and timeouts. - Organized game-day operations before and after game. - Directed meetings with managing staff to ensure instructions/assignments were obtained or in progress.