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Mr. Unnerstall, Chief Operating Officer, has led Coretech's efforts to evaluate and operate new business units, while providing solid leadership for the company's dramatic operational growth. Under Mr. Unnerstall's direction, Coretech re-engineered its manufacturing and R&D operations, leading to the development of more than 100 new products in 48 months. Mr. Unnerstall has guided the company's transformation from acompletely outsourced manufacturing operation, to one that now manufactures a multitude of products. This accomplishment required the skillful establishment of a complete manufacturing system, an entire manufacturing team and the tripling of the company's manufacturing space. Prior to founding Coretech, Mr. Unnerstall held engineering, sales and management positions for several Fortune 500 companies. As a sales engineer for Rockwell Automation's Reliance Electric brand of products, he grew an undeveloped sales territory to $4 million in sales in just three years, becoming the top salesman in company's St. Louis office.Mr. Unnerstall honed his operations management skills while employed by Anheuser-Busch Companies' packaging division. While serving as a project engineer for the division, he had responsibilities for project scope development, capital appropriation, design management, budget management, project scheduling, procurement, implementation and asset utilization for major construction projects, including the startup of three new $50 million-plus facilities.Promoted to engineering manager at the company's Arnold packaging center, Mr. Unnerstall later oversaw 25 professionals in plant engineering, maintenance and production. There he implemented Total Quality Commitment, Total Quality Management and Continuous Process Improvement teams. Through process improvement contributions, material reductions, multi-skilled labor capabilities and variable cost control, he helped reduce facility costs by 30 percent in two years.Mr. Unnerstall holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri at Rolla, and a master's degree in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri at St. Louis. | 