Robert L. Muller, Jr.
141 Joffre Avenue     Stamford ,  CT    06905-0164     USA				president@theinstantnetwork.com         (203) 348-6947
Objective
	A position in, or tracking to, senior management in an energetic company seeking continuous cost, profit and market share improvement regardless of economic conditions.
Summary
	A proven profit and cost achiever, historically fast-tracked, able to rapidly traverse the differences between large corporations and small to meet or exceed all areas of company tasking or strategic plan.
Experience
2003 - present	The RLM Group, LLC    Stamford , CT
	Principal
	(Management and procurement services firm.) A renaissance of RLM Associates, Inc., to bring The Instant Network, a career networking referral service to the Internet.
1992 - present	FENRIR INDUSTRIES, INC.    Stamford , CT
	President
	(Small Public Safety Products Developer and Manufacturer.) Responsible for all aspects of daily and overall company guidance and direction, product and tooling design and development, marketing, vendor and distributor development and finance. Developed, registered and promoted a $5MM Common Stock offering with SEC and 14 state regulators under Regulation “A”. Directed CPA in development of reviewed SEC financial statements. Raised several hundred thousand dollars via Private Placement. Developed all marketing materials, including two brochure formats, tear sheets, video, print media, and 100Mb, 450-page web site with over 8,000 lines of cgi coding, (including The Instant Network© online career networking service). Placed marketing materials in three dozen trade magazines, a dozen trade shows, and a mailing list of over 130,000 potential customers. Developed two dozen, state-of-the-art products currently in worldwide use by law enforcement. Developed training program for assembly and sales personnel, as well as customers. Set-up and tooled production lines for both small and large corporations. Developed vendors, investors, distributors and customers and maintained those relations.
1990 - 1992	RLM ASSOCIATES, INC.    Westport , CT
	Principal
	(Small international management and procurement services firm.) Worked with the newly-elected democratic government of Nicaragua under President Chamorro to advise on military equipment sales, importation of new and used equipment, valuation of nationalized industries to be re-privatized, and an overall public relations effort for the country in order to re-initiate and re-establish flow of capital back into country and 10 plus years of communist mismanagement. Coordinated proposals for and brokerage of $30MM in medical equipment, $17MM in computer equipment, $384MM in military equipment. Coordinated (then) Big-6 accounting firm participation in preparing evaluations for national re-privatization program. Assisted in coordinating liquidation of $384MM in military equipment with several international governments and World Bank.
1985 - 1990	UNITED TECHNOLOGIES - Norden Systems    Norwalk , CT
	MLRS Program Proposal Manager
	Responsible for all proposal, contract, sales, marketing and related financial activity on a $54MM/yr military production program. 40% capture on $619MM proposed contracts. 100% increase in sales volume (from $24MM/year to $54MM/year.) 60% reduction in response time (105 days to 15). 76% reduction of proposal costs. Re-competed and reinstated product line formerly lost to prime contract. Profit margin maintained above company targets on all contracts. Authored program operating and strategic plans, periodic program performance and forecast reports. Tasked with special assignment to automate company proposal system. Participated in senior management’s performance compensation program. Logistic Support Analyst/Integrated Logistic Support Manager Responsible for design assurance activities on several defense development programs to assure the designs' field maintainability and reliability. Cost-free improvement of supportability on four design programs, average of 125% of requirements; scheduled maintenance aspects eliminated altogether. Deliverables maintained three months ahead of schedule. Defined logistic requirements of company MRP system.
1982 - 1985	ALLIED-BENDIX AEROSPACE - Engine Products Div    Jacksonville , FL
	Quality Control Engineer
	Responsible for all quality assurance aspects of each product line as they were transferred and set up in a brand new $84MM/yr production facility being transferred and transitioned to a 95% buy, non-union facility in the southeast from a 95% make, unionized facility in the northeast. Defined and Implemented TQC Program. Co-authored Division Strategic Plan. Defined overall system requirements of company MRP System.br>
1979 - 1981	College Summers
	ENERGY REDUCTION COMPANY, Mahwah, NJ Technical Sales Representative (Small distributor selling energy management technology to NYS public housing.) 34% capture of $30MM potential contracts for a turnkey energy management systems. Assisted manufacturer in development of product improvement for hydronic HVAC systems. EMPIRE ENERGY INCORPORATED, Mahwah, NJ Associate Engineer (Small consulting company performing energy audits and other energy-reduction engineering services.) Represented company as Chief Field Engineer while performing all NDT and energy related consulting needs of clients. Managed over $150K of specialized equipment and one technician. SCOTT PAPER COMPANY - Packaged Products Division, Ft. Edward, NY Junior Engineer Maintained acceptable status of all capital projects in plant, largest completed 2 months ahead of schedule and $125K under budget. Provided job site presence and authority for Chief Plant Engineer.
Education
	GE Capital, Small Business College, 1996 Stamford Police Department, Citizen's Police Academy, 1996 The Cambridge Institute, “Mergers and Acquisitions in Connecticut,” 1995 UTC Management Training, “Conducting Business in Japan,” 1988 UTC-Norden Systems Special Award, 1988 Contracting with the US Government Proposal Seminar,1988 Presentation Skills Seminar, 1987 Certified Logistics Engineer, 1985 Statistical Process Control, 1983 True Positioning Seminar, 1983 State of Georgia Professional Engineer-in-Training Certificate, 1982 Georgia Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, 1982 The Peddie School, College Preparatory, 1978
References Available Upon Request
Additional Contact Information:
	Phone:	(203) 348-6947  (h) (203) 253-5559  (c) n/a  (other)		(203) 977-0671  (o) n/a  (p)
	Fax:	(203) 348-6947  (h) (203) 977-0671  (other)		(203) 324-0907  (o)
	E-Mail:	bob@theinstantnetwork.com  (other)
	Web:	http://www.theinstantnetwork.com
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