Robert Olson

Experience

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  36th Engineer Detachment (Util). - U.S.Army

  Jun 1974 - Nov 1977

  Commander

  Commanded the 36th Engineer Detachment (Util.) for two years from 1974-1977 where we provided support to the facilities engineer at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana and also Camp Atterbury, Indiana supporting President Carter's clemency program for Vietnam deserters and draft evaders. The unit had a TOE strength of 56 enlisted men and 2 officers. During our deployment we earned a unit citation from TRADOC presented by MG Forrester. During the entire tour of 2 years we were vastly over strength with all of the soldiers returning from Vietnam. Many had severe drug problems which plagued the unit and the entire army throughout my entire tenure as commander though we eliminated 17 of 87 with BCDs and Chapter 10 discharges. Of the 17 they were all either dealing in drugs or addicted to heroin. It was a very bad time for the army but it did turn around as drug testing began to be implemented and would hold up in legal proceedings. This was the most challenging work I have ever engaged in but also the most rewarding. Show less

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  California Pellet Mill Company

  Nov 1977 - Feb 1982

  Sales Engineer

  Represented CPM in North and South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Eastern Oregon.

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  Trembly Associates

  Jan 1987 - Jan 2000

  Sales Engineer

  Represented many companies but specialized in Wiltron and Anritsu instrumentation and Lemo Connectors.

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  L-3 Communications

  May 2001 - Oct 2014

  Mgr., Stds. Engrg.

  Have managed approximately 20 engineers over 11 years during which the department won the 'Spirit of Excellence" award in 2009. Used state of the art tools to increase efficiency and reduced department size while increasing throughput by 2.5 times. During this time sat on the Counterfeits Subcommittee of the DOD Parts Standardization Management Committee (PSMC) and the G-19C Subcommittee of the SAE. Have presented on numerous occasions to the DMSMS and PSMC conferences on the use of Preferred Parts to avoid vanished vendor and counterfeit issues. Show less

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  Olson Farms

  Oct 2014 - now

  Outstanding in my field.

  Have invested in 4 CRP farms in Northwestern Missouri totaling 500 acres. As a hobby I am developing Hydrogen as an alternate source of energy while preparing to market my inventory of 38999 and Lemo connectors along with Wiltron, Anritsu, Boonton, Daytronic, Hewlett-Packard, BMI-Dranetz and other instrumentation on EBay.

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  Olson TradeWind Apartments, LLC.

  Jun 2015 - now

  Owner

  Purchased 6 ground level brick apartment complex that had been empty for nearly 5 years. Have spent the last three months renovating and look forward to a grand reopening on the first weekend of November.