Steven Reed

Steven Reed

Objectives, Career Path and Goals: To work with a dynamic company with a quality team and to meet and help others and to help make employees/customers feel appreciated and happy

Strengths * Very experienced in customer service * Getting the job DONE

* Innovator in finding solutions for customers   * Bidding jobs, sales and satisfying customers

* Honest reliable and productive  * Well trained in public speaking * Ordering and stocking merchandise  * Studied and understand Six Sigma being customers having a problem is good so it can be addressed so customer and other customers can be happy * People person who is nice to all customers and clients working to develop friendships and repeat customers

Education 1988-1993 College of the Ozarks B.S. Courses: Political Science, Business,

Marketing, Advertising, World Economics, and Constitutional law.

MBA at Webster University 95% completed

Have taken over 24 Economic and Business classes

Positions

2013 Dillions groceryas bagger got to know customers and went extra mile to make them smile and be happy as they left the store

2012 Worked on two statewide constitutional petition drives

2012 Ran ground effort to successfully elect a state representative

2005-2011 Marketing Campaigns business to business and door to door

2002-2005 Interstate Brands Production bread line person 50 loaves a minute loaded onto racks

2000-2001 U.S. Post Office Christmas mail handler included sorting bundles and bags of mail and package and liked working with other employees.

2000 Famous Barr---sales during Christmas season in small appliances and home-ware

1993-2000 Paint Contracting/Historic Restoration of Homes Bid on and sold customers on jobs. Lined out materials and equipment to complete total restorations including total preparations, oil based priming, and finish coats.

1986-1989 The Decorating Center Carpet/Paint inside and outside Sales Manager Measured jobs and filled orders for customers

1979-1986 Paint Contractor Terre Haute IN Contacted customers to bid on contracts for work on their properties including residential/commercial/industrial work. Bidding, estimating and lining out equipment was required. Used blueprints to bid on new construction. Managed crews of workers from one to 12 employees. Successfully gained up to $100,000 in construction contracts in one year, including CBS-Sony, Indiana State University and many others.  

2000-2015 Promoted Technology Park in southwest Missouri.

2015--- Ran for Mayor of Springfield receiving over 9,500 votes. Normal election turnout is 12,000 people and issues included: Keeping Postal Mail Sorting Facility open, addressing 16% poverty rate, full time jobs, police body cams, more door to door neighborhood policy getting to know people,monthly town hall meetings

Community projects on a volunteer basis for 15 years Partial List

1989 Reeds Spring Restoration – helped implement Citywide cleaning, painting, and improvements 

1993 sent letters to all State Representatives and State Senators requesting that Highway 65 between Springfield and Branson be completed ahead of Ozark Mountain Highroad. Reed received several letters back stating that they understood people were being killed on narrow highway 65 and it should be completed first. The 4-laning of highway 65 was not in the state’s 10-year plan. The project was

then placed as the top priority of the state transportation project list.

1992-93 Hollister School Bond Issue – Reed helped campaign for and helped pass a 2.5 million dollar bond, 1992 – 93 - worked with Into the Streets - Tree America – Christian Action Ministries.

1996 Registered over 15,000 People to vote VIA Missouri-Operation Spread Democracy. Registered over 15 thousand voters more than anyone “in the world”.

1995 – 97 Vision 20/20---helped in the planning of Springfield including concerns related to

transportation, parks, regional planning, and historical preservation concerns. My efforts were mainly associated with the transportation and environmental concerns.

1995 - 98 --- Reed was a member of the Community Task Force - A member of the Economic Group. CTF is a volunteer organization which creates pathways to raise the standards of living and quality of life for all inhabitants present and future, in Springfield and the surrounding areas. CTF is funded by the City of Springfield, MO Social Services, and the United Way

1988 – Present ---Worked on getting Rail Passenger Service and have worked on promoting and securing a grant to study the impact of bringing back rail passenger service to southwest Missouri. This included letter writing campaigns in which citizens sent hundreds of letters of support to government and transportation officials. Mayors of five towns Hollister, Branson, Galena, Crane, and Reeds Spring sent letters of support. Worked with College of the Ozarks to secure a study grant.

1998 --- Ran for Nixa Alderman and received over 170 votes 49% and he campaigned on and developed support for wimming pool and Community Building which they did build a few years later.

1998 --- Steven L. Reed received 18,000 Votes for Ozark Technical College Trustee’s Position in April. One of the issues promoted was an Ozark Branch of this college which was decided on afterwards. On November 9, 2006, Ozarks Technical Community College's Richwood Valley campus near Ozark and Nixa opened. The 59,000 square/foot facility on MO highway 14 cost 10.5 million.

Ozark Speed Limit ---Helped get city limits of Ozark out to W highway to get speed limit lowered 10 mph in area nice was killed since people were entering the city limits at over 55 m.p.h.

City of Springfield Audit Started Audit Petition in Springfield Missouri in 2000. The Audit was turned in 6 years later.

2002 Reed Submitted over 5,000 Petition Signatures on a statewide approved rail passenger petition.

2000 Rail and the Technology Park issues approved to circulate statewide.

Attended Statewide Economic Development meeting at Tan Tar.