George J. Braun
Tel. 516 775 7897 gbraun@consurve.com
EDUCATION:
Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering - Manhattan
College
Master, Mechanical Engineering - Pratt
Institute
Master, Business Administration - City
University
of New York
Other Business / Technical / Management education
EXPERIENCE:
CONSURVEllc
President of management consulting firm focused on the intermodal
transportation industry. Customer base includes major financial
institutions, steamship lines, leasing companies, law firms, insurance
companies, and equipment manufacturers.
- Recognized and respected
independent expert in the intermodal equipment industry - dry vans,
refrigerated containers, tanks, chassis.
- Previously managed Technical Services - engineering, operations, maintenance & repair, equipment
disposition - for Seacastle / Trac Lease, Inc., the world's largest
container chassis fleet.
- Currently providing
technical training, quality assurance and regulatory compliance for
Seacastle-Trac.
- Container/chassis testing and
design, rebuilding and retrofit; operations, and manufacturing; equipment
inspection; helped develop the test specification and quality standards
for 53’ steel domestic containers now standard in the USA
rail industry.
- Participated in
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) "Wargames" - NYC February
2005
- Chairman and keynote speaker at
numerous high-profile seminars on intermodal transportation industry and equipment
- Manufacturer's
representative for
high-quality, high-value containers and chassis.
- Performed numerous tank,
refrigerated, and dry-van
container/chassis fair market and useful life projections, including
distress and liquidation
predictions. Fleet
appraisal / useful life projects typically range from 25 to 200
million dollars present value.
- Negotiated & coordinated
a joint-venture trailer manufacturing plant in Shanghai, China
- Co-author - "Equipment Audits and Quality Assurance in the
Intermodal Repair Depot"
- Intermodal equipment expert – NY City Containerized Waste
Management Valuation Project
- Built a customer account /
management control database for
a major equipment sales force
- Conducted finite element
analysis (FEA) with HLA Engineers (Dallas) to model container operation
and predict structural failures. Similar work in developing the 53’
domestic chassis.
- Pioneered the development,
installation, and operation of GPS-equipped
container chassis including defining the business case and preparing
reports for the U.S. D.O.T. (FHWA)
- Consulted with law firms
on high-visibility litigation,
arbitration, and mediation cases involving intermodal equipment
- Organizational restructuring; equipment specifications; quality audits; contract language; due
diligence for corporate
takeovers; litigation consultation; equipment management; tire and inventory
programs.
- Advisor / instructor on graduate and undergraduate
levels with Stevens Institute, the New Jersey Institute of Technology
(NJIT), and Old Dominion University (ODU) in an advisory and instructional
capacity on equipment design, management, logistics, and telecommunications projects.
INTERPOOL
LTD.
Vice President and Corporate
Officer for a leasing company with dry van, refrigerated,
and special containers, container chassis, and heavy-duty material handling equipment. Responsible for long range strategic and business planning. Designed, specified, tested, purchased, operated, and retired the fleet. Managed pools, terminals, in-house and third
party depots, and various subsidiary operations
including a medium sized container manufacturer. Developed cost effective tire
programs. Actively participated in the evolution of industry-wide container and
chassis inspection, repair, and maintenance guidelines.
F&M
SCHAEFER CORPORATION
Director of Distribution/Transportation
for then the country's fifth largest brewer.
Built a unique materials
management system that significantly
reduced manufacturing costs. Conducted
union contract negations. Wholesale
and retail delivery, warehousing, long and short-range production planning, fleet acquisition/operation
were prime responsibilities.
DASOL
CORPORATION
Management consultant in physical distribution and transportation.
Functions included warehouse layout and design work; transportation modeling/simulations;
material handling equipment specifications; preparation
of project summary presentations.
REA
EXPRESS / REALCO
Automotive Engineer: designing, specifying and purchasing containers,
trucks, tractors, trailers, and material
handling equipment. Supervised
maintenance facilities and terminals.
Pioneered early work in computerization
for fleet maintenance, operations
and cost controls.
PROFESSIONAL:
Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Member, Society of Automotive Engineers
Member, Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA)
Associate Member, The Maintenance Council (TMC)
Member Canadian Transport Equipment Association (CTEA)
Leasing Company Representative, Institute of International
Container Lessors (IICL)
Awarded
IICL “Container and Chassis Inspector Emeritus” - December 2008
Former Associate Member, Institute of Intermodal
Repairers
GENERAL:
I am comfortable with all levels of management, acquainted with
decision makers at many major
leasing companies, financial institutions, ocean carriers, container, truck,
and trailer manufacturers. Having traveled extensively, I am also familiar with
many of the world's largest container, truck, trailer and chassis factories,
terminals, depots, and service centers.
My
roots in containerization date to the early formative
and growth years. Many container, chassis, paint and floor specifications
now standard in the container industry date
back to my innovations. I have published numerous papers and articles
on technical and operating facets of
the intermodal equipment industry. I
have spoken at or chaired international conferences on technical and operating aspects of containerization. In 1995, I co-authored a book on Quality
Control – applied ISO 9002 - in the Intermodal Container Depot.
I
have either written, or participated
in the writing of many IICL manuals that
have become industry standards in dry van and refrigerated
container and container chassis inspection, repair, maintenance and operation.
With
a proven record of accomplishment, I am regarded as a leading independent
expert in the intermodal transportation
equipment field today.
PERSONAL:
New York State
Certified Firefighter - Ex Chief, Commissioner,
Bellerose NY
Fire Department
New York State
Certified Emergency Medical Technician
Commissioner of Highways and Public Works
- Incorporated Village of
Bellerose, NY
NAUI / PADI Certified Scuba Diver
Holder, U.S.
Patent
Holder, U.S. Coast Guard Operator's
(Master) License - towing and sailing endorsements- and various sailing
certifications
Member, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
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