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Mad River Lifts - Jeff Robinson, President

Education

Suffolk University
Boston, Massachusetts

M.B.A. - Management, with emphasis on financial and managerial control techniques. (1971)

Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts

B.S. - Business Management. (1968)

Publications

Co-author of Municipal Purchasing Application and Municipal Encumbrance Accounting Application prepared under contract with a regional municipal agency as part of a Municipal Management Improvement Project.

Community

Town of Saugus — Chairman, Board of Selectmen 1975-1977

Saugus Lions Club

Corporator — Melrose - Wakefield Hospital

Licenses

Licensed Real Estate Broker, State of Vermont

Licensed Real Estate Broker, Commonwealth of Massachusetts #91924

Notary Public, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Licensed Builder, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

Brian J. (Jeff) Robinson

Employment History

Mad River Lifts
Waitsfield, VT
Principal
Jul 1999 to Present
Mad River Lifts is a ski lift installation contractor. We install new lifts, and remove, relocate and reinstall used equipment. Mad River also offers lift brokerage services. My responsibilities include marketing, project management, concrete foundation installation, steel erection, load test participation and resort liaison functions. New installations have included Leitner, Doppelmayr, POMA and Garaventa-CTEC equipment. Removals and reinstallations have included POMA, POMA-HERON, Riblet and Mueller. Our 2001 projects included removal of a POMA-HERON double chair at Arapahoe Basin, Colorado and the installation of Riblet double chair and a Riblet triple chair at Granite Peak, Wisconsin.
Leitner Lifts USA
Golden, CO
Sales Representative
Construction Supervisor
Dec 1998 to Jun 1999

Leitner, of Sterzing, Italy, is the largest and foremost manufacturer and installer of ropeway transportation systems in the world. In 1998 Leitner built over 70 cable transportation systems of various configurations — primarily ski lifts.

Sales Representative
Responsible for marketing activities in the Eastern United States including resort liaison, equipment demonstration, proposal development and presentation.

Construction Supervisor
Installed lifts on a turnkey basis including surveying, excavation, concrete forming and pouring, mechanical assembly of drive and return stations and towers (done mainly by helicopter). Responsible for hiring staff, training, purchasing, resort liaison, and load testing of the lift.

Projects:

  • Ski Louise in Lake Louise, Alberta — removed and re-installed a Mueller lift and installed a 5,000 ft detachable quad.
  • Fernie, British Columbia — completed two lifts: a detachable and a fixed grip.
Alpine Cable and Construction
Grand Junction, CO
Construction Supervisor
Jul 1997 to Dec 1998
Alpine Cable was a subcontractor to POMA of America for the construction of a 7,000 ft gondola and a 6,000 ft detachable quad chair lift at the Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah. Responsibilities included excavation, forming, concrete, pours, mechanical assembly and erection of terminals, towers and tower heads, generally by helicopter.
Garaventa-CTEC
Salt Lake City, UT
Construction Supervisor
Apr 1996 to Jan 1997
Garaventa-CTEC, a joint venture of Garaventa Ski Lift Co. of Switzerland and CTEC of Salt Lake City, is the largest domestic fabricator and installer of ski lifts. Responsible for personnel, large-scale concrete pours and foundation construction, mechanical assembly of components, load tests and interface with resort management. In 1996, responsible for the installation of two detachable quads at the Wolf Mountain Resort, all in Park City, Utah. Also worked on a gondola project in Telluride, Colorado and a fixed grip quad at Ski Apache, New Mexico.
Doppelmayr USA
Linwood Plaza
Lincoln, NH
Construction Supervisor
Aug 1995 to Mar 1996
Known worldwide — Doppelmayr of Wolfurt, Austria — fabricates and installs ski lifts and ancillary equipment. Constructed 8 drive and return stations, lift line tower foundations, and assembled lift components. All were ski lift upgrades at Sugarbush Resort in Warren, Vermont. Responsibilities included carpentry supervision, reinforcing steel construction, high volume concrete pours and hiring personnel. Much of the work was preformed in remote, inaccessible areas, using a helicopter. Installed three Doppelmayr detachable quads and one quad fixed grip. Relocated a POMA detachable and a POMA fixed grip.
Windjammer, Ltd
2 Pintail Rd.
Ipswich, MA
Licensed General Contractor
(unrestricted license)
1986 to 1991
Supervised a staff of up to seventeen people on residential and commercial construction projects — both new construction and renovations. Managed all facets of the business including estimating, related trades and cost controls. Functional areas included wood, steel and concrete.
Ipswich Bituminous Concrete Products, Inc.
Ipswich, MA
President
1984 to 1986
Ipswich Bituminous was a paving and excavating contractor involved in commercial projects. Responsibilities included contract negotiations, accounting, personnel, site supervision, contract performance and diversification projects. Sales volume was $4 million dollars per year.
Sandpiper Properties, Inc.
64 Main Street
Gloucester, MA
Vice President and Treasurer
Dec 1981 to 1984
Sandpiper Properties was a corporation specializing in property management of multi-family and commercial properties. In addition, the firm also preformed conventional real estate brokerage functions. Responsible for the administrative functions of Sandpiper, including accounting, personnel, marketing and relationships with investors in general partnerships. Managed a 288 unit conventionally financed apartment complex in Gloucester, MA.
Costa & Robinson Associates, Inc.
Puritan Management Co., Inc.

1349 Pawtucket Blvd Lowell, MA
Vice President and Treasurer
Mar 1975 to 1980
Costa and Robinson/Puritan Management was a property management corporation specializing in total management of conventional and subsidized multi family housing developments, 2200 units in total. Responsible for the administrative functions including accounting, personnel, marketing and maintaining relationships with investors in subsidized housing limited partnerships. Also managed a 432-unit apartment complex including marketing, tenant relations and relations with the Mass. Housing Finance Agency, the mortgagee.
Windjammer Development Company
45 Intervale Ave.
Saugus, MA
Owner
May 1976 to Nov 1978
A real estate development company that functioned as the developer, contractor and sales vehicle for single-family homes. Secured land for development. Contracted with and oversaw the performance of various trades, subcontractors. Performing many functions myself. As a licensed real estate broker, performed the marketing and sales functions necessary to sell homes built by Windjammer. I have also had extensive experience in subdivision planning and processing, including presentations to various governmental bodies.
North American Development Corporation
210 Commercial St., Boston, MA
Chief Financial Officer, Discontinued Operations
Apr 1974 to Mar 1975
North American, the parent of NADC Development Corporation, was a public company involved in real estate development, construction and real estate, and wholesale building products distribution. Sales volume was $45 million per year. In April 1974, North American made public its intention to divest itself of all real estate and construction subsidiaries. I was heavily involved in the operation of NADC Development Corp., Noram Construction Co., Inc. and Urban Mortgage Associates, Inc. Activities and responsibilities included completing all projects under construction by Noram Construction, selling mortgages held by Urban Mortgage Associates to Federal National Mortgage Associations (a Quasi Public Lender), completing all projects under development by North American, including both subsidized and conventional housing and cash management for all three of the corporations to be discontinued. In addition, I continued to oversee the operation of rental for a number of limited partnerships, which have been syndicated by North American Development through its general partner subsidiaries.
NADC Development Corporation
210 Commercial St., Boston, MA
Controller
Jul 1973 to Apr 1974

NADC Development Corporation, a publicly held corporation listed on the American Stock Exchange, was a subsidiary of North American Development. Responsible for all financial activities of thirteen limited partnerships, two wholly owned rental operations, three realty holding companies, a conventional condominium project and NADC Development Corporation. NADC, with sales of 14 million dollars, operated in five major cities.

Responsibilities: financial reporting, performing feasibility studies for projects under consideration and monitoring the progress of projects while under construction, internal property management functions, operations oversight of outside management companies under contract to NADC. Established operation guidelines and reviewed financial operating statements.

General Management and Services Associates, Inc.
6 Foster St.
Wakefield, MA200

Management Consultant
Oct 1972 to Jun 1973

Developed and implemented a number of Municipal Management Improvement Programs designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of municipalities throughout New England. These Municipal Management Improvement Project applications were implemented in a number of Massachusetts' municipalities as a trial group. Municipal applications development included: Purchasing, Encumbrance Accounting, Asset Control and Personnel Administration. Efforts associated with this program included system development documentation, user training and presentations to municipal leaders and members of the project Advisory Group.

Developed a Budgetary and Expenditure Analysis System to be used by institutions to determe reimbursement monies due from the Federal Government as a result of providing specified social services referenced in the Social Security Act of 1968. Worked with a number of government agencies and institutions to determine financial and client data collection and summarization requirements.

Developed an internal cost control system to determine project and corporate information. Also responsible for corporate marketing activities, including presentations to a number of state agencies and municipalities.

Raytheon Company
Hartwell Rd.
Bedford, MA
Senior Systems Analyst
May 1970 to Oct 1972
Responsible for implementation, user liaison and data base management of IBM's project Management System/360, a modular management control tool that furnishes cost, budget and schedule information to Raytheon's program managers. Activities also included the development and implementation of an Engineering Parts Management System and a company wide Financial Management System, which is essentially and integrated accounting/program control source of actual and budgeted cost information. Prepared and implemented various cost and schedule control systems at the request of Raytheon's Bedford Lab management in support of in house programs.
Itek Corporation
10 Maguire Rd.
Lexington, MA
Cost and Price Analyst
Jun 1966 to May 1970
Responsible for proposals, budgeting, cost-to-complete estimates, and funding for a $34 million dollar contract. Prepared and evaluated a variety of company and customer financial and statistical reports. Made recommendations to management based on the analysis of these reports.
 
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