CONTACT INFORMATION:
Carl Wilson
750 Bison Drive
Houston, TX 77077
281.597.8670
281.597.9182 fax
cwilson@silverfox.org
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Summary
Over 35 years of domestic and international management experience as an Owner, Chairman, CEO, President and Director, of small, mid-sized and Fortune 500 subsidiary companies and a sufficiently noteworthy career to be referenced in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in The World. Experience includes management in the engineering, consulting, construction, fabrication, manufacturing, real estate and marine service industries and the successful execution of two multi-million dollar corporate turnarounds. A practiced negotiator with extensive, multi-cultural experience in conflict resolution, crisis management, planning, marketing, systems engineering, performance compensation, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and marketing alliances.
Experience
Silver Fox Advisors 1993 - Present, Advisor and Mentor to small and mid-sized business owners and senior executives, specializing in the implementation of POEMS™, A Stratagem for Success, designed to reduce management stress and increase profit through the implementation of simplified profit making systems.
Task International, Inc. 1986 - Present, Chairman and Majority Shareholder of this holding company, former parent company of BS&B and current owner/manager of various domestic, and international patents, licenses and oil producing properties.
BS&B Engineering Company 1981 - 1993, Chairman, CEO and Majority Shareholder of this 100 year old designer and builder of primary oil and gas process plants, having a staff of over 500 engineers with offices in Houston, Edmonton, Mexico City, London, Paris, The Hague, Singapore and Tokyo. Following a previous owner's $27 MM loss achieved a $1.15 MM profit in two years with less than $300,000 additional capital.
Wilson Marine Systems, Inc./ Wilson Engineering & Manufacturing 1971 - 1981, President and Executive Vice President respectively of this wholly owned subsidiary and division of Wilson Industries, Inc. Combined and restored several divisions to profitability, including achievement of a 33% increase in productivity for WEMCO the company's fabrication and manufacturing division.
Earlier Experience: Vice President/Shareholder, Divcon, Inc. (1968-1971), Owner, Wilson Engineering & Construction Company (1964-1968), President, Falcon Construction Company (1962-1964), Project Manager, Claude Everett Construction Company (1960-1962), Estimator/Project Superintendent, Brown & Root Inc., (1957-1960), First Lieutenant US Army (Airborne) (1955-1957), Offshore Engineer, Magnolia Petroleum Co. (1954-1955), Construction Laborer, Sample Construction Co., Merchant Seaman, ESSO, Welders Helper, Mosher Steel Company, (Summer 1951 - 1953)
Education and Affiliations
BS Degree (Structural Engineering) Texas A&M, Member Tau Beta Phi (Engineering Honor Society), Licensed Professional Engineer (Texas), former Director US Steel Plate Fabricators Association, former President Greater Houston SPFA, Mentor Greater Houston Partnership CEO Roundtable, former Senior Warden Saint Francis Episcopal Church, Director Bishop Quinn Foundation, Chairman Silver Fox Advisors.
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