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GILES KING Vice President
Giles King was born in Pennsylvania, one of five children. His
single mom, struggling to find a way to provide for her family, moved them to
Virginia, then Georgia; finally settling in Orlando, Florida.
At age 12, he saw a Walt Disney television special about Tomorrow Land
that triggered in him the hope for a better life. He saw the possibility of
improving the world not only for himself, but for others through technology.
That nugget of hope shaped his future.
An honorably discharged Vietnam
era veteran, Giles moved to California
to pursue his education and begin his professional career. His keen interest
in electrical engineering took him to Foothill
College in California
where he carried a full academic load, maintained exceptionally high grades,
and worked full time as an Engineering Technician for Fairchild Test Systems
Group in San Jose.
But his 40-hour work week soon turned into 80 as he took on more and more
responsibility. The job was exciting and he loved it! There was no longer
time for school.
During his six years at Fairchild his responsibilities
expanded to include: Model Shop Supervisor for engineering models of new
products; new product liaison for engineering release to manufacturing
engineering and production departments. He was responsible for equipment
upgrades as required per customer sales order.
He didn't realize it then, but he was getting on-the-job
training that would catapult his career and prepare him for positions that
usually required multiple graduate degrees and gave him first-hand experience
in solving environmental problems.
In 1982, he moved to Masstor
Systems in Santa Clara
where he was Manufacturing Engineering Manager. Seven years later he became
Plant Manager at Jefferson Smurfit Corporation Portland, Oregon where he was
operational manager responsible for the unionized production facility and
account representative for Pacific Northwest territories of Washington,
Oregon and Idaho. In 1995 he became General Manager
for Republic Paperboard in Denver,
Colorado where he was
responsible for procurement and contracts for three paper mill facilities. In
2000 he became President of Secondary fiber, Inc. where he oversaw company
operations and negotiated mill customer contracts and raw material supply
agreements.
Giles relocated to Amarillo,
Texas from Boulder, Colorado
in 2006 to pursue an expanded recycling program for the Panhandle region. His
current position as General Manager of Monarch Fiber Company and Director for
RecycleTown USA,
a non-profit community-based recycling program, allows him to continue to
promote a more comprehensive recycling environment for the Texas panhandle region.
His experience brings to Natural Systems Developers an
extensive level of knowledge and expertise in the field of solid waste
management. That experience includes the marketing of program material to the
paper, plastic, glass, and metal marketplace. Giles has served on the ISRI (Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries) Standards and Practices Committee, and has
held paper and plastic recycling seminars in governmental, military
institutions, and private business sectors.
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