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Professional Bio for:
William H. "Bud" Zeuner
504 West Calhoun #104, Temple, Texas 76501, (254) 791-8887
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Personal Information
Born April, 1943 in Philadelphia, PA
Honorable Discharge U.S. Army (1963)
One Child, 3 Grandchildren
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Education
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (1966) - Assoc. of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology
Pennsylvania Military College, Chester, PA (1968) - PreLaw
Hull School of Aviation, Sugarland, TX (1972) - Private Pilots License
LaSalle University,Chicago, IL (1974) - LL.B Degree, Bachelor of Laws
Richland College,Dallas, TX (1984) - Hydraulics & Fluid Dynamics
Leonards Insurance Training, Dallas, TX (1984) - Texas Insurance Agents License
Capitol City Tech, Austin TX (1993) - Auto CAD Certification in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Architectural Drafting and Design.
Austin Security Center, Austin, TX (1994) - Texas Commissioned Security Officer School and Certification
St. Luke's Christian Ministries (2002) - Divinity Certification & Ordination
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Employment History & Experience
1991 thru Present
Semi-Retired still working as CEO of U.S. Industries, Inc. and on selected special projects
Also Honorary Executive Director of Texas Secular Society
1979 thru 1991
President and CEO of USI, Inc. and subsidiaries:
Southwest Dynamics, Inc. - Manufacturers Agents and Engineers, designing, selling and servicing engineered equipment to OEM's, Distributors and End-Users in the Water/Wastewater, Power Generation, Pipeline and PetroChem Markets including: Limitorque Valve Controls (Electro-mechanical valve actuators and controls); Philadelphia Mixers (Industrial Mixers and aerators), Philadelphia Gear (Gearboxes), SKF Industries (Linear Push-Pull Actuators) and Pow-R-Jac (Industrial Screw Jacks).
Southwest Bank Supply - Rubber Stamp Manufacturers & Bank Equipment Suppliers
Southwest Maintenance Services- Commercial and Residential Property Repair and Restoration
Sundancer Graphics- Printers for the Banking Industry
1966 thru 1979
Limitorque Corp., Lynchburg, VA and Philadelphia Gear Corp., King of Prussia, PA
Initially employed in 1966 as Engineering Technician, drafting and designing Industrial Mixers and Municipal Aerators. Within 6 months was promoted to Product Manager for the, then new, Portable Mixer Division.
Transferred to Houston, Texas in 1969 to serve as Applications Engineer and Assistant District Manager for all Phialdelphia Gear Products (Mixers, Gearboxes & Limitorque Valve Controls). Also Service Manager and Shop Supervisor for Maintenance, Modification and Repair Facility.
Transferred to Dallas, Texas in 1972 as Dallas District Manager for Limitorque Valve Controls.
Returned to Houston, Texas in 1979 as Assistant Regional Manager and Technical Director for Southwest Region of Limitorque Valve Controls.
Major Design Accomplishments:
Positioning System still used to place Space Shuttle on 747 Motherships
All Gearboxes ($1.4 mil) used for Azmuth and Elevation Positioning of VLA (Very Large Array) RadioTelescopes
All Lift Gate and Actuator Systems for Southern Region U.S. Corp. of Engineers Dams modernization project.
Designed electronic positioning system for automated seat backs and foot rests used on most major airline passenger seats.
Hundeds of Gearboxes, Valve Actuators and Control Systems used on Power Generation (Conventional and Nuclear), Municipal Water/Wastewater and PetroChem Plants and Pipelines throughout Texas. Users Include: all Texas Utilities (and Subsidiaries) Power Plants, Texoma, Shell, Exxon, Gulf Pipelines & Chemical Plants, Major Cities of Dallas, Ft. Worth, ElPaso and many other smaller Texas cities.
1965 & 1966
Industrial Engineer for Clifton Precision Products, Division of Litton Industries producing Highly Classified Synchronous Gearmotors for Missile Guidance Systems.
Accomplishments
Responsible for all synchronous guidance gearmotors built for Lunar Excursion Module MoonLander (LEM)
Email: txinfidel@hotmail.com
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