[RKDinOKC]

Thinking about coming out of the shadows and trying to make a big move up in the family/company.

The Vice President of IT retired last month. The President talked to the IT department at the meeting Wednesday about his replacement and was very vague. Said they had done initial interviews with some AS400 people and some Oil & Gas executives but none stood out.

Asked my brother, Chairman of the Board about what was going on at lunch today and he said my Nephew the CEO had mentioned he was dropping the VP of IT position and changing it to VP of Technology to head IT and the rest of the company's tech in general.

That sounds very interesting to me. My other nephew that left the company was CEO and was basically the technology officer of the company. He took charge of everything. The IT department, manufacturing, distributors, and made most all of the technological decisions and changes moving the company forward. They have done nothing to replace him. Instead they promoted others from within the company making the CFO the President. Since then plans and goals have all been financial, no real meat. They did buy some new machines, but they have been "installing" them for a year and they still aren't running parts, and they borrowed 8 million dollars to get them. It is the first time the company has borrowed money since the founder borrowed 20K from his Dad to buy out his partner that wanted embossed letterhead. Understand companies that the CFO gets put in charge go out of business.

I can do the job my nephew was doing as CEO. I have a wide base of experience. I have worked manufacturing, drafting, design, engineering, marketing, and IT. And brought in new, more productive, and cost reducing technology into each of those areas when I was there.

So...Thinking very seriously of putting together a proposal with me as the "Technology Officer" with a 10 year goal and presenting it. That would get me to 67 with a higher salary to retire with.