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Jürgen
Ringer / Avalon Associates
Jürgen
Ringer is a veteran of roughly half a century of work in
the real estate, construction, and consulting industries.
He is one of Texas' leading business advisors of his kind,
and has been a key driver in the success of a number of
companies - from small startups to 2,000+ employee divisions
of major corporations. Mr. Ringer counts among his success
stories the successful turnaround of General Portland Cement
Company's Trinity Division - creating the cememt from which
Dallas Ft. Worth Airport is built - and the founding and
stewardship of J. Ringer Custom Homes from a fledgeling
startup to a $9 million per year niche developer. He is
an Associate of the Institute
for Independent Business (IIB).
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Professional
History
Founder &
President Avalon Associates Dallas,
TX USA (2005–present)
Founder & President
J. Ringer Custom Homes Dallas, TX USA (1986-2005)
President
Stellar Homes Dallas, TX USA (1982-1986)
Founder & President
J. Ringer Associates Dallas, TX USA (1978-1981)
EVP & other positions
General Portland Cement
Company Dallas, TX & Ft. Wayne, IN USA (1969-1978)
VP & other positions
WABCO Construction Equipment Peoria, IL &
Philadelphia, PA USA (1962-1969)
Founder & President
Ringer Associates Pittsburgh, PA USA (1961-1962)
Consultant
Management Staff Assistance Pittsburgh, PA USA
(1959-1961)
Financial Analyst
Ford/Lincoln-Mercury Pittsburgh, PA USA (1957-1959)
Consultant
Lighthouse Construction Pittsburgh, PA USA (1956-1957)
Education
Graduate Master Builder National
Builders Institute Washington, DC (2003)
MS,
Industrial Administration Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh,
PA USA (1957)
Phi
Kappa Phi
(scholastic honor society)
BA/BS,
English & Chemistry Willams College Williamstown,
MA USA (1955)
Languages
English,
German Fluent
Success Stories
Founded J. Ringer Custom Homes, an upper middle
price range custom residential builder, and grew the company to
annual revenues of $9 million.
Served
as interim president of Stellar Homes, one of
the largest tract builders in the Dallas area. Rescued the company
from distress and kept it in operation for nearly 4years.
Managed
Trinity Division of WABCO (construction equipment
distributor), including 4 cement plants, 3 terminals, 2 precast
and prestress operations, a concrete block plany, 75 ready mix
trucks, 2 rock quarries, and a number of sand and gravel plants.
Responsible for roughly 2,000 employees. Turned division around
from $1 million per month in losses to healthy profitability within
3 years. Created a proprietary tan cement used in the Dallas Fort
Worth airport terminal and a number of other stuctures.
Started
up Northeast Distribution Center for WABCO (construction
equipment distributor), including a parts warehouse, component
rebuild operation, equipment service facilities, a rental fleet,
two distributorships, and the Northeast regional sales force.
Made the operation profitable in record time.
Supervised
general managers of 8 construction equipment distributorships
for WABCO (construction equipment distributor),
achievng significant improvement in ROI torhough improvements
in asset management.
