Arn Rasker

Email: arnrasker@renove.org

Summary: Arn Rasker has been a full time resident to Boulder, Colorado for over 20 years. 

His past professional experiences are varied and include numerous unique project management experiences.  

Possibly best described as having left and right brain orientation;   Arn combines creative and artistic skills

with technical, logic/deduction, and analytical skills.

                                                    The Raskers: Summer 2001

Education

June 1975-December 1980

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Bachelors of Science:     Mechanical Engineering

Minor:     Business Administration

Areas of particular interest:  Solar Heating and Cooling,

                                                     Sustainable Energy Practices,

                                                      Finance,  and Economics.

High School-Primary:   The American School, Mexico City, Mexico

Primary School:  San Jose, Costa Rica and Eindhoven, Holland

Personal Interests

Family, skiing and outdoor sports, reading,

variety of cultural activities, arts, architecture

and building, carpentry, scuba diving,  cycling,

and International travel.

Professional Experience

1998-Present: ReNove Construction, Inc

Boulder, CO

Founder & General Manager of ReNove Construction, Inc. and Senior Project / Design-Build Manager.

Extensive experience in all aspects of conceptual and creative design, engineering,

production and budget management, 

and architectural and design procedures related to the construction process.

October 1997-July 1998 GSI Construction, Inc

Boulder, CO

Partner in construction management firm, specializing in commercial Tenant Finish

January 1985-Oct 1997 Centrum Business

Systems, Inc. Boulder, CO

Founder, President, and CEO of national software company with clients in all 50 states, thirty four local employees, and a dealer network of over 140 national dealers. Specializing in the development of vertical business integration software for service industries, including modules for construction business management software.  Features included cost and workflow control and analysis, full accounting, complete work processing, extensive reporting, intelligent inventory control, estimating, and workflow scheduling.

1983-1985 Autobahn Society of Boulder, Inc

Boulder, CO

Co-Founder and president of a specialty luxury car dealership specializing in German and Italian exotic and collectible automobiles.

1981-1983 Dieterich Standard Corp

Boulder, CO

Mechanical Engineer: Territory- Europe, Mexico, in the field of fluid dynamics and flow measurement. Interfaced with high-level design engineers in nuclear power plants, manufacturing facilities, and companies involved with the Russia-West Germany Gas Pipeline.  Cooperated in the design and engineering of flow measurement in large-scale production, power plant, and refinery projects.   Conducted product education seminars in the US and overseas.

Summer of 1976 Commission Federal de Electricidad,

Mexico City, Mexico

Civil and Mechanical Engineering work and project management, related to a major change in Electric Power Distribution in Mexico City from 50 to 60Hz; in preparation for the completion of three nuclear power plants in Veracruz, Mexico.

Languages

Fluent with native proficiency:   English, Spanish, and Dutch.

Understanding of French and German.