International Special Projects On Center Group
 

Ken Trascher Director International Special Projects
Email: ktrascher@oncentercorp.com

Ken Trascher, an expert in international Owner Representation and Project Management, partners with or represents the On Center Group on select international missions as their Director of Special Projects. This relationship with On Center Group is worldwide, with particular emphasis given to Africa, Central Asia and Eastern Europe.

With proven successes consisting of over fifty-five contracts in twenty-one countries, Mr. Trascher has extensive international senior level management and implementation experience.

End Users Ken Trascher International Special Projects
McDonald’s
Unilever
Keystone Foods Corp.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Specialist Team of Royal Engineers (STRE), British Royal Army
Strategic Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE)
North Atlantic Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA).

Typical Projects Ken Trascher International Special Projects
Most of Mr. Trascher’s projects have been performed in developing or underdeveloped countries that have extreme cultural and language differences. Many projects have been performed in logistically challenged or hostile environments. In many cases, he has had to formulate teams to form a structured environment for the most effective business strategy, helping companies integrate their own work processes, people and technology to add further value to the projects. Teams have also been created involving various project specific management, engineering and other professional consulting services in order to meet the needs of a wide range of business and industrial market segments.

Project Requirements Ken Trascher International Special Projects
Extemporaneous planning, design, sourcing and implementation in order to seize a closing window of opportunity or to reduce client exposure by delivering solutions more quickly. Creative methodology and business processes, designed specifically for that client or project. Maximizing competitive position by reduced cost, creative solutions and improved
efficiencies. Executing precise tax and legal strategies.

The confidence, techniques and experience Mr. Trascher applies to all endeavors is derived from his career evolution, starting with international petroleum activities and technologies, then domestic construction and commercial enterprises, and finally, the performance of international assignments for multi-national corporations. His unique skill set adds new dimension to “been there, done that” qualifications.

The value of completed projects and assignments exceeds $225 million. The geographic area of in-country performance includes:

Africa
· Ivory Coast
· Kenya
· Mozambique
· Somalia

Asia - Pacific
· India
· Indonesia
· Malaysia
· Thailand

Middle East
· Bahrain
· Kuwait
· Turkey

Central - South American
· Argentina
· Brazil
· Chile
· Mexico
· Uruguay

Europe
· Albania
· France
· Hungary
· FYR of Macedonia
· Netherlands
· Yugoslavia

International Projects List  Ken Trascher International Special Projects
Al Ayub MarrBell Trading and Construction Project Management
Jahara Naval Base Post-war Cleanup Kuwait (1991)
Kuwait Oilfields Post-war Re-instatement Kuwait Country Wide (1991-92)

Keystone Foods Corporation Owner Representative
McDonald’s Distribution Center and Bakery Jakarta, Indonesia (1992) not constructed
Business Intelligence (Proprietary) Western Turkey (1992)
McDonald’s Food Processing Production Plant Samut Prakan,Thailand (1992)

DRC, Inc. Project Management
Business intelligence - Meteor Communications Corporation Kent, Washington (1992)
UN Project Mogadishu Airport Perimeter and Guard Towers Mogadishu, Somalia (1993) not constructed

Keystone Foods Corporation Owner Representative
McDonald’s Food Processing Plant Samut Prakan, Thailand (1994)
McDonald’s Distribution Center and Cold Storage Garin, Argentina (1994)
JV Partner Search, Poultry Operations Pune, India (1995)
McDonald’s Distribution Center and Cold Storage Santiago, Chile (1996)
McDonald’s Distribution Center and Cold Storage Montevideo, Uruguay (1996)
Unilever Distribution Center and Cold Storage Garin, Argentina (1997)
Food Production Plant (McDonald’s and Unilever Products) Garin, Argentina (1997)
Business intelligence (Proprietary) Southern Brazil (1997)

DRC, Inc. Owners Representative
Super Typhoon Paaka Operations Evaluation Guam (1998)
Florida Volume Reduction Operations Evaluation Florida (1998)
Syracuse Storm Representation New York (1998)

Key Energy Services Proposal to CEO
Business intelligence - Synergistic Opportunities Study 191 oilfield operations across 19 states. United States (1999)

DRC, Inc.
Contingency Contracting Military Operations* Country Manager Balkans (1999-2000)
Rehabilitation of the Limpopo Railway VP Special Projects (2001) not awarded

Various
Remote Resources and Strategic Support Strategic Alliance / Project Partner (2001-2002)
Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe Independent Contractor (2001-2002)
Business intelligence - International Inter-model Tank Transport and Cleaning Business Dev. Agent (2001-2002)
Business intelligence - High Temperature Vacuum Sterilization International Agent (2002)
Bulk Aggregates and Cement Supply Utilizing Marine Transport Partner (2001-2002)

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Email: dcain@oncentercorp.com

Mr. Cain is the Chief Operating Officer for The On Center Group. Mr. Cain completed a 20-year career in the United States Air Force filling a myriad of leadership positions, retiring as the Chief of Services Mogadishu (Operation Restore/Continue Hope) in 1994.

Upon his retirement, he managed complex, large-scale construction and logistics support projects for Halliburton-Brown & Root in Europe as an International Project Manager, International Director of Logistics, and Deputy Project Manager, where he worked hand and hand with local officials, NGO’s, USAID, and several agencies in support of infrastructure rebuild, relocation programs, and community support projects in Africa, Middle East, Hungary, Honduras, and the Balkans region. He most recently lead a staff of 5,500 employees in the Balkans strategically-mapping out directives, created strategic business plans for expansion and new business development, and creative solutions as challenges arose throughout all facets of implementing, managing, and maintaining engineering, construction, and logistics services support that propelled the project to generate over $2 billion dollars in reimbursable costs and multi-million dollars in profit, overhead, and G&A.

. In his current position, Mr. Cain has recruited, developed, empowered, and now leads a dependable, high-caliber senior leadership team encompassing a E.V.P. of International Construction, V.P. of Domestic Construction, V.P. Project Controls, V.P. of Procurement & Acquisition.

He is responsible for the day-to-day operations of multi-faceted, large-scale projects, providing solutions and management expertise for the entire construction lifecycle of a project, including engineering, construction, design, surveying, scheduling, construction, utility requirements, power systems, water supply and sewer systems, vertical, horizontal, HVAC, electrical, plumbing and power generation activities, and logistics support services.

 
 

 


   
Special Projects Director Ken Trascher
Special Projects Main
Petroleum Projects
Domestic Projects

International Projects Experience:  Ken Trascher and On Center Group
International Projects
Food Processing
Military Contingency
Military Projects 1999
Military Projects 2000
Business Intelligence
Afghanistan Reconstruction Effort 2003

Remote Military Services

 


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