In 2003 Mike started a new venture, Plus Closets, which is a wholesale division that helps kitchen dealers from around the country increase revenues by adding closet systems to their product line.

Six years ago Mike founded the first and only association dedicated to the independent closet manufacturer, the National Closet Group. The NCG, with over 50 members from across the country, is actively innovating and developing new products, networking best practices, working on cooperative marketing programs and helping members take advantage of their combined purchasing power.

Mike stepped down as President of the NCG this year so he could assume the leadership role in the newly formed trade association ACSP (Association of Closet and Storage Professionals).

Mike is a featured columnist for the new industry magazine “Closets”. His “In the Front Office” column helps business owners with operational issues.

He’s been part of an emerging industry that has seen many changes so far and is in the middle of a maturing process that will speed up the rate of change.

Mike has redefined his company several times by venturing into new markets and by taking advantage of his excess capacity to push his core product through different channels.

Areas of focus for the firms include continuous improvement for growth and increased profitability; globalization strategies; company re-engineering through the implementation of lean manufacturing concepts; quality management; and supply chain management. He has served as interim CEO in a successful turnaround assignment of a company in bankruptcy. Dossenbach Associates has conducted due diligence investigations for acquisition minded clients. The firm has conducted assignments for the furniture sectors of foreign countries as well as states within the US and for over three-hundred individual companies on six continents encompassing market research, operations evaluations, and implementing change initiatives that resulted in successful growth and globalization strategies.

Mr. Dossenbach is a contributing editor of Wood & Wood Products magazine with a monthly circulation of over 60,000 and has written articles in his monthly column “Management Matters” on such subjects as Continuous Improvement; Globalization Strategies; Supply Chain Management; Quality Management; Lean Manufacturing; and Employee Recruitment and Retention. His series entitled The Titanic Syndrome was acclaimed by readers as a long over due wake up call for the Furniture Industry.

Mr. Dossenbach is an active member of The Association for Manufacturing Excellence, The Turnaround Management Association, and the American Furniture Manufacturers Association where he is past president of the Manufacturing Division.

Prior to forming his consulting firm in 1996, Mr. Dossenbach spent over 30 years in the office and home furniture and millwork industries after graduating from the N.C. State University School of Industrial Engineering in the Furniture Manufacturing and Management Program. Most of his time in industry was spent as a Plant Manager, Vice President, or General Manager with profit and loss responsibilities in office, hospitality, and residential furniture. Among his accomplishments was the improved performance of his division of a Fortune 500 Office Furniture Manufacturing Company to lead in Return on Assets and Inventory Turns through the implementation of JIT principals, new product development, and an aggressive Continuous Improvement Program.

Mr. Dossenbach is well known and respected in the furniture industry as an innovative thinker who knows - from experience as a manager and as a consultant to the industry - what it takes to have a strong profitable company equipped to meet tomorrow’s challenges. It is his belief that the small as well as the large can thrive during these changing times of rapid globalization by strategically exploiting their strengths and planning for the future with vision and innovation.

The WCMA represents over 150 manufacturers of dimension and wood component products for the furniture, cabinet, moulding, millwork, flooring and related interior decorative wood product industries. Its members are located throughout the United States and Canada . The WCMA's major goal is to generate demand for the industry's products and help its members successfully compete in the global marketplace.

Mr. Lawser is actively involved in conducting marketing research and promotional programs designed to expand the markets for value-added North American wood products. He is a frequent speaker at wood industry meetings and conferences. His articles have appeared in the leading wood product trade publications.

Mr. Lawser came to the WCMA from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. At Georgia Tech, he worked with the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program and provided marketing and technical assistance to help American manufacturing firms compete in the global marketplace. In this capacity, he has worked with manufacturers of textiles & apparel, footwear, leather products, sporting goods, furniture, components and related wood products. Mr. Lawser has also served in various marketing positions for the Mobil Oil Corporation and Armstrong World Industries.

Mr. Lawser received a Bachelors and Masters degree in Marketing from Colorado State University and has taught several university level courses in Marketing and Economics.

Dave retired from active duty in the Unites States Marine Corps after 22 years of service and holds a Business degree from Wayland Baptist University in Plano, TX. When not at work, Dave enjoys furniture building, Geo-caching and fishing. He has been married for 31 years and has three daughters and three grandchildren.

Tim Woolery, of Gemini Coatings for 23 years, started with Gemini in 1984 as an Industrial Salesmen for the first 11 years, then served as Technical Director for 6 years and now serving as Vice President of Direct Sales for the past 6 years. Tim has an extensive background in Wood Finishes and application equipment specializing in Kitchen Cabinet finishing.