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Biographic Profile : Don Schjeldahl

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Recent Experience

VP & Director, The Austin Company - Facilities Location Group

Don Schjeldahl (pronounced shell-doll) has more than 20 years of experience in the development and implementation of corporate location strategies for commercial and industrial clients.  The work has been performed in urban centers and rural areas throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain.

Clients have included :

  •  Aerospace companies
  •  financial institutions
  •  machinery manufacturers
  •  food processing
  •  consumer products firms
  •  commercial airlines
  •  major daily newspapers
  •  television broadcasters
Contact Information:

 

Don Schjeldahl

Director of Planning

Facilities Location Group

The Austin Company

6095 Parkland Blvd.

Cleveland, OH  44124

TEL   440-544-2600   main

TEL   440-544-2617   direct

FAX  440-544-2640

 

e-mail : don.schjeldahl@theaustin.com

 

Website : www.theaustin.com

 

He has performed or directed more than 250 location strategy studies for clients of The Austin Company, including :
  •  manufacturing facilities
  •  distribution centers
  •  aviation facilities
  •  research and development centers
  •  newspaper plants
  •  broadcast studios
  •  information processing centers
The work has included services such as :
  •  labor market analysis
  •  community evaluation
  •  urban land use analysis
  •  tax evaluation
  •  incentives negotiation
  •  site / building assessment
  •  environmental hazard analysis

 

Examples of assistance to major projects

Highlights of major clients - details not yet available; contact directly to discuss experience

Prior to joining The Austin Company in 1984, Mr. Schjeldahl had seven years experience in demographic analysis, sales forecasting, and real estate evaluation for general merchandise and food store operations at Kmart Corporation and Kroger.

Professional Affiliations

CoreNet Global (formerly IDRC)

IEDC - International Economic Development Council (formerly CUED)

Association of American Geographers

 

Academic Background

 

Bachelor of Arts, Geography, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN   1972

Masters of Arts (Geography), Wayne State Univ., Detroit MI   1981

 

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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