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HamHed, LLC was established in 2003, by W. Eric Hedrick, R. Alan Berry and John Obermeier with W. Eric Hedrick (U.S. Army Disabled Veteran) being the primary and majority owner. We have built a business and group of employees that take pride in their professionalism and understand the importance of paying attention to every detail. We have instilled an attitude and company motto of doing the job right the first time. If given an opportunity to work with your organization, I can assure you that the task will be completed to the intended standard.
HamHed, LLC is currently performing government contracts with the US Army Corp of Engineers, U.S. Army Reserve Centers, and the Department of Veteran Affairs. We presently perform services at over 100 government locations.
W. Eric Hedrick, President and CEO
After graduating High School in 1987, W. Eric Hedrick enlisted in the United States Army as a Military Counter Intelligence Agent. He received one year of specialized training that included, investigative training, report writing, interview techniques, surveillance methods, interrogation skills, foreign language training (Spanish), facility threat assessment skills, and source operations training. As a Military Intelligence Agent and Paratrooper in the 18th Airborne Corp, 525thMilitary Intelligence Brigade (Ft. Bragg, NC from 1988 thru 1992), he attended numerous other military courses: Military Counter Intelligence School, Spanish Linguist School, Primary Leadership Development Course, and the Non-Commissioned Officer Academy.
Eric had the privilege of participating in two combat situations while in the Army: Operation “Just Cause”, The Invasion of Panama 1989, where he acted as a Spanish interpreter for Special Operations Forces as the SOCOM(Special Operations Command) unit collected on the spot intelligence in an effort to track down and capture, then President of Panama, Manuel Noriega.
The second combat situation was Operation “Desert Storm”, Persian Gulf. There, he acted as an intelligence agent and conduct security assessments for US Troop occupied compounds and as the operation progressed he began running cross border agent intelligence operations. The information collected was gathered and plotted to identify troop locations inside Kuwait, and eventually became targets for allied sorties. Once the Desert Storm ground war began Eric was moved to the front line to act as a member of the US Army Intelligence briefing team and liaison for the 6th Armored Division of the French Army. Eric states that his military experience influences his work ethic and decision making everyday, and he learned how to respond under pressure and how every single detail is important to the success of an operation.
After completing his military service in 1992, Eric enrolled back in college at Indiana University Southeast and took on the position as the City of Jeffersonville Recreation Director. As student and City Recreation Director, he was instrumental in restoring and developing an old decrepit Fieldhouse building into a community activity center that is still used today. During his time as Director, he conceived several programs that still exist today, such as the K-1-2 Basketball League and a community student after school tutoring program.
In 1994, he took a position as a Jeffersonville Police Officer and graduated from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. Eric acted as a patrol officer, K-9 officer, department Spanish linguist and a member of the Emergency Response Team. He transferred over to the City Fire Department in 2001 and began the entrepreneur phase of his life.
John Obermeier, Chief Financial Officer
After graduating high school in 1993 John began his college education at IUS (Indiana University Southeast). While attending IUS, John worked the grave yard shift at UPS in the Air Hub in Louisville, KY. In 1995 John transferred to Indiana University Bloomington where he graduated with at Bachelor Degree in College of Arts and Sciences, with a major in Criminal Justice. While at the University of Indiana John was a Varsity Cheerleader for 2 years.
After graduating college John began work for American General Finance. At American General Finance John held the position of Loan manager. It was at American General Finance that John learned the importance of financial management. John left American General Finance in 1999 to work for a family owned business, Gray and Wells Body Shop. At Gray and Wells Body Shop John began in the paint department as a prep guy and a few years later became a full-time painter. In 2004 John left Gray and Wells Body Shop and became a member of the Jeffersonville Fire Department. John was promoted to his current position of Sergent in 2006. In 2005 John began working for Finish It Grading and Seeding as a project manager. John's responsibilities were to oversee projects from beginning to finish. John managed up to 20 employees at one time.
John began working with HamHed LLC in 2004 as part of the snow removal team. In 2005 John began managing the snow removal team. In January of 2010 John became a member of HamHed LLC and took the position of CFO/Account Manager. John oversees the financial side of HamHed and also oversees all local accounts. John manages 10 people on a day to day basis.
Alan Berry, Chief Operations Officer
Mr. Berry has been in the sales industry most of his life. He started out in snack food route sales, moving to structural steel sales and then advertisement sales. He then spent 11 years as an Account Executive for a Fortune 500 Company, where he discovered his true calling: Project Operations and Personnel Management.
In 2007 Alan became a partner of HamHed, LLC, a promising Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business venture of one his closest friends. Since then, HamHed has rapidly established a solid reputation in the facilities maintenance industry, specializing in grounds keeping and janitorial services. As the Director of Operations, Mr. Berry effectively oversees the quality of service provided to each Government facility, ensuring compliance with all contract guidelines and specifications.
Regardless of the contract size, Alan is involved in all phases of every project, from bidding to completion. By personally handling the day to day operations and actively managing projects, Alan’s role as the Director of Operations has been a vital element to HamHed’s business development. Now, instead of selling products, Alan sells the promise of excellent Property Maintenance.