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About Us
John A. Gehrisch BBJM President
After college, John worked in various sales and marketing related positions for General Electric Corp. He later joined Thermo Electric Corp. as a Sales Engineer and was promoted to Regional Sales Manager in New England. Eaton Corporation hired him as a Marketing Manager and when asked to move to the Corporate Headquarters in Cleveland, John decided to start PMC Corporation, a specialty wire and cable insulating company now owned by Warren Buffet. PMC had become the largest in the U.S. for its product line, producing enough wire to wrap the world 13 times prior to it's sale. John had orchestrated 4 acquisitions and the tax free trade of one its divisions before selling it. He became an investor/advisor in two related financially struggling companies; Allied Creditor Co. and ORM Co. John directed the turn around of these two companies making them profitable and positioning them for a multimillion dollar sale. He is co-owner in a Commercial Real-estate, Strip Malls, a Super Laundromat Chain, and a Car Wash development company. He also has ownership in a Oil and Gas company in Texas. John is also Founder and Chairman of Nano Lube Corporation, a revolutionary lubrication product supplier.
John has served on the New Hampshire Governors Round Table and the U.S. Presidential Round Table. John graduated from Owens State College with an Electrical Engineering Degree. In 1986 he received the prestigious “Professional Alumnus of the Year” award from Owens.
Enjoying golf since shortly after college, he realized his fathers dream and become a professional in 2000. He began playing on the mini tours, finishing second several times prior to winning his first event on the Western States Tour in 2001. He has played on and off on the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour). He has been paid to compete in international professional tournaments as far away as the Azores and Morocco.
Butch Baird
Jack Mishler
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John
A. Gehrisch is an investor/partner in BBJM Golf Ventures and became
President in 2003.
Butch
Baird is a graduate of Lamar Tech where he starred on the college
golf team. Butch turned professional in 1959 and has played against
golf's greatest stars. He has won 14 tournaments worldwide,
including PGA TOUR victories at the 1961 Waco Turner Open, 1965
National Team Championship (with Gay Brewer) and the 1976 San
Antonio-Texas Open. He also won two times on the Champions Tour,
1986 Cuyahoga Seniors and 1989 Northville Long Island Classic. His
first professional victory was at the 1967 Bogotá (Columbia) Open
where he edged past world-class golfer Roberto de Vicenzo of
Argentina.
Jack
Mishler is a graduate of Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa and has
been a Certified Public Accountant since 1970. His professional
career was initially with three of the major worldwide accounting
firms. Later, he was the general manager and vice-president of a
significant electronics distribution company operating in the U.S.
and Mexico. He was also the managing partner of a residential home
development and several real estate syndications.