Carmen Geschke

carmenCarmen Geschke is founder and President of Protec Enterprises LLC, a Greer SC based company founded in 2004. Protec Enterprises offers multiple production capabilities and performs all types of quality services, from delivery to inspection to rework, as well as Quality Management, internal and external. Additional services are Logistic and Warehousing. The Suppliers to BMW are the customer base. Furthermore, Carmen excelled in creating both the structure and team necessary to guide the company through the turbulence and uncertainty of this recession. To react to the difficult automotive market her company will now provide Accounting and IT Services to seek new opportunities.

Protec Enterprises is ISO 9001 :2000 certified, as well as a Minority Business Enterprise certified with CMSDC and a Women owned business certified with WBENC

Previously she was Vice President Finance for a German based Automotive Supplier in Michigan and held the Controller position for an Automotive company located in Duncan, SC.

Carmen also is a board member and secretary of the Foothills Regional Advisory Committee to the CMSDC – Carolina Minority Supplier Development Council.She is involved in community based organizations such as the YWCA whose mission is: ”Empowerment of women and against racism” where she serves on two Committees. She currently also serves as a Board Chair of the YWCA. She is a Board member of the Black German Heritage and Research Association. She is a member of the New Apostolic Church in Greer, SC.

A native of Germany, she is a graduate of VWA Stuttgart, a Wirtschafts- & Verwaltungsakademie where she received a degree in Accounting. She was married to Michael Geschke an Automotive Engineer, now widowed, they have one son, Sven, who is a LAN-Engineer and has joined Protec Enterprises in 2009. She is a US citizen and resides in South Carolina.