Work
History:
Semi-Retired- Volunteer Work- Tampa,
FL- January 1, 2021 - present
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SICK Inc Tampa, FL
March 2013 – December 31, 2020 Sales
Manager- South ·
Manage the
Southern Region of the United States which include: TN, GA, NC, SC, FL, AL,
MS, LA, AK, OK, TX, NM, AZ, and PR. Direct
reports include: 2- Distributor Sales Managers and 6- Account Managers. Regional
Distributor Sales Manager- Southeast ·
Manage
Automation Distributors in the state of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and
Mississippi. Winner of the 2016 Sales Excellence Award. Substantial territory growth. |
SICK Inc Detroit,
MI March 2011 – December 31, 2020 International
Key Account Executive ·
Work out of
a home office and responsible for the growth and global coordination and
development of the following Automotive Key Accounts: Ford, Chrysler, Comau
NA, American Axle, Benteler, Detroit Diesel, and Tower Automotive. ·
Trips to
Europe and Italy to coordinate and project manage large global opportunities. |
Morrell
Group Auburn Hills, MI June 1985 – March 2011 Vice President, Sales and Marketing ·
Member of the Board of Directors ·
Managed a 52-person team of Sales Engineers
and Product Managers in the marketing and sale of all Electrical Motion
Control, Hydraulic, Pneumatic, Mechanical, Lubrication, and Turn Key
Integration products and systems. Developed all aspects of a Sales Automation
System which include Project and Quotation tracking, Sales Leads follow-up,
development and launch of a CRM Sales System. ·
Developed innovative compensation,
marketing and sales programs, which led to a steady growth of 12 to 14
percent year over year. ·
Utilized technical ability, combined
with expert knowledge of the sales and sales management processes, growing
annual sales to 60 million. |
Morrell
Group Auburn Hills, MI June 1985 – March 2011 Vice President, Automotive Sales ·
Managed a group of approximately 30
Sales Professionals in the marketing and selling of Industrial Automation
product to Tier One Suppliers, General Motors, Ford, Daimler Chrysler, and
Automotive Machinery OEM’s, in North America, Europe, and Japan. ·
Created, developed, and implemented
Sales and Marketing Plans, as well as product marketing opportunities, in the
Automotive End User and OEM Markets. ·
Developed relationships with
international Machine Tool OEM’s in Europe and Asia,
which led to a new international sales division. |
Morrell
Group Auburn Hills, MI June 1985 – March 2011 Chrysler
Program Manager ·
Manage all
aspects of the Chrysler Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Account. Develop
specifications, create and manage time lines, develop and maintain product
forecasts, and track product delivery commitments for the machine tool
builders on a global basis. Automation Group Director ·
Responsible for the Sales and
Engineering management of Electronic Motion Control, Hydraulic Servo and
Proportional Control, and Mechanical Products in the Michigan, Northern Ohio,
and Windsor, Ontario Markets. ·
Through direct involvement with the
sales personnel in the field and through the development of product and sales
marketing strategies a sales increase of 10% to 20% annually was
achieved. ·
The products in the Automation Group
represented over $25,000,000 in annual sales revenue. |
Morrell
Group Auburn Hills, MI June 1985 – March 2011 Bosch Rexroth Indramat Product Manager ·
Marketed the Bosch Rexroth Indramat Line of Motion Control Products to O.E.M and End
User accounts utilizing technical seminars to groups, product demonstrations,
and face-to-face customer contact. ·
Client industry focus included: CNC,
High Production, Metal-forming, Automation, Robotics and Converting. ·
President of the Distributor Advisory
Council |
Morrell
Group Auburn Hills, MI June 1985 – March 2011 Sales Engineer ·
Had an account base of nearly 25 key
customers. Grew the territory from $0
to over 2 million dollars. ·
Developed the following Motion
Control systems for customers: Roll formers, Water Jet Cutting Robots, CNC
Machines, Transfer Line Machines, Dial Index tables and various other machine
applications. |
Morrell
Group Auburn Hills, MI June 1985 – March 2011 Field Application Engineer ·
Worked with a team of sales personnel
to help them engineer solutions for their customers. ·
Applications included: Hydraulic
closed loop control, Electric Servo Control, Mechanical guide systems,
Pneumatic control systems, HMI systems, sensor automation product, robotics
and others. |