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Bloomington, Minnesota, United States

Troy, Michigan, United States

Serving integration firms and specialty retailers on behalf of best-in-breed consumer electronics and automation manufacturers. Focusing on Western and Northern Michigan.

Elk Grove Village, Il

My role is to collaborate with the executive team, account managers, and staff to develop the new business opportunities arising with our constantly growing line card. We are always looking for the next opportunity to help our dealers grow their businesses.In addition, I am bringing my manufacturer training background to assist in the continual development of our award-winning training programs, including the Allnet WeeklyWebinar series.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

I was the in-house SME (subject matter expert) for the Education Department at CEDIA, My primary role was to create updated content for numerous online and in-person courses, as well as assist in the development of new courses. Another of my primary responsibilities was to update existing and create new lab activities for the bootcamp lab areas, which are permanently set up at CEDIA headquarters in Indianapolis. I was also tasked with assisting instructor Ken Erdmann in the Residential 101 Bootcamp and Home Theater Bootcamp sessions, primarily on lab activity days.

I am an Administrator for IntegrationPros, which is a web-based community for consumer electronics professionals.My responsibilities include working closely with manufacturers and vendors to create and build the ManufacturerZone, which is a dedicated are for manufacturers and vendor reps to interact with CE professionals.

Elk Grove Village, Il

I was Account Manager, managing a broad variety of retail, hybrid, and custom integrators.In addition to my sales role, I was also the Regional Product Trainer for Vantage Controls, with the Tandem Marketing offices being the Midwest Regional Training Center for Vantage dealers throughout the Midwest during this time.The classes consisted of 10-20 trainees from Vantage dealers within our territory, as well as out-of-market Vantage dealers. I hosted week-long multi-media sessions to the Vantage curriculum, which were held approximately every 6-8 weeks during this time.In April '09, Vantage decided to move all trainings to their two facilities, closing the Midwest Regional Training Center at the Tandem offices.I worked with Vantage RSM Rob Skinner to present the Vantage Controls AIA Lunch-N-Learn training program, as well as individual meetings with architectural firms on the product line.In addition, I teamed with Gary Effert to speak and exhibit during ASID events held at the Merchandise Mart. Our intent with these events was to increase awareness within the Interior Design community on behalf of our manufacturers and local dealer base in regard to lighting control, motorized window coverings, and architectural A/V solutions.Tandem represents many of the premier lines in the CI channel including Denon, Niles, Elan/HomeLogic, Sunfire, Lexicon, JBL Synthesis, Mark Levinson, Revel, Triad, Draper Screens, Canton, Velodyne, Artison, Tributaries Cable, and many other respected manufacturers.

Elk Grove Village, Il

As the Midwest Trainer, my responsibilities including organizing, promoting, and executing sales presentations and technical product trainings on the Vantage InFusion and Enspire RF product lines. My sessions were held at the Elk Grove Village training room at Tandem Marketing, and regularly included 20-50 trainees.

Downers Grove, Il

iRep Group (aka ST Marketing) is an Independant Manufacturer's Representative firm in the consumer electronics and home automation industries.We diligently represent our manufacturer partners and serve the independent specialty a/v retailers and the residential systems integrators in Illinois and Wisconsin.During my time with iRep Group, we represented many of the premier lines in the CI channel including Marantz, McIntosh, Genelec, Arcam, Burmester, Nottingham Analogue, Bryston, Dynamat, Gallo Acoustics, IXOS Cable, Nordost, and many other respected manufacturers.

Elk Grove Village, Il

AVAD Central is the former Allnet Inc., where I had been previously employed in the early years of this fast growing company.

Distinctive Mark A/V Systems is a Design/Build firm for leading edge residential electronics systems.Distinctive Mark A/V Systems is based in Northern IL and provides best-of-breed electronics solutions for entertainment and home control/automation in private residences throughout the Midwest.

Tandem Marketing is one of the Midwest's largest and most successful Independent Manufacturer's Representative (IMR) firms for consumer electronics industry.Allnet Distributing was the distribution division of this rep/distributor.I was brought in because of my knowledge of the residential integration and custom installation segment of the industry, and my no-BS approach to sales which the integrators appreciated.Within a short time at Tandem and Allnet, I was promoted to the position of Account Manager and given my own multi-State territory. I managed accounts across a multi-State territory which included Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota for many of the premier lines in the CI channel including Triad, Meridian, Audio Design Associates (ada), Draper Screens, Canton, Monitor Audio, Nakamichi, AudioQuest, and others.

Absolute Audio Video Systems was a retail store and residential custom installation contractor specializing in providing installed electronics systems throughout the Rock River Valley in Northern IL.Absolute Audio merged with competing retail store Columbia Audio/Video of Rockford in 2000.

This firm was at the very leading edge of the digital printing revolution in the early 90s. I was only the third employee of this firm, which went on to become a leader in the category.We offered large-format 4-color inkjet and electrostatic digital printing solutions which were primarily used for ad agency samples and trade show graphics. We also specialized in digital pre-press publishing, providing grayscale and full-color catalog layout and design for numerous firms in the Midwest.We worked with many of the top advertising agencies to produce trade show graphics, as well as to develop short run samples of signage. We provided a cost-effective method to test campaigns before committing to a campaign for large scale roll out.In addition to the printing, I also managed the production including laminating and mounting the prints to various substrates. We also traveled to convention centers around the Midwest to help our tradeshow design firms setup our graphics.I taught myself how to use design software on Macintosh computers during this time. I quickly became proficient with Adobe Illustrator, Abobe Photoshop, Aldus Pagemaker, and Quark XPress.

Education record

Electronics Engineering