Brent Ewell Email & Phone Number

Pella, Iowa, United States

The Career Academy of Pella resides in a state-of-the-art building where the Pella Community School District offers courses focusing on career technical education (CTE) and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The design of the Career Academy has a four-pronged effect:1. Train students in relevant and rigorous programs with hands-on.

Pella, Iowa

Provide leadership of a multimodal national sales training program focused on B2C and B2B selling processes across multiple channels that supports the drive for double digit sales growth. The program incorporates cohort learning groups that are web-based, in-person/regional training events, and Sales Manager development that reinforces key sales behaviors.

Pella, Iowa

Provides leadership for the direction and implementation of a comprehensive corporate development and learning strategy with direct alignment and support of business initiatives. Responsibilities include the design, delivery and effectiveness metrics for internal/external instructor lead and web based training through the Pella® Learning.

Pella, IA

• Provide leadership for the training teams responsible for developing and executing Organizational/ Leadership Development, the Pella Learning Institute, Pella Direct Sales, National Account Sales, Field Service.
• Initiated and managed the 260E Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training project through the Des Moines Area Community College that provided $1,680,000 of funding for the Training & Development function.
• Led the design and execution of a Root Learning Map for over 10,000 Pella team members and Direct Sales partners throughout North America.
• Provided co-leadership of an extensive planning process for the implementation of the new corporate LMS, Oracle’s Taleo Learn.

Pella, IA

• Provide leadership in the development and execution of a national sales and service training team that facilitates learning through MyPella.com, the Pella Training Center, and regional training events.
• Created and executed a web-based learning program for the Pella Direct and Corporate team members with an internally developed LMS and courses built with early online learning software.
• Provided leadership of a manager development portal in support of double-digit sales growth that focused on sales representative development and manager engagement through cohort accountability.

Pella, Iowa, United States

• Provided leadership in the development and implementation of Pella Corporation's Remodeling business plan following the creation of a segmented business strategy.
• Successfully implemented business forecasting, growth programs to increase market share, profitability, and customer satisfaction ratings through the development of focused marketing and sales promotions.
• Represented Pella Corporation as a Board Member for the National Association of Home Builders Remodeler's Council.

Pella, Iowa, United States

Provided direct leadership for Pella Corporation's Patio Door business which included supervision of a cross functional execution team, business forecasting, project management, and growth initiatives that aligned with key manufacturing, engineering and sales goals.

Pella, Iowa, United States

Selected to create a national sales training program for the Pella Direct Sales Network that incorporated product knowledge, selling skills, and systems training in support of corporate growth initiatives

Pella, Iowa, United States

Provided HR leadership for corporate exempt and first/second shift manufacturing operations team members.

Pella, Iowa, United States

Provided leadership in the development and delivery of product and pricing training for national account channel partners through in-isle, in-store, and regional training sites throughout the United

Pella, Iowa, United States

Provided Personnel leadership in corporate college recruiting, exempt/hourly interviewing and hiring, and general Personnel responsibilities

Pella, Iowa, United States

Responsibilities included the development and delivery of training programs for factory, maintenance, office hourly, and new exempt team members, on-site DMACC Associated Degree courses, and delivered a train-the-trainer program.

Knoxville, Iowa, United States

• Developed and taught a non-traditional High School Industrial arts program that incorporated career-tech competencies with higher-level learning and emerging technologies that resulted in an award-winning program..
• Received two Distinguished Teaching Awards (1989 Iowa State University, 1988 University of Northern Iowa).
• Advisor of an award winning Technology Student Association
• Requested as a presenter at numerous state and national technology education conferences.
• Served as an advisor for multiple State of Iowa teaching boards.

Ba, Industrial Technology Ed

Activities and Societies: Shull Hall (Carroll House), Technology Student Association, Lab Technician - MPT (Materials Process Technology).

Graduate Work, Industrial Technology

(class work completed, thesis unfinished)

Graduate Work, Industiral Technology

Industrial Technology Education Major/Coaching Minor, Lab Technician - Materials Process Technology Lab at the UNI Industrial Technology.

Education record

Education record

Certified Facilitator: Leading Organizational Transitions