Christopher Howard Email & Phone Number

Lindner Recyclingtech America is the full subsidiary of Lindner (Austria) providing all sales, service and operations for the North American market. We have just completed our investment (September '17) in a 25,000 square foot facility that houses a complete test and demo lab for customers, inventory for parts and equipment along with office space for the Lindner service and operations team.Lindner Recyclingtech (www.lindner.com) is the market leader in Europe for shredding equipment technology and has strategically decided to fully enter the US and Canadian markets to bring our equipment and support in stationary and mobile shredding to the alternative fuel, plastic, paper and metal segments.Reporting to the Managing Director in Austria, I have responsibilities for all business operations, service, sales and market development in the region.

Rochester, Ny, Us

Executive level responsibility for North American subsidiary of Durst Phototechnik AG. My primary role is directing all market facing activities related to the business. Increased revenue from $18M to over $75M by defining, developing and executing an entire go to market business plan. Significant accomplishments included building the sales structure, leading all marketing and brand management activities, managing the overall business budget.

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Managed a team of 18 sales and marketing personnel within a business model of high volume transaction and long term customer relationship environment. During 3 year position grew revenue and profitability of the branch by 40%.. Negotiated and managed several large multi-year contracts in order to drive consistent revenue and workload to bring profitability to the business. Identified and developed 2 new successful divisions that brought profitable growth in areas that complimented current business.

Rochester, New York, Us

Roles in Technical Field Sales, Sales Management, Product and Segment Manager responsibility.