Dave Vanderlinde Jr Email & Phone Number

Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Area

Working with machine builders and OEMs providing solutions for factory automation and controls. SMC Pneumatics, Banner, Balluff, Lumberg, Hirschmann, Weidmueller, Dynics, Schmersal, ProFace, Brady and more.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

* Facilitate the 16 week personal and professional development course NetPlus in 16 leading groups through 4 weeks of education and 12 weeks of practical application* Recruited participants for the 16 week course at various networking events* Teach the concepts of Net+ - being worth more than you cost – and making the world bigger and better for those around you* Mentor participants on being remarkable and making better connections with their professional relationships

Support our franchise partners throughout the state of Michigan and Northern Indiana.Coach partners throughout their orientation and help individuals with little business experience start a successful business.Qualify inquiries from individuals who are interested in starting a franchise to make sure they have the qualifications and traits to make a good franchise partner.

Trained and supported sales representatives throughout Asia, South America, Australia and Europe. Met with sales reps and clients overseas to propose custom capital equipment testing solutions. Maintained relations with large corporate global accounts including: Cisco Systems, Foxconn, Solectron, Jabil, GM, 3M, Plexus and other large corporate accounts. Conducted in depth HALT/HASS - Highly Accelerated Life Testing seminars throughout Asia.

Managed West Coast Business Operations

In 2003 I took on additional international sales responsibilities which added numerous tasks and opportunities. This included putting together a PowerPoint presentation that was presented by me in Asia on several occasions in 2004, 2005 and 2007. Some of these seminars had audiences of up to 140 people. I am skilled with Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Outlook, Lotus Notes and sales databases.In 2008 I was promoted to the position of International Sales Manager and managed field sales representatives in other countries providing training, quotations, technical support, applications engineering and pricing. I effectively worked with representatives; Learned essential time management skills to keep projects on time, plan both domestic and international travel and meet proposal deadlines.Negotiated contracts for both international and domestic customers.

After three months of training I seized the opportunity to relocate, open and run our West Coast Sales operations; Priced, quoted and sold standard and custom equipment in the Western US which included several million dollars in annual quotations along with travel to many customer locations for prospecting, quotation review, closing and design review. Successfully managed the largest (in sales volume) domestic territory for the company by establishing and maintaining relationships with companies like Cisco, Flextronics, Nextest, Jabil, Boeing, Hewlett Packard and more.Assisted field service technicians with installation of complex systems and provided on-site customer training on product usage.Scheduled and managed local service technicians and dispatched them from the same office and quoted and sold service projects and maintenance programs.Performed applications engineering duties which included determining the necessary size of refrigeration systems, proper airflow, and finding the right solution for custom testing applications. In many cases advised customers on facility and infrastructure needs including cooling water, compressed air, liquid nitrogen, etc.

Bachelors, Marketing

Activities and Societies: Intramural Soccer

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration, 3.91

Psychology

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