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Grand Haven, Michigan, Us

Manage our largest customer, built and lead dealer sales team in the office furniture dealer distribution channel, manage additional several large customers in new markets in diversified distribution channels outside the traditional Power and Data distribution channels.

Reported to the President/CEO and was responsible for P&L of a $60M demountable commercial office wall manufacturing business unit sold through multiple distribution channels including traditional office furniture dealers, general contractors, and direct to national account customers. Directed sales, product development, marketing, engineering and operations.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Us

Workstage was a design/build construction, commerial real estate development company owned by Steelcase, Inc. and Gale International. I worked closely with Senior Management of the client to listen and understand the needs of their organization. I assembled the design team based on the needs and expectations of the client to insure an excellent fit. The team created building solutions, including interior architecture and furniture, to offer a true turn-key solution which often included the financing/leasing package to allow the client to have the solution they desired to grow their business, retain key employees, have sustainable space, LEED Certification if desired. Cradle to cradle products available for the interior architecture and furniture to be good stewards for the environment.

Created value to the client by implementing a design/build program that was able to understand the needs of the client and bring the partners together to design and build a solution that met and exceeded the needs and expectations of the client.

Vice-President of Sales and Marketing. I worked closely with owners/executive management to create architectural and engineering solutions that allowed the client to acheieve their ideas and needs with functional and cost effective designs typically delighting them and exceeding their expectations.

Market Manager for Architectural and Technology products. Worked closely with CEO's and CFO's to create business solutions that created functional and cost effective interior construction solutions that allowed them to achieve their business models. Worked closely dealer principals and dealer sales professionals to teach them how to recognize business opportunities and how to promote these Steelcase, Inc.envirnonmentally sound solutions.

The Bouma Corporation is a interior construction company based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I was responsible for sales of interior constriction projects as well as ground up construction outside West Michigan. I created the marketing plan for our assembly architecture program which created the demand for our company to complete several technical surgical centers located throught the United States. We were able to eliminate approximately 40 percent of the construction schedule through the design and implementation of our design/build team process. In some cases, the permitting would take as long as construction, so the speed of construction was critical to the success of the enterprise.

Bsba, Finance And Marketing

Education record

Executive Education - Emerging Leaders Program Becoming A Transformational Leader, Organizational Leadership

Executive Education - Emerging Leaders Program: Becoming A Transformational Leader, Executive Leadership