Gerald Lauer Email & Phone Number

Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, De

• Territory support for restructuring of the North American Sales Group. • Duties include heavy prospecting, territory development, and transitioning sales of existing and new customers in the 13 State Central Region. • Successful transitions 2023: Eli Lilly, ANI Pharmaceuticals, Woodstock Sterile Solutions • Successful transitions 2021-22: Abbvie, Elanco, MGS Machine, AstraZeneca, Aurora Pharma. • Selected to structure and rehabilitate 13-State Central Territory for Healthcare Industry

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

• Selected to manage West Coast Region working out of Wisconsin• Generated $500K in new packaging equipment sales.

Waukesha, Wisconsin, Us

Sales Leadership for a newly reorganized contract manufacturing/packaging company focused on lubricants, greases, and functional fluids primarily to automotive and industrial markets. • Leader in establishing sales and marketing direction for sales growth. • Independently negotiated price strategies with all major customers. • Instrumental in collecting over $1 million in past due invoices. • Managed drafting and launching of a NEW company website, working with outside vendors. • Adviser to CEO in evaluation of acquisition/divestitures. • Responsible for all marketing communications, distribution, and establishment of trade memberships. • Authored and implemented corporate pricing and sales procedures. • Managed 5 employees in sales and customer service

Temporary Contract Assignments focused on Sales/Marketing duties within Specialty Finishing, Printing, Food Safety, and Packaging Organizations. (Contact Information- GLauer711@gmail.com, 847-812-0106)

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Representing CCL Industries - Healthcare Group primarily in the Midwest by delivering world class labels, containers, inserts, shrink, tube, RFID and packaging options focused on the Health Care Industries. (Pharmaceuticals, edical Devices, Dental , Clinical Trials, and Animal Health), yet leveraging personally identified carryover opportunites in the automotive (Ford Motor Company) and CPG (3M) marketsDeveloped significant contacts at the procurement, engineering, and executive levels at Medtronic/Covidien, Boston Scientific, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, PCI, Tapemark, 3M, and a host of regional organizations previously untapped.

Responsible for representing newly financed entity of cutting edge security technologies to Fortune 500 companies in the luxury goods, automotive, and pharmaceutical markets focused on physical, operating, and product life cycle security risks; delivering products and solutions to mitigate counterfeiting, diversion, and brand erosion. Prior to my separation resulting from company financial issues, I placed DSS at the center of security programs for companies like Abbott Labs, Ford Motor Company, SC Johnson, and Estee Lauder

During recession procured interim contract services within the security and hospitality industries for small and recently organized business ventures, principal projects, Label Systems Authentication, LLC., Yupo Paper, Chemtron, Inc.

Nationally represented Covert Machine Readable (CMR) security and next generation RFID products for packaging materials primarily within the pharmaceutical, health & beauty, and automotive markets. Strong organizational and communication skills enabled me to routinely penetrate Fortune 500 companies at the executive and/or decision-making level and secure high level relationships. Due to financing challenges, InkSure currently maintains only a skeleton crew in the United States.

Managed Phase 1 - Chicago market expansion for service/supply provider of Information Technology peripherals. Promoted company awareness through effective prospecting, tenacious cold calling, and effective presentation skills resulting in unparalleled account penetration and opportunity closing within diverse environments and industries.

Recruited by President T-Soft, N.A. to manage territory development and all sales & marketing efforts in support of North America product launch for OSS/Network Management Software focused on national and regional telecommunication carriers and service providers for fourteen Midwestern States & Canada.