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Plymouth, Minnesota, United States

Copperhead Industries was the first to introduce copper-clad steel tracer wire to underground utility construction in 2004. Since then we’ve expanded, introducing the first complete tracer wire system including innovative access points, connectors, ground rods, and locating and marking products to the water/wastewater, gas, and telecommunication markets. We’ve educated the market on proper installation and on completing an electrical circuit critical to line locating. Copperhead’s Complete Utility Locating System is manufactured right here in the USA by high-quality American workers focused on high-quality American products and processes. Only Copperhead offers 100+ years of wire cladding experience with every piece of copper-clad steel tracer wire. When you choose Copperhead, you’re working with a proven leader who delivers time-tested solutions, reliability, value, and the best service industry wide. And we continue to lead the pack in industry-best quality, lead times, and competitive pricing. Make us your first and last choice for a dependable utility tracer wire system.

Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin

Representing world class manufacturing sales organizations to provide network construction and maintenance products to Telco and Utility customers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Cogent is different from other "tier 1" carriers because it's efficiently run with a centralized focus on just Dedicated Internet Access and Ethernet fiber-based private networkingInstead of focusing on residential customers and mass media advertising, Cogent only serves businesses and spends advertising dollars on network upgrades.These essential, fundamental differences allow Cogent to support customers better and offer more cost-effective apples-to-apples rates for dedicated fiber connectivity.Single IP based, Ethernet fiber network spanning 196 markets in 42 different countries. Most peered network in the world, directly connected to 7,000+ ASNs.MPLS enabled backbone, the latest Cisco routing technology, and Ethernet-based fiber rings throughout for built-in resiliency.Cogent carries ~25% of the world's internet traffic yet is only at 29% capacity.Network is designed for 100% global availability and industry-leading guarantees for latency, packet loss, and install timeframes.There is no ticket taking or escalation trees. Calls to our NOC are answered 11 seconds on average by Cisco certified engineers, who fix the spot issues.All circuits are proactively pinged 24/7/365, with support calling after ten unsuccessful pings to troubleshoot.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Established in 1976, the cornerstone of Black Box's business has been the objective technical advice and support the company provides to its clients. Today, as a premier provider of communications and infrastructure solutions, Black Box remains focused on delivering high-quality products and solutions with an unyielding commitment to technical support and service.Black Box designs, deploys and maintains a full range of communications technologies including managed services, mobility, data centers, infrastructure, contact centers, unified communication and collaboration tools and traditional telephony. With a global presence of more than 3,400 team members and 2018 revenues exceeding $776M, Black Box makes digital transformation possible whether at one location or hundreds.As a member of the Commercial team I manage a mixed portfolio across multiple verticals of designated accounts and territorial responsibility covering predominantly Eastern United States, but serve customers throughout the US and Canada.

Minnetonka

Sold Suttle offerings through the support of the distribution network throughout MN, ND, SD, NE, WY, MT, IA and WI. Sold directly to Tier 1, 2 and 3 telecommunications and cable companies with direct responsibility supporting CenturyLink. Promoted offerings to contractors, developers, architects and builders.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Consulted with Enterprise customers and prospects throughout the Midwest region. Presented WAN, IP, Collocation, VOIP, and all other XO products and services.

511 11Th Ave South, Minneapols Mn

Colocation sales for the "Minnesota Gateway" within the carrier hotel 511 building in Minneapolis. Managed relationships with key collocation customers, and developed new relationships through prospecting and networking.

Alexandria, Mn

High Point Networks is a value-added reseller (VAR) of information technology providing solutions to both the SMB and enterprise level markets in the upper Midwest. We offer organizations best-in-class voice and data networking solutions, supported by the best professional services team in the region. Our solutions solve real challenges and provide measurable return on investment.

Sales and Service of Network, Computer and Telephone equipment throughout Central Minnesota. Creation of a Data Center in Alexandria built to Serve Central Minnesota, and surrounding areas. The Center still serves the area under a different name and culture.

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