John Fertig Email & Phone Number

Burr Ridge, IL

Managing Basement Defender, LLC operationsBuilding and managing the product, sales, people and service Basement Defender.Business Growth - Taking a company in the red to a $10 million business in 3 years.Business Management:B2B Sales- Growing our network from 1 to nine 9 dealers nationally.B2C Sales- Refining the sales process to develop dealer sales and.

Elmhurst, Illinois

• Product Development - Ideation, Update Existing Product, Costing with Overseas Vendors, Prototyping, 3D Printing, Problem Solving, Engineering for Production, and Federal / EU Safety Standards.
• Marketing Research - Creating, Online Surveys, Group Tests, and Cost Comparison/Data Analysis.
• Testing - Prototype & First-shot Testing, and Small Run Market Testing.
• Managing Resources - Outsourced Development Services.
• Packaging - Designing, and Managing Production Packaging, Amazon Packaging Requirements, Pre-Press Printing, and POP Displays.
• Compliance / Safety - Analysis of Product Testing to Meet Defined Safety Regulations (Incl. Cal Prop 65).

River Forest, Illinois

• B2B Sales - In Person, Skype, Trade Show Sales with Decision Making Contacts of Major Companies.
• Success - Sold 9 Product Lines Sold 40 Countries with One Product Selling 750,000 Units Worldwide.
• Sales Presentations - Video Sales Presentations / iPad, with Overseas BOM Costing Quotes.
• Sales Outreach - Targeted Trade Shows with Proven Success for Sales Dollars (Catty Whack OurPets).
• Licensing Contracts - Worked with Legal, and Negotiated Contract Terms.
• Created a Multi-Million-Dollar Line Sold in 40 countries, Fungus Amungus with Vivid.

Oak Brook IL

• Created / Licensed Over 20 Multi-Million Dollar Product Lines.
• Holder of Multiple Design, and Mechanical Patents.
• Sales - Point of Contact Worldwide, Including but Not Limited to - UK, France, Germany, China, Japan, The Netherlands, Australia, Canada, and Hong Kong.