Matt Friederich Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Work with a wide variety of owners, operations and marketing personnel, and employees of self storage facilities(1-100+ facilities) to improve their facilities across the board (ROI, Cap Rates, Operational Efficiencies, etc)through the use of our technology.• Identify and connect with strategic brands nationwide that will continually push our platform and the rest of the industry forward from a technology standpoint. • Guest speak, host round table discussions, and present materials at national trade shows and state conferences that promote our products while educating owners and their employees on industry related technologies.• Keep up on latest industry trends/developments and provide feedback to various internal teams (Engineering, Marketing, and Support teams)• Active(currently and in the past) in numerous industry organizations within the self storage industry (Young Leaders Group Senator, SSA Vendor Committee, YLG Communications Committee)• Work with other self storage vendors and service providers to help form strategic partnerships and relationships that benefit our platform and our clients.• Help in fulfilling the daily customer service needs of our current clients using our storEDGE management and marketing suite platforms.• Train new employees on the business development team while overseeing the continually improvement and development of current team members.• Assist other business development team members in product demonstrations and contract negotiations/discussions.

- Served as YLG Communications Chair (Dec 2014 - Dec 15) during first year of inception.- Developed a plan for the first ever YLG Communications Committee as Committee Chair.- Oversee direction of YLG Communications Task Force.- Work with other Communications Task Force members to help plan, organize, and communicate upcoming YLG events through the creation of a quarterly newsletter.- Monitor and contribute to multiple social media platforms dedicated to the YLG.- Serve as a point of contact for Self Storage Association (SSA) board members for YLG related feedback, updates, and news.- Collaborate with other YLG Task Force Chairpersons to continuously improve the YLG as an organization, its proactive membership, and its overall message.

- Work with other YLG Senators to create opportunities for the future generation of the industry to grow together though group specific education and socialization.- Continually work to improve the YLG's overall mission and membership.- Promote the values of and encourage active participation in the the SSA.- Assist in identifying future leadership that will be help shape the future of the YLG and the SSA.- Nominated and re-elected by members/peers in 2016 to another 2-year Senator term.

- Maintain excellent two-way communication with current SSA vendor members, sponsors, and exhibitors.- Attend bi-annual meetings to review current SSA policies pertaining to vendor membership and trade show policies.- Work with fellow committee members to recommend constructive improvements to the SSA Board that will benefit the overall SSA and Vendor relationship.

Springfield, Missouri Area

• Responsible for ensuring the product placement and sale of Anheuser-Busch products, as well as a variety of non-alcoholic products in off-premise bulk accounts in Springfield area.• Developing successful and positive relationships with store managers and employees.• Providing superior customer service while successfully meeting accounts day-to-day needs.• Using Anheuser-Busch Mobility software on company laptop to track daily store activities, as well as updating progress on weekly, monthly, and quarterly objectives set by the company.• Collect and review product inventories to help analyze sales trends when ordering products.• Promote and sell in new and existing products through educating customers, store managers and employees, product tastings, use of point of sale material, and creating product displays.• Assisting with day to day training of new salesmen and merchandisers.• As of December 2010, successfully increased sales by nearly 12% year to date.

Manhattan, Ks

• Promoted from Sales Clerk to Assistant Manager while attending college.• Received and collected desired products and delivered liquor orders for on-premise accounts,while successfully obeying Kansas ABC Laws and Regulations.• Recorded and organized invoices, checks, and money for on-premise accounts.• Updated store inventories, noted price increases, and product sales in distribution catalogs.• Reconciled distributor’s shipment invoices and administered payment after order inspection.• Assisted owner/manager on specific projects and tasks as needed.• Assisted with operational training of new and existing employees.