Designed, engineered, sold, and distributed over 2,700 products in the fishing, kayaking, and boating markets. Intimate involvement in selection and design and/or sales of unique products for the fishing and outdoors industry including raw materials, colors, manufacturing methods, packaging, and marketing including building out Dealer and Distribution Networks. My Duties include:*Product design, engineering and development including soft plastics, machined aluminum, injection- molded plastics and numerous other raw materials.*Outside sales and marketing to wholesalers and retailers, resulting in a 400% sales increase from 2017-2019, while adding 62 new Dealers and Distributors.*Implemented and designed new packaging and marketing materials. *Added the Distribution Division, bringing products from other companies into our own sales channels.

After raising more than $5,000,000 over 19 years in the school, youth sports, and non-profit fund raising business with QSP-Reader's Digest, and numerous years managing fund raising programs through my franchised Moe's Southwest Grill restaurants I bring my extensive experience to Great American Opportunties. Since 1975 Great American has helped schools and youth organizations raise over $5 Billion for activities, trips, and other beneficial programs for our children and non-profit organizations. To leverage my experience please contact me at (262) 370-5242.

CrivitzLand LLC is a Real Estate Development featuring stunningly beautiful and improved wooded lots on Hunter's Glen Golf Course in Crivitz, Wisconsin. For information on these affordable golf course lots please contact Peter Drees at (262) 370-5242.

Opened the first two Moe’s Southwest Grill franchised restaurants in Wisconsin when there were only 40 Moe’s open nationwide in 2004 (currently over 600 now open). Increased sales over $250,000 after taking over operations full time in 2008 while handling duties of management, outside sales and marketing, finance, accounting, taxes, hiring, scheduling, maintenance, and all operational aspects of owning a business.Key Contributions:• Outside Sales, Marketing, Recruiting, and Service to Fortune 500 Business such as Smith Barney, GE Healthcare, Cisco, Microsoft, and Merrill Lynch, with hundreds more Medium and Small Businesses which resulted in yoy sales increases from 2004 to 2013.• Managed startup of TWO Moe’s Southwest Grill Restaurants, including financing, business plans and models, and overseeing construction resulting in the first two Moe’s franchises in Wisconsin• Oversight of Day-to-Day operations including finance, marketing and sales, recruiting and staffing,accounting, IT, event planning, and human resources, resulting in yoy sales increases from 2004 to 2013• Increased catering sales over 1,200% from 2008 to 2013.

Outside sales and marketing to schools, school districts, principals, superintendents, youth groups and sports leagues selling QSP-Reader’s Digest’s youth fund raising programs while dramatically increasing the customer base in the 5-county Milwaukee territory and turning it into a top 10 percent market in the nation. Sales, public speaking to large groups, customer service, and daily cold calls and competing was part of this very lucrative opportunity that ended when QSP lost most of its products: paper magazines.Key Contributions:•Outside Sales and Marketing of The Digest’s fund raising programs to Schools, Universities, Sports Leagues, and Churches, resulting in a record number of new accounts by 2003.•Cold calls, sales presentations, service calls, recruiting, and follow-up meetings held on a daily basis with School District Superintendents, Principals, Athletic Directors, Teachers, League Presidents, Secretaries, Coaches, and Parent Committees which culminated in record sales for this territory.•Responsible for new and renewal accounts while competing against 25+ competitors daily that resulted in taking 10-15 new accounts from competitors annually.• Earned a Top 10% position of nationwide sales force 1999-2008.