Sharon Brindley Email and Phone Number

Sharon Brindley is the President of Global Recruiters of Minneapolis South, an executive recruiting firm specializing in the high technology sector focusing on both direct and indirect channels. Sharon has over 25 years of results proven achievement in the areas of sales, marketing, operations leadership and executive management with global companies in the high technology industry. She is considered a high-energy, hands-on executive with a reputation for producing extraordinary value for her customers while consistently building, growing and leading high-performing teams to achieve excellence and results.Sharon established a stellar record of increasing responsibility by building and leading teams that delivered superior business results for industry leaders. She was a successful Sales Representative, Sales Manager and District Manager for IBM Corporation; also progressed from District Manager to Director of Sales to Vice President of Sales for Lexmark International; and Vice President of North America Sales for Zebra Technologies; and President of the Americas and President of Checkview for Checkpoint Systems. Sharon’s experience with small, middle and large scale businesses give her a unique understanding of her clients’ specific needs. Her background brings broad expertise and understanding of multiple industry channels.Sharon is a graduate of San Jose State University receiving her B.S. in Business Administration. She also has her MBA from Washington University in St. Louis,

Responsible for the North America CheckView line-of-business, a Security Systems Integrator specializing in retail security. Had full P & L responsibility including Sales, Customer Service, Field Service, Operations, Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain, HR and the Retail Monitoring Center for North America with $77M revenue, 255 employees. Focus was to make CheckView healthy after a two year struggle with a company-wide ERP implementation and to prepare for it's divestiture. Led management presentations and due diligence requests for six potential strategic and private equity buyers. Checkpoint announced a definitive agreement to divest CheckView to Platinum Equity as of April 30, 2013.

Responsible for The Americas Customer Management organization including Sales, Operations, Field Service and Customer Service.Customer Management Sales includes Vertical Industry Segments, Key Account Management, Specialty Sales Force Management, Customer Service, Demand Planning, Inventory Management and Field Service. Responsible for $360M revenue for North America and Latin America, 16 direct reports, 650 employees.Checkpoint Systems, Inc. is a multinational manufacturer and marketer of technology driven integrated solutions designed to protect people and assets and to facilitate the merchandise tracking and securing of consumer goods at key checkpoints in the supply chain. Checkpoint Systems is the world's leading provider of Radio Frequency (RF)-based loss prevention to the $1 trillion global retail industry.

Responsible for North America Sales organization, including Key Account Sales, Channel Sales, Business Development Sales, Inside Sales and Sales Engineers.Zebra solutions span Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail, Transportation & Logistics and Mobile Work Force with a range of high performance printers, desktop printers, RFID printers, mobile printers and card printers for access control/security printing.

Led Channel organization and SMB initiative for the US. Focused on growing Partner relationships with Distribution Channels, Solution Provider Channels, VAR's, BTA Partners, OEM Alliances and Supplies Partners.

Vice President, End User Sales, Public Sector & HealthcareLed sales and industry marketing to Healthcare, Federal, Education and State Government customers with an annual revenue target of $180 million. Responsible for increasing revenue in each vertical market as well as creating new vertical solutions for Healthcare, K-12 education, State, Local and Federal government accounts. Managed a team of 75 professionals dispersed in locations around the U.S. Notable contributions:• Generated approximately 20% year-over-year growth in all industry segments over 4 years. Recognized as a Diamond Award Winner and Top Industry Vice President in 2005. Created more professional services revenue for the division than any other industry vertical team.• Won a U. S. Social Security Administration contract award which generated a sale of 39,000 laser printers, services and supplies worth hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue over a contract period of 5 years. At the time, this win was the largest deal in Lexmark history.• Won a Kaiser Permanente contract award which generated $15 million in annual revenue over a contract period of 4 years. Awarded a Chicago Public Schools contract which generated $3 million in annual revenue over a contract period of 3 years.Vice President, Financial Services Led the sales of products and solutions to companies in the Financial Services and Insurance industries. Led a team of 50 professionals responsible for generating annual revenue of $72 million. Participated in the multi-year win of the Bank of America account for a services contract awarded in 2002 which generated $60 million in revenue over a contract period of 5 years. Managed a successful reorganization and reduction of headcount by 40% without missing revenue targets.Sales Director, Public SectorSales Director, Supplies, End User & Channel, Sales & MarketingDistrict Sales Manager

Marketing Representative, San Francisco, CA & St. Louis, MOProgram Manager, Montvale, NJSales Manager, Chicago, IL