After a 45 year sales career its time to enjoy the rest of my life with my wife. We look forward to seeing the many friends we have made over a tremendous career serving our many customers. Thank you for all you have done for me and my family.Formerly targeting a small group of Strategic Accounts in Ohio, Indiana and N. Kentucky. Working with these accounts to create partnerships, diversity and competencies that allow us both to grow our businesses.Focusing on the Assembly Automation Industry and on the companies who have money to spend. Our approach is to expand Balluff's business into new Industries including: Battery & Alternative Energy, Wind, Solar, Medical, Packaging, Transportation and Steel.Sales Project Manager focusing on RFID sales across the US. Growth was 40+% first year. Served as Solution Engineering Manager in new role created to develop value-added products enabling the sale of existing Balluff products that helped to create a competitive advantage.2007-2008Hired as first salesman at TAPCO when sales were < $75,000 and helped build company to $14 million with over 30 employess serving as Sales Engineer, Sales Manager and V.P. Sales & Marketing from 1979-2006Developed seminars on Machine Vision, Lighting and Optics and trained over 250 students per year. 2004-2006Developed Permission Marketing program that eventually served 8000 customers with monthly newsletter and product updates 1992-2006Sensor Specialist focusing on the material handling industry for OEM market east of the Mississsippi River from 1976-1979Specialties: Large circle of network contacts especially in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana including 38 years of industry supplier relationships Expertise in machine vision and lighting techniques.Sensor Specialist-involved in the sale of ensors of all types since 1974 to presentFocus on RFID helped turn RFID product line into one of the fastest growing product lines at Balluff.