Position:
President /CEO at Apparel Expressions
Location:
Rochester, Minnesota Area
Work:
Apparel Expressions
since Oct 2011
President /CEO
Gopher Sport
Oct 2008 - Sep 2011
Sales Executive/Manager
MECA Sportswear
Sep 2008 - Sep 2011
Sales Mgr
Education:
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Interests:
Personal Achievements:
•Personally established one of Gopher Sport’s top 5 highest grossing client accounts, Life Time Fitness, based out of Edina, Minnesota. (NYSE: LTM)
13+ year continued relationship
Sustaining growth oriented relationships with key decision makers, managing and coordinating product decisions
Currently managing and supplying 58 facilities; projected future growth to 200 facilities
•Continuously prospecting and managing approximately 1,500+ active accounts; clients include ShopKo, JC Penney, Life Time Fitness, and educational facilities throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin
•Increased territory gross sales from $200,000 per year into over $1.5 million per year
•Assigned to strategically advise and manage other sales representatives (1987-1995) to boost their quarterly and annual sales volumes and increase margins
Honor & Awards:
Awards and Recognitions:
•Gross sales exceeding $1 million annually over each of the past 8 years
•2006 a banner year of $1,735,000 in gross sales. 10% increase over 2005
•Continuously one of the top outside sales representatives in U.S.
•Salesman of the Year (1990)
•Consistently led sales promotions through top volume productions
•First sales representative to reach $500,000 in gross annual sales (1982)
•“Dream-Goal” recipient (10% above annual sales goal)