Sales Manager

Dean Mathiason

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City: Emmons

State: MN

Zip: 56029

Country: USA

Phone: 507-***-****

Skill Level: Senior

Salary Range: $80,000

Willing to Relocate

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Job History / Details:

Innovative, solution focused sales & marketing professional. Skilled in account solicitation, account management, brand development and sales team development. Comfortable working with any level of management and ownership.

April 2008 - Now: Milltek Software Solutions - Lake Mills, Ia.

Vice President in charge of Sales and Marketing

Co-founder of a mobile marketing software company providing mobile marketing solutions for small to mid size businesses. * Responsible for all corporate marketing & sales development activity. Recruited all company re-sellers and direct corporate accounts Key accounts recruited include state newspaper associations in: South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Minnesota and Iowa *Direct account recruitment totals - 127 accts. *The business is scheduled to be sold by April,1st, 2013. No sales support team will be needed going forward.

Nov. 2003 - April 2008 Esco Manufacturing Watertown, SD

Sales and Marketing Manager

Sale team included 7 sales reps / 5 sales expeditors / 1 marketing coordinator. The sales team was responsible for all revenue results for the company. Member of Senior Management Team and I oversaw daily activity at *Stein Sign" Display as well. We increased sales revenue from $7.1 million to $9.6 million annually while in an industry downturn. We focused on improving gross profit on our sales and trimming our operational costs. Realizing a net profit increase of 27.8% during the last financial year. I helped lead the company in creating the companies first detailed annual business plan, monthly sales projections, and developed their first cash flow and staffing analysis.

1994 -2003 Empire and J& R Vending Brookings, SD

Owner and General Manager

We grew the company from $326,000 in annual revenue in 1994 to $4.1 million in 2001. I managed 3 locations and a total of 14 employees. I was responsible for all account development, financing, accounting and H.R functions for the business. Directly negotiated all contracts and the final sale of the business along with the 3 physical locations.

1991- 1994 Agri-Pro Seeds/ Shell Oil Ag Div. Brookings, S.D.

National Sales Manager

Lead sales team revenue growth from 48 million in 1991 to 62 million in 1994 by providing additional training and a team approach to success. I was accountable for all sales revenue growth of the company. Sales team members included 7 Regional Managers (with 56 District Managers, 12 agronomists and 14 customer service representatives.) I was involved in the strategic business initiative to sell Agri-Pro Seeds in 1994.

1980 -1981 Ciba Geigy Corporation / Ag Division Greensboro, NC

Sales Rep. Market Development Specialist (Eastern Region)

* Promoted 3 times over 11 years

* Key Account Manager

* Large Grower, Farm Manager Account Development

* Sales Trainer and program facilitator

* Campus recruitment coordinator, 8 sales awards

Education 1973 - 1976 Mankato State University Mankato, Mn.

1976 - 1978 St. Cloud State University St. Cloud, MN

B.S. - Economics, Social Studies

. MBA Studies Program (not completed)

Honorable Mention All-American

Interests / SN Family, Church, Golf, Sports

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