TOM L LAEPPLE

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TYLER, TX *****

903-***-****

ac82yo@r.postjobfree.com

Work History

Select Comfort, Tyler, Texas

Sales Associate May 08, 2006 - Sep 29, 2010

Work with prospective customers to help them choose the proper bed for their home. Including Retail sales, credit checks, and Retail merchandising displays for the store. Included ordering inventory, customer service, opening and closing the store as well as nightly deposits of cash on hand. Fisher Cabinet Works, Tyler, Texas

Outside Sales Nov 09, 2005 - Apr 28, 2006

Build and Maintain a Prospect Data Base of local builders and sell builders on the concept of buying custom cabinets from Fisher Cabinet Works in Tyler, Texas. Other duties included meeting with customers who are remodeling or building a new home, determining their needs for cabinet work, taking measurements and submitting drawings for the designers to work from

Shopsmith Inc., DAYTON, Ohio

Sales Associate Outside Sales Dec 08, 1999 - Jun 27, 2005 Sales Representative

Worked as a presenter in woodworking demonstrations at Home Centers, Fairs, Home Shows, and Malls.

(Demonstrating how to use and completed several selling presentation daily on the Shopsmith woodworking tools.) This job required extensive travel. The Mark V unit sells for about $3000.00 each and requires the representative to close the customer and make the sale.

Redline Medical Supply, Golden Valley, Minnesota

Territory Manager Dec 08, 1980 - Mar 15, 1997

Territory Manager with sales & service to 150 accounts in East Texas. Red Line is a wholesale distributor of medical supplies serving primarily Nursing Homes with over 12,000 products. Other markets we service include Home Health Agencies, Hospice Care, Pharmacies and Hospitals. My primary responsibilities included creating new business, increasing account penetration, and partnering with customers. Their inventory control and computerized billing systems were cutting edge technologies in their industry. Education

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth, Texas Doctoral Degree

Major: Doctor of Ministries

GPA: 3.5

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, North Kansas City, Missouri Masters Degree

Major: Education

GPA: 3.0

Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Missouri

Bachelors Degree

Major: Speech/Drama

Minor: Sociology

GPA: 3.0

Lamar High School, Lamar, Missouri

High School Diploma/GED

Major: College Prep

GPA: 2.8

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