Joe Crowder **** Owendale Drive Fort Worth, Texas 76116

817-***-**** ace9cj@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/crowderjoe

Qualifications

. Master's Degree in Business Administration

. 8+ years downstream marketing and brand management

. 6+ years leading product development and product management in a

manufacturing environment

. 4+ years leading a marketing team

. 4+ years creating and executing distributor programs to drive channel

sales

. 4+ years of account management and distribution sales experience

. 2+ years direct sales experience

. Medical device and healthcare product development and marketing

experience

Professional Experience

Gatekeeper Systems

Sr. Product Manager, Grand Prairie, TX 2014 to Present

Hired to investigate, analyze and determine new markets for products lines.

Managed complete line of material handling products and have full life-

cycle responsibilities for product lines.

- Developed new product development process: Created new product

development pipeline for entry in to new markets.

Kavo Kerr Group - A Danaher Company

Sr. Channel Marketing Manager, Coppell, TX 2010 to 2014

Lead a team of 3 direct reports and 22 sales and marketing managers in

creating a distribution sales and marketing strategy. Managed a $2.5

million annual marketing and promotions budget for 4 separate operating

companies. Consistently drove sales through distribution 3x market growth

while reducing costs to market products. Total sales responsibility of $311

million.

. Consistently outperformed market growth: Achieved $55 million in

incremental growth over 24 month period or 7.8% in 2011 and +7% in

2012, this in a dental market which grew in the low single digits.

. Lead Marketing and provided account management support: Worked with a

network of 107 dealers to drive sales out through the distributor

channel; created 500-700 advertisements and executed 50-70 dealer

sales programs annually.

. Overhauled channel marketing and advertising: Increase marketing

exposure by over 40% while cutting advertising expenses by 20-25%

annually.

. Create a distribution sales representative website: Conceived and

developed a dealer sales representative website which has been

utilized by over 1500 dealer representatives and double lead

generation to over 2000 new customer leads in 6 months; lead close

rate for this program increased to 40% from 25%.

Axis Dental Division - Kavo Kerr Group - A Danaher Company

Product Manager, Coppell, TX 2008 to 2010

Hired to manage a team of 2 direct reports, create a formal product

development process, provide life cycle management, and develop new product

for the entire $25 million portfolio.

. Created a formal product management process: Implemented a "gate"

style product management process to which reduce failed product

launches and improved new product launch success to 80% from 40%.

. Reduced go market time: New products were brought to market in 50%

less time and tripled the product development funnel ..

. Lead multi-functional teams: Transitioned sales and marketing

responsibilities for 2 products lines, with over $4 million in sales;

this resulted in revenue growth of nearly $2 million over the 2 years

after transition.

. Partnered with domestic and global suppliers: to improve current

products and bring 15 new products and lines to market, resulting in

over 11% annual sales growth from new products.

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Tacony Corporation

Product Manager, Fort Worth, TX 2006 to 2008

Hired to create a formal product development process, provide life cycle

management, marketing management and develop new products for the entire

$30 million portfolio.

. Overhauled direct marketing approached: Created a market targeting

process which increase response rates on direct marketing pieces by 8-

10%; grew flagship marketing piece monthly sales by 40% and

established strong share in two new customer profiles.

. Grew several customer segment sales by over 50%: through customer

analytics, new product positioning and targeted marketing.

. Cut costs and grew sales in a key product line: Grew sales by over

$150k annually while finding $200k in savings through an evaluation

of new suppliers.

. Launched a new product vertical: partnered with domestic and global

suppliers to launch a new product category which resulted in $1.2

million in sales over 18 months; or 6% in incremental growth.

. Corrected a serious design flaws: Identified the cause of a product

failure and worked with overseas and domestic suppliers to correct a

serious design issue and improve a key product line to prevent a loss

of nearly $3 million in sales and grew the product category by 10% in

first 12 months after launch of the solution.

Signtronix Corporation

Sales Consultant, Fort Worth, TX

2004 to 2006

Hired to learn the business from the "ground-up" and then launch a

consulting division for industry specific customers in the storage

industry. Top 5 rookie sales person within 6 months.

- Designed and launched a consulting service for the storage industry:

Comprehensive program for on-sight analysis of a customer's location

for design and placement of signage and other display marketing.

- Signed the largest corporate client in company history: Signed U-Haul

to a site consulting contract within the first month of launching the

new program.

EARLIER BACKGROUND

1997 to 2004

Courier and Flow Coordinator: FedEx Corporation, Fort Worth, TX

Dental Assistant: Dr. O.Z. Helmer D.D.S., Fort Worth, TX

Education

Master of Business Administration, University of Phoenix, Fort Worth, TX

Bachelor of Business Administration, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth,

TX

Training and Certification

- Danaher Business Systems, Coppell, TX

- Danaher Problem Solving Process, Chicago, IL

- Product Management Certification - Association of International

Product Marketing Management

- Product Marketing Management Certification - Association of

International Product Marketing Management

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