Brian Dawson

About Brian Dawson

Brian is a primary contributer to the whiskey article and review site \"WhiskeyfortheAges.com\". Together with his daughters, the trio host the WftA Podcast, which can be found and downloaded from your favorite podcast platform. Brian\'s Whiskey exploits and related industry news can be found in the LinkedIn groups \'Whiskey\',\'Liquor and Spirits\', and \'Bourbon Aficionados\' as well as on other social media platforms.In addition, Brian joined the furniture and mattress sales team (Boise, ID location) of the Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, RC Willey Home Furnishings, in the fall of 2017 after nearly nine successful years in business software sales. As an RC Willey sales associate he is responsible for product sales in the areas of power and stationary living and family room pieces (fabric and leather), bedroom and mattress, dining and office, and area rugs and decor. A consistent producer, Brian drives personal sales numbers to maintain top third performance in the number one store of the fourteen store chain.Using inspired and energetic team partnership and a passion for personal development, Brian continues to build on his history of high level achievement, successfully improving his performance year after year. While at Print Tracker, Brian strengthened and expanded client involvement with promotion of managed print services software around the world and coordinated all knowledge and product use training for the software developer. Brian was the primary contributor to the Print Tracker Blog series “Managed Print Basics – Becoming an MPS Champion …” having written and published over 45 industry related articles.As a former member of the Managed Print Services Association (MPSA), Brian served on that group’s Standards and Best Practices Committee where he was co-chairperson. Brian was presented with an \"Individual Recognition for Contribution\" award for his work on that committee.Previously, Brian helped contractors navigate Home Depot\'s retail systems to coordinate large scale package purchases and their deliveries. Brian held Home Depot management positions as District Pro Sales, Operations, Specialty, and Merchandising, as well as multiple Department Head assignments.Specialties:• Customer Service • Information analysis and solution generation• New Business Development • Special Order Sales and Followup• Tactical Planning• Problem Solving• Account, Retail and Sales Management• Consultative Selling and Proposal Preparation• Pre and Post Sales Support• Product Knowledge Training and Support

Experience

1. Furniture and Mattress Sales

   RC Willey

   Nov 2017 — Present

   In my first full year, I finished in the top third of all Furniture and Mattress Sales Associates, exceeding more than $1.1 million in new business.Each year since, my sales and followup performance has improved. I continue to build year over year growth, maintaining my top 10 position in furniture and mattress sales in the number one store of the 14 outlet chain.

Education

• DeVry Institute of Technology - Phoenix

  Applied Science in Electronics and Engineering Associates Degree, Electronics, Management

  1976 — 1979

Skills

• Communication
• Marketing Strategy
• Direct Sales
• Saas
• Account Management
• Managed Services
• Document Management
• Strategy
• Analysis
• Competitive Analysis
• Selling
• Business Development
• Sales Process
• Microsoft Excel
• Solution Selling
• Operations Management
• Product Marketing
• Sales Presentations
• Key Account Management
• Management
• Team Building
• Strategic Planning
• Profit
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Inventory Management
• Coaching
• Retail
• B2b
• Customer Relations
• Program Management
• Business Productivity
• Sales Management
• Leadership
• Marketing
• Crm
• Corporate Blogging
• Customer Satisfaction
• Training
• Sales
• New Business Development