Michael Gaines

Experience

1. CEO & Owner (Kenosha,wi)

   FASTSIGNS®

   Oct 2015 — Present

   At FASTSIGNS of Kenosha, our mission is to help our existing and new customers improve their businesses within the Southern Wisconsin Community we serve. We achieve this by taking a consultancy approach around the customer\'s business needs. Projects usually begin with a business discussion followed by some design drafts, and additional discussion to tweak the final product to meet the customers goal. Everything truly revolves around our ability to first listen to our customers and from that discussion to craft Visual Communications graphics and text that achieve the desired and expressed goal of our customer.FASTSIGNS of Kenosha Serving all of Southern Wisconsin and parts of Northern IL, works with small and large business alike. Everyone that walks through our front door is a VIP!We are indeed \"More than FAST and More than SIGNS!\" If you\'re looking to improve your presence inside or out please call us to talk to one of our professional staff about your next project!

Education

• .UEI (UEI United Electronics Institute) ASEE

  ASEE, Electrical Engineering & Electronics

  1979 — 1981

• Cardinal Stritch University- (BSBA)

  BSBA, Business Administration

• IBM Certified Professional

  IBM, Servers, Storage, Dynamic Infrastructures

• UEI United Electronic Institute

  ASEE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  1980 — 1982

Skills

• Pre-Sales
• Channel Partners
• Data Center
• Managed Services
• Business Development
• Ibm
• Integration
• Cisco Technologies
• Leadership
• Selling
• Sales Operations
• Professional Services
• Storage
• Disaster Recovery
• Cloud Computing
• Networking
• Hp
• High Availability Architecture
• Saas
• San
• Hardware
• Solution Selling
• Servers
• Salesforce.com
• Virtualization
• Storage Area Networks
• Account Management
• Presales
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Storage Solutions
• Direct Sales
• Sales
• High Availability Clustering
• Management