Vernon L.

About Vernon L.

I’m a top-producing national sales manager with strong financial acumen and a passion for distributor management and developing new business, identifying and capitalizing on growth opportunities, managing budgets and P&L\'s. Build and grow teams. I have great success working with underperforming teams, dysfunctional groups, and companies in transition. I know how to restructure, re-train, and motivate these groups—and get them profitable quickly. I enjoy mentoring and coaching people to be star producers and potential future team leaders. Continuously innovate. I always want to be on the leading edge in my industry. Again, that’s my passion for learning coming through, but it’s also my drive to remove internal and external barriers to success. I’m always looking for an innovative way to streamline a process, sell an add-on service/product, or capture a new market. Think strategically; act tactically. I am good at improving supply chain management and logistic challenges. I’ve touched more than 20 industries, including manufacturing, metals industry, fluid power, infrastructure, mining, oil refining, pulp and paper, aerospace, GSA, high tech, food processing, pumps, heavy equipment, and automotive. I’ve turned around failing territories, built high-performance teams from scratch, and increased market share in spite of difficult economic times.

Experience

1. Director of Construction & Manufacturing Safety Sales

   Triax Technologies

   Jun 2021 — Present · Newcastle, WA, US

Education

• City University of Seattle

  Business Administration, Buisness Administration

  1985 — 1988

• Pacific Lutheran University - School of Business

  MBA, Technology, Innovation, Management

  2001 — 2003