Daniel J. Meinerz


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Guerdon Enterprises, LLC Boise ID06/2007 12/2008
Regional Sales Manager
Responsible for custom modular housing sales and business development in Colorado, Wyoming and Montana.


TUFF SHED, Inc. Denver, CO2003 - 2007
Director, National Account Sales 2003 - 2007
Managed and grew the sales & marketing side of Tuff Shed through 2007.
Managed all National Accounts
Created unique co-op marketing and promotions programs
Expanded the overall TUFF SHED sales program with the Housing Industry Several Partnered with National restaurant businesses Government Services Administration, Developed and managed GSA Account for military

TUFF SHED, Inc. Denver, CO1995 - 2003
Director, Sales & Marketing 1995 - 2003
Member of staff, responsible for developing corporate strategic plans, tactical sales and marketing programs over twenty-four state area
Created promotions and advertising for 54 direct locations and 20 dealers.
Developed, trained and an internal sales organization which took sales from 15 million dollars, to over 260 million dollars in eleven years.
Created sales training and marketing videos, print advertising while coordinating over 85 home show appearances per year.
Designed, wrote and produced brochures, product specification sheets and press releases. Published articles in several MHI publications and presented at industry meetings
Developed product distribution and merchandising materials for Home Depot
Directed and wrote the original TUFF SHED web-site plan







SOLBOURNE COMPUTER, Inc. Longmont, CO 1991 - 1994
Director, Marketing Communications
Responsibilities included: Press relations, editorial visits and article development, technical presentations and white papers. Trade shows, product data sheets and collateral, advertising concepts, copy-writing and media selection. Sales support through customer presentations and focused account interaction. International distribution support and advertising programs for Americas first multi-tasking, multi-processor SPARC server


NCR CORPORATION World Headquarters, Dayton, OH 1988 - 1991
Manager, Marketing Communications
National and International marketing & advertising programs for NCRs advanced technology semiconductor group Literature design and distribution, press relations, article development and advertising agency management Media selection and ad placement Technical sales training seminars, sales incentive programs and program management Product market introductions and trade show management


PROFESSIONAL SKILLS & TRAINING:

Advertising High Tech Marketing Product Mgmnt.
Sales Strategic Planning Telemarketing
Sales Meeting Planning Seminars Training Art/Photography
Graphic Design Mechanical Design Direction
Press Relations Trade Show Mgmt Manufacturing
Budgeting for ROI Professional Selling Skills Process Control

EDUCATION:

BS Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Associates - Fine Art, Layton School of Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Post Graduate Psychology St. Martins College, Olympia, Washington









Daniel J. Meinerz Biographical Summary

Mr. Meinerz is a Sales/Marketing professional with over 20 years of management experience in hi-tech and construction disciplines. Recently employed by Guerdon Enterprises, LLC a custom modular homebuilder as Regional Sales Manager.

While at TUFF SHED, Dan initiated a direct sales force of 100+ individuals and provided all training, motivation and collateral materials. Prior to Tuff Shed, Dan was retained by Compaq Computer in Houston as a Marketing Consultant with product introduction responsibilities. While the Marketing Director at Solbourne Computer, he was responsible for introducing SPARC based client servers to strategic accounts in the financial and commercial markets. He was also part of the sales management organization at NCR Microelectronics World HQ in Dayton, Ohio 1988 1991. Revenue there increased from $80 million to over $400 million in this four-year period.

While at Honeywell Microelectronics in Colorado Springs, CO from 1985 1988, Meinerz was responsible for the marketing communications programs of the ASIC, Gate Array division and part of the management team that increased revenues from $11 million to $77 million. He also co-founded Silicon Mountain Symposium in 1986, an annual event that brought computer industry publishers, editors and analyst to Colorado to meet with the hi-tech manufacturers of the Rocky Mountain Region.

From 1982 1985 Meinerz headed up the distribution sales & marketing efforts at AMD, (Advanced Micro Devices) in Silicon Valley. His work contributed to AMDs first billion-dollar year in 1985. Prior to that, he was with Unirad and Organon Teknika, both medical ultrasound companies in Denver in product development and sales.

Dan has an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin Madison and an associate degree in fine art from the Layton School of Art Milwaukee, WI. He also attended St. Martins College in Olympia, Washington for post-graduate work in psychology. Dan is a licensed journeyman cabinetmaker and stair builder who still makes sawdust on weekends when the ski slopes arent open. He served as a platoon leader with the U S Army Corps of Engineers assigned to Ft. Lewis, Tacoma Washington where he was an instructor in the construction trades.