| Employment History: |
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July 1987 to Present
President and Partner |
Longren and Parks, Inc |
| Responsible for all aspects of client programs. Primary focus includes review of media purchases, feature story placement, development of overall plans, programs and budgets. Supervises newsletter program and new account development. |
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1983 to 1987
Regional Sales Manager
and Advertising Manager |
Parker Hannifin Corporation
Compumotor Division |
| During this period sales volume grew from $550,000 to $3.8 million. Directed Miller-O'Brien, ad agency, including all printed material, publicity and space advertising. Developed a seminar selling program and managed a$700,000-plus budget. |
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1980 to 1983
Manager - Advertising |
Warner Electric Brake and Clutch Co. |
| Directed a department of six people, managed two outside agencies and managed a one million dollar budget. Project responsibilities included: space ads, publicity, trade shows, product literature, product manuals and annual reports. |
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1976 to 1980
Regional Sales Manager |
Honeywell, Inc. |
| During this period started as a sales representative, directed four sales reps and nine operations people as a sales/operations supervisor and managed six direct sales reps as a regional sales manager |
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| Education: |
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1979 Graduate
Bachelor of Applied Studies |
University of Minnesota |
| Major areas of study - business, communications and human relations |
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