Jeff H. Walton
Eden Prairie, MN 55344

612-460-5560
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Sales and Sales Management Experience:
 

As a Sales Manager:
Ran local and regional sales offices in several industries, including: 

  • Semiconductors - Commercial and Defense Markets

  • Computer Peripherals

  • Switching Magnetic components 

Responsible for guiding the growth of a $90 million sales region, including:

Sales Management:

  • Strategic region planning

  • Financial forecasting and plans

  • Sales, marketing, and promotional activities

  • Selection and management of manufacturers representatives

  • Development and negotiation of contract proposals

  • Management of customer contract agreements

  • Set-up and staffing of trade shows

  • Technical customer support

  • New business development

  • Direct, Strategic Account Management

Sales Management Highlights:

  • Developed an untapped 3-state region for Mitsubishi into a profitable 9-state region. Appointed and trained the manufacturer’s representative sales force and assisted in the development of major accounts. Result was to increase business from initial level of $1,000,000/yr to over $90,000,000/yr, an average increase of over $7,500,000 annually.
     

  • Successfully negotiated several long-term agreements with new clients including Rockwell International, Multi-Tech Systems, Inc., IBM, and Digi International Corporation resulting in $15,000,000 in annual revenues.

  • Managed a five-year project with Mitsubishi to develop a new optoelectronic product for IBM resulting in over $3,000,000 in new annual revenues.
     

  • Successfully developed custom business engagements with Mitsubishi and Pulse Engineering for several products which were eventually released as commercial standard devices.
     

  • Established Pulse Engineering's largest national account resulting in over $2,500,000 in new annual revenues.
     

  • Increased territory sales at Texas Instruments from $6,300,000 to over $8,500,000, a 35% increase in a two-year period.
     

  • Worked with customer early high technology development teams to specify semiconductor devices for future production.    
     

  • New Business development for Texas Instruments.  Developed two key accounts to over $1,000,000 annual sales revenue.

     

   

 

 

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