Brandon Smith

At A2, we are a small Tri Bike manufacturer. My duties included everything from building bikes, designing frames, buying, shipping, warranty, hiring, and sales. I've been integral to the company's growth which has exceeded 150%-180% each year. Balancing multiple inventory and POS systems. Prioritizing Communication and personal relationships with our clients has been the cornerstone of our success.

Branching out from the cycling industry for a change after the pandemic. Decided to take my passion for knives bit more seriously and start a career with benchmade. Here i was a warranty tech. Duties included everything from knife repair, data entry, product quality control, identifying counterfeits etc. Ultimately this was a great experience but it left me missing the cycling industry, so my time here was short.

• Sales/Webstore/custom orders. Accomplishments included Expansion of our websales protocol, refinement of our training on cycling electronics, indoor training and gps. While maintaining a very consistent increase in sales and profit margins.
• Duties included everything from running our Ebay store, Photographer, social media, building custom bikes, fitting, warranties, service, GPS and indoor training specialist, Power meter Expertise, Carbon repair, ordering, insurance estimates and hundreds of other vital tasks.
• Facilitated multiple $15k-$20k+ bike sales, custom builds, custom fits
• Totals sales of $100k+ per month individually was not uncommon

• Sales/fitting/coaching
• Duties ranged from sales of all types of bikes, Bike building, mechanical work, to bike fitting, coaching, nutritional consulting, wrenching, managing online and ebay sales, overall daily store upkeep and management, shipping+receiving, all warranty/rma, Carbon Fiber repair, leading group rides, teaching spin classes, attending industry events, racing for the shop.

• Training all new Operators, assisting in licensing + testing, Upkeep of 45 cab fleet (mechanics), Operating cab on the weekends.

• Overseeing all shipping+receiving duties, warranties/RMA’s, opening/closing store, Sales, wrenching, Merchandising.

• Portland Pedicabs was a company I started with my best friend in Austin, Texas.
• We purchased a fleet of 4 cabs and leased them out to riders
• We acquired business licence, insurance, became a sole proprietorship.
• Sold the company in 2011 to pursue Road bike racing full time.