Jonathan Tone
Cassopolis,MI
Summary
Highly motivated professional with 33 years of entrepreneurial and management experience. Skillfully creates and maintains professional and loyal relationships with co-workers, staff and clients while managing administrative and sales employees. Comfortable working independently as manager and leader and as collaborative team member. Applies business acumen and experience and exercises decisive judgment to meet and exceed organizational goals.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Owner
T1 Transport
Marcellus, Michigan
05.2024 - Current
- Development of healthy workforce.
- Development of infrastructure between companies for financial gain.
- Company fill in personnel.
- Development of customer relationships.
Owner
Midwest Soil Co.
Cassopolis, Michigan
01.2021 - Current
- Manage daily operations including hiring and training of employees.
- Sales manager in charge of all sales opportunities for the betterment of the company.
District Sales Manager
AgXplore
Joplin, Missouri
05.2016 - 01.2021
- Identified potential new markets and customers that could be tapped into for increased revenue growth
- Recruited new members for the sales team when needed according to established criteria.
District Sales Manager
DuPont
Johnston, Iowa
05.2010 - 05.2016
- Increase sales in certain geographic areas of concern.
- Build long lasting customer relationships through several avenues. Knowledge of product!! Educate your customer base.
District Sales Manager
AgReliant Genetics
Westfield, Indiana
05.2006 - 05.2008
- Increase sales in selected DSM geographic areas.
- Worked closely with sister brand DSMs to keep the company in our best interest when selling to growers that prefer both brands.
Sales Manager
Community Mills Inc
Cassopolis, Michigan
05.1992 - 05.2008
- Developed and implemented sales strategies to increase market share.
- Collaborated with marketing team to create promotional materials for target customers.
- Conducted meetings with staff members to review goals and objectives for the quarter and year.
Education
High School Diploma -
Marcellus High School
Marcellus, MI06-1988
Some College (No Degree) - Business
Glenn Oaks Community College
Centreville, MISkills
- Sales Management
- Customer support and satisfaction
- Customize or manufacture new programs to build customer interest
Languages
English
Professional
Certification
- Several increase in sales plaques and awards.
- Inducted into the Schoolcraft Hall of Fame for coaching abilities (directing young men to get their full potential!)
- Building new programs to gain interest from 10,000 acre farm establishments.
- Started what’s called the Century Club which helped growers interested in hitting 100 bu per/acre
Accomplishments
- Several plaques for increase in sales
- Largest soybean increase
- Largest seed corn increase
- Received larger coverage area to work on difficult sales regions
- Replaced conventional seed sales both corn and beans to increase technology and yield in the field. From 14% BT sales to 90%BT sales
Affiliations
- I have a great passion for agriculture in general
- Born into farming our family raised swine and dairy as well as crop farming. Today we just crop farm.
- Love to find solutions to all struggles in agriculture.
- Also love to coach basketball.
Timeline
Owner
T1 Transport
05.2024 - Current
Owner
Midwest Soil Co.
01.2021 - Current
District Sales Manager
AgXplore
05.2016 - 01.2021
District Sales Manager
DuPont
05.2010 - 05.2016
District Sales Manager
AgReliant Genetics
05.2006 - 05.2008
Sales Manager
Community Mills Inc
05.1992 - 05.2008
High School Diploma -
Marcellus High School
Some College (No Degree) - Business
Glenn Oaks Community College