Kris Breytenbach

Sales and management professional with almost 20 years international sales and management experience in B2B, B2C and Government environments. My unparalleled expertise will be crucial to the realization of the company’s goals while the combination of my international sales experience, boots- on-the-ground training and ability to manage cross cultural teams places me a unique position to take on roles that require these skills. My first true sales experience was with the multinational company Toyota, where I learned that technical expertise was the essential to best meeting clients’ needs as a salesman. For this reason, I voluntarily engaged in additional training to ensure that I fully understood the minutiae of the vehicles I was selling. Likewise, when I transitioned into the armored vehicle industry in 2010, I realized that my effectiveness in sales depended on meticulous study of the vehicles and my clients. The only way to truly understand armored vehicles is to see them in use, so I spent extended periods of time with private security companies, several Foreign Embassies, and the US Military in war zones, including Iraq and Afghanistan. The knowledge that I gained by driving these vehicles day to day as well as through attacks cannot be studied; it must be lived. I believe that I am one of very few individuals, in the United States specialty vehicle industry with this breadth of experience in every aspect from construction to sales to logistics and delivery. This vast knowledge, which certainly helps a sales professional understand how to best meet client needs, also results in much greater profitability. In an industry where trust is everything, I earn the respect of my clients based on my expertise, and my sales numbers prove it. In my first position in the armored car industry, I became one of the top executives in Dubai, UAE, selling almost 300 vehicles in my first year alone. I have also been proven as an effective manager, training and overseeing large sales staffs around the world including during my time at A.C.T Armor Otomotiv Ltd. in Turkey and Streit Group in the United Arab Emirates. I am fluent in English and Afrikaans and can converse in Russian. Being no stranger to the high stakes and multi-million-dollar deals that are inherent to specialty vehicle negotiations, I look forward to using my unique expertise in a new role.

• Small Vessel Certificate of Competency
• Private Pilot License