Steve Copson
Portland,OR
Summary
Talented Vice President with excellent employee development, customer service and analytics skills coupled with more than 20 years of experience. Comfortable giving engaging presentations to clients to drive new business, expand accounts and establish brand profile. Excellent team builder and leader of initiatives.
Overview
55
55
years of professional experience
Work History
Vp General Manager
Whatman, Inc.
Ridgewood, NJ
01.1984 - 05.2014
- Identified opportunities to improve business process flows and overall departmental productivity.
- Established performance goals for department and provided methods for reaching milestones.
- Increased company growth through collaboration with sales and marketing departments.
- Attended trade shows and client meetings, promoting company brand and building rapport with prospects and partners.
- Created and made appropriate documentation for annual budgets and senior leadership goal
- Orchestrated positive media coverage and stockholder relations as public face of company.
VP of Sales and Business Development
Scientific Products Div./ American Hospital Supply
Ridgewood, New Jersey
01.1976 - 05.2000
- Continually evaluated marketplace trends and oversaw gathering of competitive intelligence within markets and across service lines.
- Drove company branding efforts to increase market presence and brand recognition.
- Created strategic service roadmaps for new initiatives.
- Developed overall marketing strategy and support implementation across [Number] departments.
Education
High School Diploma -
05.1966
Bachelor of Science - Biological And Physical Sciences
05.1967
MBA - Business Administration And Management
05.1976
Skills
- Public Speaking
- Media Relations
- Microsoft Office
- Profit Objectives
- Employee Motivation and Performance
- Leadership and People Development
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 10 staff members.
- Resolved product issues through consumer testing.
- Documented and resolved several issues which led to successful launch of a new product line of high pressure liquid chromatography(HPLC) products.
- Expanded micro filtration products to meet the evolving scientific area of chromatography systems for use in biotechnology.
Timeline
Vp General Manager - Whatman, Inc.
01.1984 - 05.2014
VP of Sales and Business Development - Scientific Products Div./ American Hospital Supply
01.1976 - 05.2000
La Jolla High School - High School Diploma,
California State University - Bachelor of Science, Biological And Physical Sciences
Santa Clara University - MBA, Business Administration And Management