About Will
Will Haugerud has 20 years of extensive experience in the Leadership of Sales, Marketing and Operations teams.
His strengths include all aspects of operation, marketing, recruiting, training, management, sales, production, communication and administration. Will has assisted numerous organizations into becoming well-established groups. He is particularly skilled at identifying, improving and rejuvenating business units towards a greater level of productivity due to his ability to quickly identify obstacles and take proactive measures needed to optimize performance.
His impressive background will provide any organization with a self-motivated, helpful, and flexible leader who understands what is needed to get the job done. He is both persuasive and capable of developing rapport and trust, as well as experienced in influencing the attitudes and ideas of others.
Some of his many other professional qualifications include:
- Entrepreneurial: Specialist with new market, startup and turn-around situations. He has a solid hunter mentality coupled with an inherent customer service mindset that is not afraid to get into trenches and do what is necessary to ensure success.
- Leadership: Creative problem solver with the ability to drive revenue growth, improve systems and productivity, while creating an environment of strong morale and success. Decisive team leader with extensive experience recruiting and hiring sales teams, developing talent and creating effective training programs.
- Management: Solid background in planning and executing sales and marketing plans. Highly developed negotiation skills and experience cultivating strategic business partnerships. Equally strong in budgeting and financial management.
- Sales: Dynamic sales professional with exceptional interpersonal and communication skills (network, collaborate, negotiate) who is able to build positive, effective business relationships. Because of his past experience he is not only able to clearly recognize and understand the objectives, but is then able to take the necessary action to produce success.
- Marketing: Proven ability to recognize and capitalize on market trends and assume bottom-line responsibility for strategic planning, pricing, market research and forecasting. Broad knowledge of marketing and advertising disciplines, including online (ppc, ppa, BT, text ads, geo-targeting, etc.), social media and print.
- Communication: Persuasive communicator with well-developed presentation and negotiation skills. Able to develop productive relationships with colleagues, customers and staff at all levels.
Possessing diverse experience across many industries, Will is able to generate new and creative ways to succeed through strategic tactical plans, which drive growth and diversification. He actively seeks out opportunities to explore new business development and opportunities, while keeping the organizational awareness comprehensive and current. Will is considered a broad-based executive with experience in all core-operating functions, top-flight negotiations, problem-solving, and the ability to make difficult decisions.
His background has afforded him many other “intangible” qualifications one can’t learn from a book as well. Qualities such as resourcefulness, creativity, insight, adaptability, pride, and common sense are just a few; protocols including integrity, accountability, appropriateness, and a strong, honest work ethic make him a cut above the rest.
