Foodservice Marketing

How long have you been with BI?

Since October 2007.

What do you do for Coalition Marketing?

I call on new accounts and re-engage our current accounts that have not had recent activity.

What are your favorite books?

I enjoy referencing the Bible, as well as learning from books that talk about health and training horses.

What are your favorite movies:

Rat Race, Disney’s Robin Hood, Godfather I & II, The Natural, the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, Devil Wears Prada, You, Me, and Dupree, Seabiscuit, and the Parelli Natural Horsemanship At Liberty Series

What was the first concert you went to?

The Family Values Tour (KORN, Metallica, Kid Rock, Powerman 5000, System of a Down) and the Judds in the same month! I had and still have eclectic tastes.

Who was your childhood crush?

After watching 8 Seconds I knew Luke Perry/Lane Frost and I were meant for each other…I loved how “hot” Luke was but I loved the character he was playing, Lane. Later I found my real life “hot” cowboy!

What’s the best/worst thing about working on Foodservice Rewards?

I enjoy that fact that it is a program that gives back. I do not enjoy that fact that there are rude people who won’t take 5 seconds of their day to benefit a hospital or school.

What’s your most guilty pleasure?

Food….I can be a glutton!!

What’s one thing about you that no one would ever guess?

My experiences in life for my age. I have been to many places, achieved a number of goals, and have done a lot of crazy things (i.e. jumped cars, done acrobatics on horses, bridge jumping, etc.) I enjoy living life to the fullest and I credit my people skills and understanding of sales to all of these unique positions I have been in.

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How long have you been with BI?

Since June of 2007.

What do you do for Coalition Marketing?

I re-engage high volume Foodservice Rewards participants whose accounts have no activity. This entails contacting the participant by phone or other means and persuading them to enter codes. I also work on starting new high volume accounts by the same means.

Favorite Books/Movies?

Book: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Movie: Serenity

What is the first concert you went to?

Bob Dylan with my dad when I was 12. My first concert on my own was the Flaming Lips at First Avenue sometime in the early 90′s.

Who was your childhood crush?

Katarina Witt.

What’s the best/worst thing about working on Foodservice Rewards?

The constant improvement of the program, the feeling that we are creating an entirely new concept.

What’s your most guilty pleasure?

Heh Heh.

What’s one thing about you that no one would ever guess?

My age (born 1978).

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How long have you been with BI?

Just over 7 years.

What do you do for Coalition Marketing?

I’m a technical project manager for the operations team. I work with marketing and sales to come up with new enhancements to our Web sites and new promotional tools, and then work with the technical team to turn the concepts into reality.

What’s your most prized possession?

My Cleveland Gun Metal Sand Wedge. Being a bad golfer forces me to be good “around” the greens.

What’s your most embarrassing moment at work?

While on a phone with a client, I tried to say “You’re Welcome” and “No problem” at the same time and it came out “You’re Problem”!

What’s the best/worst thing about working on Foodservice Rewards?

Overhearing Ray’s customer service phone calls all day long.

Favorite Books/Movies?

Favorite book: Band of Brothers
Favorite movie: Napoleon Dynamite

Who was your childhood celebrity crush?

A toss up between Winnie from the Wonder Years and Kelly from Saved by the Bell.

What’s one thing about you that no one would ever guess?

Typically it’s my age although that’s slowly catching up to me. I turn 30 this year summer although I was recently carded for buying lottery tickets by a teenager who exclaimed “Whoa, you look young dude!”

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How long have you been with BI?

8 1/2 years

What do you do for Coalition Marketing?

Customer Service Manager and Lead the Reward Code Label process.

As a child, what did you want to “be when you grew up”?

An actor.

Tell us about your first kiss: Who, When, Where?

No way!!!

What’s your most prized possession?

I would flip if I lost my photos (family, friends etc.)

What’s your most guilty pleasure?

Again, no way!

What’s the best/worst thing about working on Foodservice Rewards?

I LOVE the people I talk to!

What’s the first concert you went to?

Billy Joel before “fame”.

Favorite Books/Movies?

Love anything Stephen King and there are too many movies to choose from.

Words or phrases you overuse?

“Oh, you know what???” Which is what I say before I tell you how silly I think you’re being.

What is you single biggest fear?

Really dislike spiders.

Who was your childhood celebrity crush?

Donny Osmond.

What’s one thing about you that no one would ever guess?

I truly have no idea………………

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How long have you been with BI?

2.5 Years.

What do you do for Coalition Marketing?

I am the Technical Project Manager on the team. My main responsibilities include training sponsors on our reporting tools, helping conduct new sponsor orientations, report creation and verification, managing testing of the new functionality on the websites and databases.

As a child, what did you want to “be when you grew up”?

Oh boy, there were many things I wanted to “be” but as a small child I wanted to be a nun or an astronaut.

What’s your most prized possession?

Are children possessions until they are 18? If so, hands down my children.

What’s the best/worst thing about working on Foodservice Rewards?

The worst thing about working on Foodservice Rewards is not being eligible to participate in the program.

What’s the first concert you went to?

My first concert was Metallica.

Favorite Books/Movies?

Drama and Action Adventure movies are my favorite and my favorite books are the Pierce Anthony, Incarnations of Immortality Series.

Words or phrases you overuse?

That’s crazy.

Who was your childhood celebrity crush?

Johnny Depp.

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How long have you been with BI?

1 1/2 years.

What do you do for Coalition Marketing?

I help Manufacturers better understand their most valuable operators and what motivates them.

Tell us about your first kiss: Who, When, Where?

First Kiss…a very cute boy when I was in 9th grade. He lives in Eagan now and my son and his were on the same football team…small world.

What’s your most prized possession?

My kids: Ashley and Austin

What’s your most embarrassing moment at work?

(Not at work) I was taking piano lessons in Omaha, NE and the instructor told me to “just come in” the side door for lessons…no need to knock. I went into the wrong house for a lesson one day and was greeted by a large German Shepard and a very puzzled family. I still get embarrassed thinking about it.

What’s the first concert you went to?

Who was your childhood celebrity crush?

Dennis Quaid is hot.

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How long have you been with BI?

Over 3 years, but it seems much longer to my co-workers.

What do you do for Coalition Marketing?

Look at numbers, analyze numbers, explain numbers, criticize numbers, dream of numbers, and curse numbers – lots and lots of numbers. Sometimes I talk to people.

As a child, what did you want to “be when you grew up”?

Among other things, a fireman, a football player, and married to my 4th grade teacher.

What’s your most guilty pleasure?

Uhhh, no one’s going to see this. Right?

What’s the first concert you went to?

Jefferson Airplane and 38 Special. It was really good, at least that’s what I’ve been told.

What is your single biggest fear?

Yes.

What’s one thing about you that no one would ever guess?

One thing? Oh, there are too many – I sold cars, sold stereos (but not stereos out of the back of cars), taught college courses, and for a very brief time was a member of the Coplay Clown Club (don’t ask).

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