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Bernie V. Bowersock

Bernie V. Bowersock
Sr. Vice President, Sales and Marketing
North American Tool Corporation
b.bowersock@natool.com
P.O. Box 116, 215 Elmwood Avenue, South Beloit, IL 61080
US and Canada: 800.USA.TAPS (800.872.8277) or Fax at 800.USA.FAX (800.872.3299) International: 1.815.389.2300 or Fax at 1.815.389.2952


CAREER

  • Sr. Vice President, Sales and Marketing for the past 11 years, North American Tool Corporation, South Beloit, IL. Responsible for Sales and Marketing worldwide.
  • National Sales Manager, 8 years, The Weldon Tool Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Responsible for worldwide sales.
  • Partner and Executive Vice President, 3 years, Mac Austin, Inc., Lubbock, Texas. A 40 year old, three-branch, industrial supply company, covering West Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico. Subsequently sold the company to two other industrial supply companies, and consulted with one of them for a year and a half.
  • Western Regional Manager, 5 years, Briggs-Weaver, Inc., Dallas, Texas. A $200 million industrial supply company. Responsible for establishing branches in Midland/Odessa, El Paso, Texas, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, as well as developing integrated supply systems for their customers for the entire corporation and its 27 branches, in six states.
  • Sales Representative, 2 years, Carboloy Systems Div. of General Electric Corporation. Responsible for sales in Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico.
  • Sales Representative, 8 years, The Cleveland Twist Drill Co. Cleveland, Ohio. One year Intensive Training in Tool Design, Product Application, and Customer Service; seven years as sales representative in Texas and Mexico.
  • Staff Sgt., US Army, 2 years, Instructor, Chemical School, Fort McClellan, Alabama.

EDUCATION

Graduate of Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, Ohio. (BA in Humanities).

PERSONAL

Married 38 years to Jody, a Cardiac and Intensive Care Nurse at Swedish American Hospital, and two grown daughters. Hobbies include archery, shooting, and restoring a 1962 Austin-Healey 3000, a work in progress.