Barry De Bord

Favorite restaurant: Twin Anchors

Why sales? The positive energy of a team environment and the opportunity to help others achieve success.

Favorite thing about sales: Negotiating something that is very complex so it falls into place in simplistic form.

Favorite concert: Jay-Z/Kanye

Brian Fitzpatrick

Favorite thing about sales: The power is yours to make your career what you want and that you can use the skills in any area of business

Favorite concert: Caitlin McGarry’s Morning Meeting Fiddle

Favorite quote: “Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it,” –Unknown

Nickname: “Fitz” or “Fitzy”

Joe Green

Where you grew up: Chicago

College:  Alabama State University

Favorite restaurant: StirCrazy

Why sales? It’s the area of any organization that impacts its growth and you’re allowed the opportunity to interact with those people that are responsible for that, the customers.

Favorite quote: "Birds of a feather flock together."

Kevin Morrissey

Where you grew up:  Chicago

College:  Marquette University

Why sales? I like the culture and the challenge.

Favorite quote: “You got to plant the seeds before you mow the lawn” – Drew Brock

Best career advice you have ever been given: "Stay away from idiots."

Derek Parker

Where you grew up: Flemington, NJ

College:  Miami of Ohio

Favorite restaurant: Fogo de Chao

Matt Dylag

Where you grew up:  Chicago

Why sales?  $$$$$$$ Show me the money $$$$$$$

Your favorite thing about sales is: Learning something new everyday

Your favorite concert you have ever been to is: Kanye West Glow in the Dark Tour

Nickname: “Gato” Spanish for cat, because of my cat-like reflexes, hahaha…. True story

Nikki Ingleby

Where you grew up:  Knoxville, TN

College:  University of Tennessee

Why sales? I’m passionate about what I’m selling.

Favorite concert: Kings of Leon, Lollapolooza

If you could have dinner with anyone, who would it be? Marguerite Blum

Nickname: Nikster

Michael Collins

Where you grew up: Western Springs, IL

College:  Purdue

Favorite restaurant: Redamak's

Why sales? The competitive atmosphere.

Favorite concert: Brue Springstein

Andrew Brock

Nickname: Brocko

College:  University of Nebraska Omaha      

Favorite thing about sales is: There are never two days exactly alike. People are unpredictable.

Your favorite concert: The Eagles

Favorite quote: “If a man does his best, what else is there” -General George S. Patton Jr.

If given the opportunity to have dinner with anyone living or deceased, who would it be?  Dan Patrick

Jessyca Latimer

Where you grew up:  Evanston!

College:  Northwestern University- Go Cats!

Favorite restaurant: Pappadeaux’s

Favorite thing about sales: Playing the role of an expert each and every day.

Favorite quote: “Be who you are and say what you feel. Because those who matter won’t mind and those who mind don’t matter.”

Katie Digan

Where you grew up:  Right here in E-town (and also Duxbury, MA).

Favorite restaurant: Quartino

Favorite thing about sales: Connecting with clients and providing them with a wellness solution for their company that has such a great impact on them and their employees.  

Favorite quote:  “Don’t worry, be happy”

Luisa Fitzpatrick

Where you grew up:  Manila, Philippines (I call myself a “transplant”)    

 College:  The Lyceum University Manila            

Favorite restaurant: Bali Laguna in Nanjing Road, Shanghai

Your favorite thing about sales is: Why, the customers, of course! They always make things interesting.

Favorite concert: I haven’t been to many but my first Chicago Blues Festival when B.B. King performed early summer of ‘08 was pretty cool. My future favorite would be to see Moby or Massive Attack perform.

Favorite quote:“The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.” – Confucius

Kevin O'Malley

Where you grew up:  NW Side of Chicago

College:  Western Illinois University

Favorite restaurant: Lou Malnati’s

Why sales? Money           

Favorite thing about sales: There is no limit on what you can earn. 

Favorite concert: Metalica Death Magnetic Tour

 Favorite quote: “Be Good or be good at it”

 Nickname: MUX

What is the best career advice you have ever been given?  Don’t go home till the job is done. 

Michael Murphy

College:  Columbia College Chicago     

Favorite restaurant:  Frog and Snail or Tank 

Why sales? Only closers get can have coffee.

Your favorite thing about sales is: I like the coffee.

Favorite quote:“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.” Mark Twain

Sales Badger

Where you grew up: A forest

College: School of "hard knocks"

Favorite thing about sales: Doing Deals

Favorite quote: "fall 7 times, get up 8"

Kim Kozeny

Where you grew up: Roselle, IL

College:  DePaul University

Favorite thing about sales: Makin’ it rain

Favorite quote: Please don’t touch my ruffles. Put that one back.

What is the best career advice you have ever been given? Close the gap. 

Where you grew up:  Roselle, IL

College:  DePaul University

Favorite restaurant: It’s a tie between Joe’s Stone Crab and Portillo’s

Why sales? Why not?

Your favorite thing about sales is: Makin’ it rain

 Your favorite concert you have ever been to is: Bruce Springsteen

 Favorite quote: Please don’t touch my ruffles. Put that one back.

 If given the opportunity to have dinner with anyone living or deceased, who would it be?: Michael Jackson and Tina Turner (can I please invite both?)

 Nickname: Kimmy K, Kimbo

 What is the best career advice you have ever been given?: Close the gap.  

Shannon Roney

Where you grew up:  Wheaton, IL

College:  Loyola University and Ferris State University

Favorite quote: “Luck favors the prepared”

Nickname:  Roney or Crash

Best career advice:  Never be satisfied because there is always someone working harder than you.

Christopher Ikpoh

Where you grew up:  West Chicagoland Area

College:  Oberlin College

Favorite restaurant:  My kitchen.  My wife’s cooking is AMAZING!

Your favorite thing about sales is:  The satisfaction of closing a deal.

Your favorite concert :  A Talib Kweli concert I organized in college.
 
 Favorite quote:  “Truth is the prophet to the masses; a conduit between that which is and what we know to be.  It transcended beyond a vision long ago and began imposing wisdom upon the world.  There remains no excuse for ignorance…”
 
 If given the opportunity to have dinner with anyone living or deceased, who would it be?  Malcolm X
 
 Nickname:  Silverback
 
 What is the best career advice you have ever been given? It does not matter what you decide to do in life.  What matters is you strive to be the best at it.

Greg King

Where you grew up: Evanston, IL

College:  Loras College. DUHAWKS!

Favorite concert: Erykah Badu…she’s cool.

Favorite quote: “Get busy living or get busy dying.”

Mbame Beckley

Where you grew up: Chicago

College: Chicago State University

Favorite restaurant: Texas De Brazil

Why sales? You work hard and you get to write your own paycheck!

Your favorite thing about sales is: Closing new customers!

Ali Malik

Favorite Restaurant: Any place with a great italian beef

Why Sales? Sales is in every aspect of life. Why not be good at it?

Favorite thing about sales: Show me the money!

Nickname: Prince, Malik

Chris Hoffman

College: University of Illinois at Chicago

Favorite restaurant: Portillos

Why Sales? There is always an opportunity to do better and something new everyday.

Favorite quote: "Don't give up on a dream, when someone else's has failed."

Nickname: Choff

Greg Taylor

College: North Park University

Favorite Restaurant: Benihanas

Favorite Concert: Common @ House of Blues

Best Career Advice: If you want to be successful, you have to first be willing to put in the effort.

Eric Thoennes

College: Illinois State University

Favorite Restaurant: Beningo's in Bloomington

Why sales? Every call is a new challenge and it keeps me on my toes!

Favorite Concert: Ben Harper (solo acoustic)

Nicknames: ET, Easy E

Best Career advice: Work hard

Omid Shahrava

Where you grew up:  Cincinnati, OH

College:  University of Cincinnati

Favorite restaurant:  Skyline Chili

Why sales?  I like building relationships with people.

Your favorite thing about sales is:  Closing deals

Joe Robertson

Where you grew up:  Chicago, Il

College:  Colorado Technical University

Favorite restaurant:  Papadeaux

Why sales?  It’s simple; I truly love talking to people of all types.

Your favorite thing about sales is:  The competitive factor

Mary Parsons

Where you grew up:  Hinsdale, IL

College:  University of Dayton

Favorite restaurant:  Pat’s Pizza

Why sales?  I enjoy the challenge of being responsible for my own success.

Favorite thing about sales:  Building relationships

Favorite concert:  U2 in Dublin

Matt Knitter

Where you grew up:  Skokie, Illinois

College:  Indiana University

Favorite restaurant:  Herms Palace

Why sales?  Every day you run into different challenges

Your favorite thing about sales is:  Connecting with different people each and everyday

Dennis Thomas

Where you grew up:  Broadview, Il

College:  Triton College

Favorite restaurant:  Magnum’s

Favorite concert:  Alisha Keyes

Favorite quote:  If it’s meant to be, it will be!

Brian Sanders

College: Indiana University

Favorite Restaurant: Penn Station

Why sales? I enjoy the interaction with people

Nickname: Sandies

Michelle Jacobs

Where you grew up: Skokie

Favorite Restaurant: Wildfire

Why sales? I get to help people solve problems

Favorite thing about sales: Relationship building

Favorite Quote: "Everything happens the way it's suppose to happen."

Eric Brunner

College: Augustana College

Favorite Restaurant: Buff Joes right here in Evanston

Why Sales? Talking to a different person every day

Favorite quote: "If it is to be, it is up to me"

Best career advice I have been given: Find a career that you truly love

Tim Janeway

College: University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Favorite thing about sales? You get out of it what you put into it

Your favorite concert you have ever been to is? Train

Nickname: TJ

Conor Cronin

College: DePaul University

Favorite Restaurant: Bird's Nest

Favorite thing about Sales: Closing a Sale

Favorite Concert I have been to: Bruce Springsteen at Wrigley Field

Nickname: Cronin

Mike Altadonna

College: Wayne State University

Why Sales? I have the ability to create my own income

Favorite quote: "There are 86,400 secconds in a day. It's up to you to decidde what to do with them." - Jimmy V

Nickname: Alta D

Best career advice: Don't give up, Don't ever give up.

Joel Johnson

College: McHenry County College

Favorite Restaurant: Fogo De Chau and Japonais

Favorite thing about sales: Nothing is ever the same from day to day, always a new person, a new challenege, a new victory

Favorite quote: "For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan

Ryan Katzman

College: University of Pennsylvania

Why Sales? Fits my personality and there's money to be made

Favorite thing about Sales: Building relationships and interpersonal interaction

Best career advice: Love what you do and it won't feel like work anymore

Artur Pawelko

College: Loyola University Chicago

Favorite Restaurant: Gibson's

Why Sales? Exciting way to make money

Favorite thing about sales is: Talking to people

Best career advice you have ever been given? Don't quit

Luther Henry

College: Central State University

Favorite Restaurant: Bongo Room

Why Sales? I like being able to provide solutions for people's problems/pain points

Favorite thing about Sales: Earning Commission

Nickname: Pee-wee

Patrick Scott

College: Miami University

Why Sales? Performance based pay

Favorite thing about sales: Meeting and connecting with people on a daily basis while contributing to the success of my team

Favorite quote: "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretzky

Nickname: Frat Scott

Britney Robinson

College: Columbia College Chicago

Favorite restaurant: Giordano's

Why Sales? I have a passion for Marketing. Sales is what makes a business happen

Nickname: B. Rob

Best career advice you have ever been given? Be fearless

Migdalia Rodriguez

Where you grew up:  Chicago

Favorite restaurant: Wildfire 

Your favorite concert:  Marc Anthony

Nickname:  Miggy, Miglet, Migmeister, Migasaurus, Migs, Miggatron, Migster

What is the best career advice you have ever been given?  Always be proactive in anything and everything that you do-one step ahead of the game.

Ashley Harris

Where you grew up: North Side of Chicago                                                                                                  

College:  Western Illinois University  

Favorite restaurant: Le Colonial

Why sales? The ability to control your income is tantalizing

Your favorite thing about sales is: Uncapped commission

Brian Robin

Where you grew up:  South side of Chicago                                             

College:  Marquette University

Favorite restaurant:  Tuffano’s Vernon Park Tap

Why sales?  The competition.

Your favorite thing about sales:  The competition.

Your favorite concert you have ever been to is:  My Morning Jacket

Favorite quote:  “Aim small, miss small.” – Benjamin Martin

Tiffany Early

Where you grew up:  Chicago, IL & Lafayette, LA

 College:  Currently enrolled at Triton College for a 2-year program then transferring to Northeastern IL

 Favorite restaurant:  Olive Garden

 Why sales?  I am a people person and love working with people!

Willie Sellers

Where you grew up: Phoenix, AZ

College: Arizona State University

Why sales: My last name is Sellers so...

Favorite quote: Haters gonna hate. -Grandma

Favorite thing about sales: Something new every day.

Favorite restaurant: Chicago Oven Grinders

Luis Azuaje

Where you grew up: South America

College: UIC

Favorite restaurant: Cozy's Noodles & Rice

Favorite thing about sales: Hard work = $$$

Favorite concert: Incubus 2005 at Red Rocks, CO

Best career advice: Work hard, be kind, be relentless and success will come.

Ben White

Where you grew up: Colorado Springs, CO

College: Wittenberg University

Why sales: New experiences everyday.

Nickname: beniwhite

Best career advice: Work hard, play hard.

Favorite restaurant: In-n-Out

Spencer Woodbury

Where you grew up: Evanston, IL

College: Prescott College, AZ

If you could have dinner with anyone: Michael Jordan. Hands down… I’m a big sports guy.

Best career advice:  There’s honor in doing everything to the best of your abilities; even when you may not see the value in it. Anything worth doing is worth doing well.

Shane Armstrong

Where you grew up:  East Lansing

College:  Western Michigan University

Favorite restaurant: Carnival

Favorite thing about sales is: Establishing relationships.

If given the opportunity to have dinner with anyone living or deceased, who would it be? Tom Izzo

Brett Merle

College: Elmhurst College

Why Sales? Because it allows the best mix of things I like to do and the things I want to accomplish

Favorite Concert: Lollapalooza 2008

Favorite quote: "There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met." - William Butler Yeats

Nickname: Merle, Squirrel

Joe Daly

Where you grew up:  Park Ridge, IL

 College:  Marquette University

Why sales?  I love talking with people

Favorite quote:  We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.

Colin Bowe

Where you grew up: Bloomfield Hills, MI (outside Detroit)

College: Marquette University 

Favorite restaurant: The 5’oclock steakhouse   

Why sales? Because of the unlimited opportunity    

Your favorite thing about sales is: Every day is different

 Your favorite concert you have ever been to is: Jay-z/Kanye West

Paul Muhammad

Where you grew up:  Evanston, IL

College: International Academy of Design and Technology

Favorite thing about sales: The challenge to be come an expert concerning the product or service in my charge.

Favorite concert: I'm a fan of HipHop. My favorite concert was with EPMD. Eric & Parish Making Dollars

Favorite quote:  “know yourself and you will win all battles”? Sun Tzu

Crystal Jones

Where you grew: Hyde Park Chicago

College: Northern Illinois (Huskies)

Why sales? I have the ability to determine my financial success based on my performance.

Favorite thing about sales: You learn something new every day.

Favorite restaurant: Table 52

Stacie Platt

Ryan Winthrop

Where you grew up:  Bellevue, Oh

Favorite restaurant:  Gibson’s

Favorite concert:  Mumford and Sons at the Chicago Theater

Nickname:  Joe hasn’t given me one yet

Best career advice you have ever been given:  Do what makes you happy and everything else will fall in to place.  From my parents.

Kevin Bryant

Where you grew up:  West Side of Chicago

College:  The DePaul University

Favorite restaurant:  Joe’s Stone Crab

Why sales?  You determine your own salary.

What is the best career advice you have ever been given?  People don’t buy what you sell, they buy why you sell it.

Sara Novak

Where you grew up:  Mt. Prospect, IL

College:  Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

 Favorite restaurant:  Orange in Roscoe Village

 Why sales?  I love that every day is a challenge and there is always a goal to beat. 

Favorite quote:  “Do unto other as you would have done unto you.” 

Marguerite Blum

Where you grew up:  South Bend, IN

College:  University of  Dayton

Favorite restaurant: Twin Anchors

Why sales? Your benefits directly reflect your hard work and relationships are built along the way.

If you could have dinner with anyone , who would it be? Nikki Ingelby

George Folken

Where you grew up: Arlinton Heights, IL

College:  Many

Favorite thing about sales: Each conversation is completely different.

Favorite quote: It is easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to get permission.

Mardy Rae

Where you grew up: South El Monte, California

College: California University of Pennsylvania

Favorite restaurant: Yuzu Sushi

Favorite thing about sales: The competitiveness.

Favorite concert: Yelawolf

Nickname: Mardy "I like to party" Gould

Katie Winland

Favorite thing about sales: Building relationships with customers.

Favorite quote: “Get off my plane.” -Harrison Ford

If you could have dinner with anyone, who would it be? Bill Murray

Career advice: “Do whatever makes you happy I just hope it doesn’t involve tassels.” My father.

Dan Zima

College:  Purdue University

Favorite restaurant: Gibson's

Why sales? Uncapped commission!

Favorite concert:  DMB at The Gorge

Favorite quote: Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon."- Michael Jordan