1. 135 Bender Lane aaron.m.mathison@gmail.com
Harwood, ND 58042 Phone: 701.730.8125
Aaron Mathison
Business Professional
Skillful and educated business professional with many years of accumulated experience in the consumer and industrial
product industries.
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Area of Expertise
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Work History
Eaton Corporation: Crouse-Hind’s Business (2014-Recent)
Sales Representative
Worked with and supported electrical channel partners across three different states as a vendor, offering products used in
industrial and commercial businesses. Operated through channel partners, electrical contractors, and engineers, to ensure
that new build and retrofit operations were fitted with the correct equipment and most cost effective solution, resulting in a
safe and up to code location. Business was connected heavily to the oil and gas market.
• Covered South Dakota, and parts of North Dakota and Minnesota.
• Directly supported 19 electrical distributors.
• Took on an additional role as Inside Sales while operating as an Outside Sales Representative, in order to help the
central region during a tough year.
• Increased my accounts 12%, during an extremely down market.
• Successfully converted a new channel partner from a competitor to my full product line.
• Thought outside of the box by always switching the products I showcased a trades shows, in order to penetrate
the market as much as possible.
• Cold called new and existing accounts in order to stay ahead of upcoming deals.
Corwin Automotive (2012- 2014)
Internet Sales Manager
First point of contact for customers inquiring for competitive pricing via the internet. This particular segment consisted of
a very lengthy sales process versus store customers. Most customers were located 150+ miles away from the dealership.
• Constantly explored new ways to attract and gather additional customers, including different advertising avenues,
as well as leaving flyers and business cards at residences.
• Above average performer, achieving 200% of goal most months.
• Strategic Planning
• Business Development
• Relationship Building
• Sales Management
• Sales and Product Training
• Key Account Management
• Negotiating & Closing
• Critical Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Microsoft Office
• ERP & CRM Software
• B2C & B2B Sales

2. • Went above and beyond, by locating and sending a driver all the way to New York City for a specific color and
specific model of a vehicle, for my customer in Minneapolis, MN. This has never been done before.
• Sold to customers over the tristate area. Most of them, I never met. Everything was planned and organized by
myself, by assigning a driver, instructing them with the paperwork, and arranging the meet up.
Sales Representative
Welcomed new and existing customers to the dealership. Prospected new customers in the parking lot, in the show room,
and via telephone. Figured out what the customers hot buttons were through the discovery process, and proceeded to find
them the perfect vehicle. The sales process consisted of discovery, demo, test drive, negotiations, closing, and delivery of
the vehicle.
• Above average performer, achieving 200% of goal most months.
• Found new ways of finding additional customers, not normally attainable, by doing such things as sitting on the
lot on Sunday’s, when the dealership was closed.
• #1 priority was to make sure that the customer was 100% satisfied with the sale and their service.
Rem Northstar (2009-2012)
Direct Support Professional
Cared for and supervised teenagers, young adults, and senior citizens with mental disabilities. I was directly responsible
for the well being of the clients. We would make sure the clients made it to work, received their medications when they
were scheduled, and assisted the clients with their finances. The core of the business, was to see to it that the clients got to
experience life as one would without disabilities, and in most cases, we would rehabiiahte an individual to become
acceptable to society once again, and to be released from care.
• Assisted the Program Director and Program Coordinators, create plans and goals for our existing clients.
• Became CPR and First Aid Certified.
• Always thought of new activities for the clients, such as fairs, sales, and sight seeing.
• Administered and recorded medications.
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Education
Bemidji State University Bemidji, MN (2007-2012)
Bachelor of Science Degree
• Major: Business Administration
• Emphasis: International Business
• Study Abroad (Summer of 2011)
China: Three week study and tour of China. We visited and toured the cities of Beijing, Shenyang,
Inner Mongolia (Mongolian Desert), Xi’an, Guilin, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong. In Shenyang, we
attended Bemidji States University’s sister college Liaoning University for a period of 10 days,
where we learned about business in China, their economy, as well as their history.
• Language
Mandarin Chinese: Elementary Communication Level
• Extracurricular Activities
Chinese Club - Founder and President: Started and organized the Chinese Club at Bemidji State
University with Chinese instructor Eva Wang.