Chris Streight
Spreading the love of micromobility · Vvolt
Portland, OR
In My Own Words
Versatile sales, management and marketing professional with over twenty years in the outdoor industry. My particular strengths are building strong relationships with business partners, customers and managing personnel in a calm and direct manner. I am results driven through analytical analysis and have extensive experience in managing large territories, including training channel partners in the U.S. and abroad. I am known as a thoughtful and energetic leader. I am honest, flexible, creative, self-confident, and possess strong sales and negotiation skills.
Specialties: Sales Management, Channel Management, Training, Marketing, Management, Business Partner Marketing
Work Experience
Business Consulting
Streight Story2018 – 2020
Super excited to work with Osmo Nutrition as their VP of Business Development.
Consulting for Flipside Hats
Flipside Hats2019 – 2020
Contracted to build-out sales reps and help grow the sales channel.
National Sales Director, Bravo Sports Bike Division
Bravo Sports2016 – 2018
Manage inside sales/customer service, 40+ outside reps covering multiple markets, oversee Canada market, for Nutcase, SixSixOne, and Pro-Tec Bike. Grew two largest customers 85% and 15% for 2017.
National Sales Director
Nutcase Helmets2010 – 2016
25% average annual growth in U.S. market under my direction. Develop sales initiatives & pre-season programs and plan annual budget. Conduct presentations for national accounts, assist in annual line-planning with the product team, key liaison to product development team. Increased network of sales reps from 12 to 40+, covering multiple markets, train reps. A key voice in the strategic direction of one of Portland’s flagship bike-related startups.
Marketing Communications Manager
EthicsPoint2009 – 2010
Organize 12 webinars quarterly with up to 500 attendees, manage all aspects of tradeshows, lead generation, coordinate marketing initiatives across departments to drive key account sales growth, update web pages.
Product Manager
Learning.com2008 – 2008
Direct development of products & lessons that represent over 90% of company’s revenue. Coordinate marketing activities across numerous departments and represent product successfully at trade shows. Research state and national educational requirements to inform product development, write bid documents and RFP’s.
Product Marketing Manager
GenevaLogic Inc.2006 – 2007
Coordinate 15+ project launches in two years, develop 5+ product guides along with a worldwide competitive sales guide. Train US and Swiss sales teams as well as partners in England, Ireland, and Czechoslovakia. Consistently develop strong long-term partnerships with third-party vendors and key customers. Develop and implement multi-faceted marketing campaigns including email blasts, direct mail, product updates and international trade shows, coordinate and design customer surveys, analyze data and disseminate to the global team, establish pricing models and conduct market research, the key presenter at trade shows and online seminars. Key liaison between channel partners, tech support, marketing, and sales, develop interdepartmental and external relationships.
Regional Account Manager
GenevaLogic2002 – 2005
Advanced regional sales in first year of operations from $0 to $1.2M. Leader in sales three years in a row driving company to profitability in less than two years. Leading sales teams I was often called upon to conduct meetings; present products to large audiences at trade shows, consistently met or exceeded quotas through consultative selling process; communicated proficiently with new and existing clients; long term forecasting and planning.
Account Manager
SmartStuff Software2000 – 2001
Inside sales for Southeast region and Canada, maintain monthly quotas, long-term forecasting, prospecting, conduct presentations.
Area Manager
Huffy Service First1992 – 2000
Manage 115+ employees over a tri-state area, increased sales 282% over a four-year period, manage a $2M budget, developed national training and assembly program utilized by over 3000 employees, plan and facilitate staff training seminars.
