Patrick Dillon

Current

President at Artistic Hub
Owner at CutcoPrint.com
President/Co-Founder at CollarFree.com

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Past

Sales Promotion Manager at Vector Marketing/Cutco Cutlery (Central Region)
Account Manager at Forrer Business Interiors

Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison - School of Business
NHS

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Patrick Dillon’s Summary

Patrick Dillon has nearly a decade of sales & management experience in both direct sales and business-to-business sales. He started working for Vector Marketing while in college as a direct sales representative. [Vector is the largest recruiter of college students in the U.S., and exclusive direct sales distribution arm of Cutco products.] After quickly becoming the number one rep in his home state of Wisconsin he moved into a management position which he stayed involved with throughout school.

In 2001 Patrick graduated from The University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor of Business degree (majors in Finance and Marketing). He moved to Milwaukee to become the youngest ever account manager with the then largest contract furniture firm in Wisconsin. Surpassing expected first year annual sales by over 240% in the first 8 months, he returned to Vector on an offer to manage the Sales Promotion Department for approximately 15 states. As the Sales Promotion Manager for the Central Region of Vector he was responsible for all sales and sales management training events and incentives for over 6,000 direct sales representatives and 75 managers annually. Spending nearly 5 years in that position he led many of the changes to the company’s sales promotion development and other innovative company programs.

Currently Patrick lives in San Diego, CA where he along with his good friend Jimmy Hendricks are building a web-based apparel design community named collarfree.com. Collar Free sells fashionable t-shirt designs submitted by designers and manufactured base on popularity from users input. Collar Free intends to eventually branch out from strictly t-shirt designs, leveraging it's strong fashion design base. Future markets may include retail, wholesale & boutique sales, along with promotional marketing.

Patrick Dillon’s Specialties:

Patrick’s strengths are contract negotiation, promotion, project management, advertising, marketing, incentive & compensation development, event planning, purchasing, direct sales, and B-to-B sales.

Patrick Dillon’s Experience

President

Artistic Hub

(Internet industry)

December 2008 — Present (1 year )

Artistic Hub is a interactive promotions company. We provide unique social media applications to the advertising industry, and promotional materials and products to all types of organizations.
Owner

CutcoPrint.com

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Printing industry)

March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)

CutcoPrint.com is an online resource to meet the on-demand business printing needs of Cutco & Vector employees worldwide.
President/Co-Founder

CollarFree.com

(Internet industry)

February 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)

Collar Free will be a web-based (www.collarfree.com) apparel design community where designers rule!
Sales Promotion Manager

Vector Marketing/Cutco Cutlery (Central Region)

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Consumer Goods industry)

October 2002 — February 2007 (4 years 5 months)

Manager of region sales events & incentives.
Account Manager

Forrer Business Interiors

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Furniture industry)

February 2002 — October 2002 (9 months)

Contract Furniture & Interior sales for the largest dealership of its kind in Wisconsin. Managed Fortune 500 accounts.

Patrick Dillon’s Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison - School of Business

Bachelor's , Finance, Marketing , 1998 — 2001

Activities and Societies:

Alpha Kappa Psi
NHS

Additional Information

Patrick Dillon’s Websites:

Patrick Dillon’s Interests:

Business education, social media, interactive advertising, technology, sales, marketing, finance, investing, snowboarding, wakeboarding, skiing, kiteboarding. Serious interests in mass market psychology, crowd behavior, trends, mavens & motivation. I'd like to get an honorary PHD in this area.

Patrick Dillon’s Groups:

Sandios, The Art Institute, The Gallup Institute, San Diego Ad Club

Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
Sports Marketing and PR Pros
Online Advertising Professionals
Wisconsin Business Alumni ® (Official)
ThoseinMedia
Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
Public Relations Professionals
Marketing Communication
Fans of Mashable
The Sales Association
Digital Marketing
Social Media Marketing
Network of PR Professionals
SalesBlogcast.com
Social Media Marketing Group
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Alumni Group
Marketing & Communication Network
SANDIOS - San Diego Online Society
San Diego Ad Club
The Cutco & Vector Marketing Community
So Cal Action Sports Network
The Art Institute of California - San Diego
B2B Social Media
San Diego CEO & Founders Lunch
CLIO Awards
Sales and Marketing Professionals Promoting HighTech and Technology in Los Angeles and its Vicinity
LandMarK events