Tom Bickel

Current

• Vice President - Directories (Yellow Pages) / Podfather at Dirxion Software

Past

• National Sales Manager at The National System
• District Manager at Automatic Data Processing (ADP)

Education

• Missouri State University

Recommended

6 people have recommended Tom

Connections

308 connections

Industry

Publishing

Websites

• My Company
• Twitter

Tom Bickel’s Summary

Tom Bickel’s Specialties:

Listening. Find solutions through listening and collaborating. It sounds simple, but experience has taught me that it isn't.

Tom Bickel’s Experience

• Vice President - Directories (Yellow Pages) / Podfather

  Dirxion Software

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  April 1999 — Present (10 years 9 months)

  Oversee general direction of directory business related to Dirxion's software solutions. Intricately involved in developing sales support program for Dirxion's base of incumbent and independent Yellow Pages customers.
  
  Manage and cultivate Dirxion's premier Yellow Pages Industry sales support solution, TearPages On Demand (TPOD).

• National Sales Manager

  The National System

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  April 1997 — March 1999 (2 years )

  Introduced and sold services relating to brand management and competitive intelligence.

• District Manager

  Automatic Data Processing (ADP)

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; AUD; Computer Software industry)

  March 1995 — March 1997 (2 years 1 month)

  Sales of payroll services and software to emerging businesses.

Tom Bickel’s Education

• Missouri State University

  1991 — 1996

  Activities and Societies:

  International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), Sigma Chi Fraternity

Additional Information

Tom Bickel’s Websites:

• My Company
• Twitter

Tom Bickel’s Interests:

Customer engagement, SEO, Social Media, CRM, Wordpress

Tom Bickel’s Groups:

Yellow Pages Association, Association of Directory Marketing, Association of Directory Publishers

•    Sigma Chi Fraternity
•    Net Promoter Score (NPS) Forum
•    Missouri State University Alumni
•    Yellow Page Professionals Network
•    Yellow Pages Execs
•    LinkedWorking St. Louis
•    TPOD User Group
•    Dirxion
•    CPC Logistics
•    Twitter Power for Business

Tom Bickel’s Honors:

2003 -YPIMA GOLD Industry Excellence Award - Marketing Innovation - Tear Pages Live!

Tom Bickel’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch