Mike Walker

Current

Sales Director at io Innovations

Past

VP of Sales at Winntech
Floor Supervisor at The Printed Image
Continuity Director, Morning Show Co-Host at Manhattan Broadcasting, KMKF K-Rock

Screen Printer/Sales/Safety Manager at Walson Ink
General Manager at Shawkey's Avalanche
Manager at Riley's Bar and Grill

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Education

Kansas State University
California State University-Chico
Foothill College

Independence Community College
Manhattan High School

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Recommended

12 people have recommended Mike

Connections

125 connections

Industry

Retail

Websites

Mike Walker’s Summary

A businessman who is …
A critical thinker and skilled synergist
Inquisitive by nature and known as a straight shooter A team builder, problem solver, and success coach
Passionate about profits and people

25+ years experience working in business (thinking in terms of profit motive; entrepreneurship; sales; business development; etc.)

4 year degree in Advertising

13 years Sales experience- Wholesale, B2B, direct to consumer

12 years experience working directly with designers (industrial, graphic, interactive, etc.)

10 years experience in leading a multi-discipline, cross-functional team

7 years experience working directly on/at trade shows and other industry / B2B communications

7 years experience working directly on retail merchandising solutions and strategies

7 years experience working directly with retail customers

7 years experience working directly with new product development

7 years experience communicating directly with high level internal and external business leaders

7 years experience working within the marketing, branding and corporate identity arena

7 years experience working directly with engineers (EE, CE, SW, ME and AE)

7 years experience working directly with retailers at the corporate level

Mike Walker’s Specialties:

Sales, Marketing, Brand Management, Advertising, Promotions, Event Planning, Trade Show Development, Ideation, OSHA approved Fork Lift Training Instructor, Fork Lift driver, Installer, Cook, Sous Chef, Bartender, Doorman, Bouncer, Screen Printer, On-Air Radio Personality, Commercial Ad Writer, Networking Rainmaker, Entrepreneur, Businessman, Shade Tree Mechanic, Unlicensed Massage Therapist, Great Listener, Lifter of Heavy Things, Cowboy, Ranch Hand, Fence Fixer, Ditch Digger, and Philosopher.

Mike Walker’s Experience

Sales Director

io Innovations

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

August 2005 — Present (4 years)

I am the connector for an up and coming Think Tank that creates interruptive innovations making daily life easier.
VP of Sales

Winntech

(Privately Held; Design industry)

March 2002 — April 2009 (7 years 2 months)

Merchandising solutions including store fixtures and displays, graphic signs, and custom software and interactive electronics for kiosks and marketing promotions; in-house design and manufacturing, architecture, display design and fabrication, and signs and graphic production services.
Floor Supervisor

The Printed Image

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Printing industry)

August 2000 — April 2002 (1 year 9 months)

Supervising the print staff, checking image placement on garments and proper color, resulting in an overall decrease in misprints by 63%. Acted as a liaison between the press operators and the production manager, providing the production manager with updates and schedule changes. Manually screen printed custom orders for clients with a smaller print run or highly detailed image.
Continuity Director, Morning Show Co-Host

Manhattan Broadcasting, KMKF K-Rock

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

August 1998 — January 2000 (1 year 6 months)

Co-hosting an award-winning morning show, providing on-air humor, conducting live remote broadcasts which lead to higher floor traffic and greater revenues for the clients. Wrote commercials, scheduled production, produced commercials and acted as liaison between the sales staff and production staff.
Screen Printer/Sales/Safety Manager

Walson Ink

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

July 1995 — July 1999 (4 years 1 month)

Screen-printing textiles, conceptual design, graphic design, liaison between sales staff and production staff. Created sales team for a wholesale screen-printing and design faction for nationwide company division. Worked with walk-in customers on sales and design.
General Manager

Shawkey's Avalanche

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Consumer Services industry)

October 1993 — June 1995 (1 year 9 months)

Duties included: interviewed and hired menu consultant - expanded food revenues 350% in one season - coordinated efforts to guide business away from pizza, scheduling staff, accounting, advertising, promotions, hiring of new employees and bartending.
Manager

Riley's Bar and Grill

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Consumer Services industry)

August 1989 — July 1993 (4 years)

During my tenure behind the bar at Riley's I went from occasional Doorman to manager in the first 6 months and spent the next 4 years making Riley's the hot spot of Chico State. When I left, Riley's was packed 6 nights out of 7, and went from a 250K a year operation to 1.5million a year. I was in charge of managing the staff, advertising, merchandising, customer fulfillment, daily accounting, purchasing, and day to day operations. I also acted as a liaison between the staff and the owners.

Mike Walker’s Education

Kansas State University

1994 — 1999
California State University-Chico

Liberal Arts 1988 — 1993

Activities and Societies:

Managed Riley's Bar and Grill on the corner of 5th and Ivy for 5 years. If you attended Chico State from "88"-"93", more than likely I served you a cocktail or 6.
Foothill College

Liberal Arts 1987 — 1988

Activities and Societies:

Football, Creating Connections that have followed me for 20 years.
Independence Community College

Football 1985 — 1987
Manhattan High School

Football 1981 — 1985