Guests Speakers in Customer Panel Session

Our last post highlighted Day One of our Annual Sales Meeting. This event is held for members of our dealer network, and is centered on bringing Braun Industries together with dealer representatives for education & celebration. This year, the meeting was held at the Grand Wayne Convention Center in Fort Wayne, IN on October 13^th and 14^th.

Day Two kicked off with a team building exercise, then moved into an Engineering Update from Executive Vice President, Scott Braun. He covered tons of valuable information that we look forward to sharing in some upcoming blog posts! Dennis Gallo, Executive Quality Manager, followed up with an insightful presentation on the changes we’re making internally to improve our quality systems. We also brought in representatives from our Digital Marketing firm to give an update on our website, social media presence, and other marketing initiatives.

Most of the afternoon was spent listening to our Customer Panel Session. We are so thankful to the following gentleman for sharing their time and insight with us! Our dealer network was able to ask them questions and get their honest feedback, which is so helpful in improving our sales processes and products!

• Bryan Jones, District Chief for Nashville Fire Department
• Matt Will, Director of Support Services for Gold Cross
• Leon Adamski, Deputy Chief of EMS Operators for Killeen Fire Department

We closed the day’s educational sessions with two separate meetings, one for dealer principles and sales managers, and the other for sales representatives. Then, we kicked back and had a little fun in a Casino Night. Dealer representatives were able to gamble with fake money, with the hopes of winning some great prizes.

Our final order of business before parting ways was our Awards Ceremony. Model Year 2015 was a banner year for Braun Industries and our dealerships! We were so pleased to honor our outstanding sales representatives and dealers across the country that work hard day in and day out to make Braun ambulances a success!  Below is a complete list of the winners; check our Facebook gallery for photos from the night.

2015 Dealer of the Year Award Winner, Penn Care

2015 Commitment Winners: Those that met or exceeded their sales goal for the year.

• Ken Clark, First Priority Emergency Vehicles
• Mike Bowman, Penn Care
• Kyle Daigle, Autotronics
• Chris Woolfolk, Glick Fire Equipment
• Justin Jarvis, Pinnacle Emergency Vehicles
• Shawn Hunter, Ten-8 Fire Equipment
• Ryan Quahliero, Penn Care

2015 Sales Champions: Greatest number of sales by an individual in each sales region.

• Region 3: Ron Gilbert, Hughes Fire Equipment
• Region 2: Fred Pawelk, North Central Emergency Vehicles
• Region 1 (tie): Bob Reilly, North Eastern Rescue Vehicles
• Region 1 (tie): Chris Woolfolk, Glick Fire Equipment

2015 Silver Dealers: Dealership met or exceeded their assigned goal for the model year.

• Region 1: Glick Fire Equipment
• Region 1: First Priority Emergency Vehicles
• Region 2: Emergency Equipment Professionals
• Region 2: Pinnacle Emergency Vehicles
• Region 2: Kodiak Emergency Vehicles

2015 Gold Dealers: Dealership met or exceeded their assigned goal for the model year.

• Region 1: North Eastern Rescue Vehicles
• Region 1: Penn Care
• Region 1: Ten-8 Fire Equipment
• Region 2: North Central Emergency Vehicles

2015 Dealer of the Year: Most ambulance sales by a single dealership in model year.

• Penn Care

2015 President’s Club Inductees: Met or exceeded the President's Club quota for the year.

• Andy Hemierl, North Central Emergency Vehicles
• Wayne Stowell, Ten-8 Fire Equipment
• Fred Pawelk, North Central Emergency Vehicles
• Jerry Jones, Braun Industries Direct
• Shawn Hunter, Ten-8 Fire Equipment
• Chris Woolfolk, Glick Fire Equipment
• Bob Reilly, North Eastern Rescue Vehicles
• Eric Wilcox, Braun Industries Direct

Thank you to all of the dealerships that participated in this year’s sales meeting. It’s always a pleasure seeing you in person and coming together to improve the Braun ambulance brand. We are already looking forward to 2016’s meeting!