Bill Perry:  

Life BILL PERRY Bill¡¦s unique background combines 35 years of sales and marketing experience with a successful career in small business and corporate level management. A talented and creative team leader, he is recognized for his ability to build relationships, solve problems, and meet goals. Coming out of the U.S. Air Force as an air traffic controller, Bill accepted his first sales position as a southern California representative for Kimberly Clark Corporation. Within a year, he was promoted to District Sales Manager. Later transferred to the Pacific Northwest, he took responsibility for five states, setting sales increase records each year before leaving the company to start his own business, Perry & Associates. For the next 20 years, Bill developed his small Bellevue-based merchandising business into a thriving company employing 20 full-time team members, representing 15 national firms and more than 150 products. Among the earliest to recognize Costco¡¦s emergence as a major force in the marketplace, Bill established a business alliance that produced more than $100 million in product sales to Costco alone between 1987 and 2001. Recruited in 2001 to help revitalize a Bellevue shopping mall, Bill was named property manager and director of retail operations for the Factoria Mall Limited Partnership. Serving as the No. 1 contact for both tenants and the public, Bill: „X Created and produced more than 200 events to build c...Expand for more