Mike Kerrison:
CLASS OF 1970
Padua Franciscan High SchoolClass of 1970
Parma, OH
Mike's Story
Mike is from Cleveland, Ohio. He is married. His schools include Padua Franciscan High School. He later attended Ohio University (Management). He works(ed) at Endurance America.
Mike's interests include Cooking, East Coast, Mountain biking. Music he likes includes Seventies Rock, Fourties, Big band. Books he likes include Landinig On Your Feet, John Adams, The World According to Garp. Movies he likes include The Graduate, Forest Gump, The Prince of Tides. TV shows he likes include Everybody Loves Raymond, The Wonder Years, Everybody Loves Raymond.
One of Mike's favorite quotes is:"You either can or you can't and you get to be right!
You can't fail, you can only learn and grow!
Life is like a box of chocolates you never know what your going to get".
More about Mike:"Mike is a pioneer of the high tech industry and the author of the popular new book, Landing On Your Feet. His highly sought after second book; The Four Secrets of the Breakaway Sales Performer will be released in Fall, 2010. After graduating from Ohio University in 1974, he started his career as a salesman with IBM. His first year on quota he was awarded Rookie of the Year out of 2000 new sales reps, and over five years, he received five 100% Clubs, three Golden Circles, and in 1977 led the nation in new accounts. In 1979, he founded his first technology company, C...Expand for more
omputer Options, Incorporated, which in 1985 was ranked 149th on INC Magazineâs list of the nations fastest growing companies, reaching $26 million in sales in its first five years. The company reached $65 million in sales before being sold in 1994. He successfully launched two other high tech companies, Maintenance Innovators in 1984, and North Central Consulting in 1993. Both reached multi-million dollar levels and were eventually sold to large international public firms. In 1997, North Central Consulting was ranked by The Business Journal magazine as the second fastest growing company in the state of Minnesota. Today, Mike is the founder and CEO of Endurance America, a ten year old management consulting firm specializing in executive development, strategic planning, corporate culture, and building a world class sales organization. He is a certified executive coach and has facilitated over 100 strategic planning sessions for Fortune 500 companies such as General Mills and Blue Cross Blue Shield to small entrepreneurial growth firms. His programs have reached over 200,000 people and he has graduated over 10,000 sales and management people from the Endurance America Academy. He is also a nationally acclaimed keynote speaker. Mike is happily married, and has four children and three grandchildren. He makes his home in Minnesota.".
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