MICKEY FIVENSON
Professional Biography
231-946-2195 or 231-369-2000 Fax 419-818-0129 www.organizationbenefits.com
CAREER SUMMARY
Business consultant with
expert skills in sales and marketing as well as operational management. Demonstrates effective
leadership in organizational development and team building. Excels in spearheading
groups, setting objectives, and facilitating action plans. Highly organized with
exceptional follow-through. Draw from an extensive career and a unique
perspective in business practices to positively impact client growth and
success. Dynamic community leader with a strong civic focus.
AREAS of EXPERTISE
>
Regional and National Business Development >
Customer Development, Service and Retention
> Innovative Marketing Techniques >
Continuous Quality Improvement
>
Concept and Creative Development >
Fiscal Planning and
>
Integration of Technology in the Marketplace >
Mediation and Problem Solving
>
Wholesale, Retail and Distribution Expertise > Community Networking and
Collaboration
CREDENTIALS
Master
of Business Administration, Marketing
Bachelor of Science,
Economics
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
1997- President/Founder/CEO,
Fivenson Inc. Dba organizationbenefits.com,
present Wholesale
international telecom services, equipment, bandwidth. Established
internet-based consulting firm providing business-to-business services to
industry groups, chambers of commerce, and non-profit organizations.
1967- President/Owner/CEO,
Fivenson Food Equipment, Inc.,
1997 Managed
all aspects including marketing and distribution. Employed a
sales force and general manager. Maintained a showroom and warehouse. Created
innovative marketing campaigns including the first television promotion in the
industry.
> Gained recognition through feature
articles in national publications.
> Seminar presenter: Telemarketing and
Television Marketing Foodservice Equipment.
> Successfully grew the business from
$100,000 in annual sales to more than $4,000,000.
> Founder and First Vice President of NISSCO
and PRIDE, two equipment buying groups.
> Director, Foodservice Equipment Dealers
Association (FEDA) a national association for restaurant equipment dealers.
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY SERVICE
> Founder,
Single Parent/Step Family Group, a Friend-of-the-Court funded group providing
child/adult therapy and support.
> National Cherry Festival; Chancellor, Creator of
the Wheelchair Golden Mile, the nation’s only 1-mile wheelchair road
race.
> Traverse City Area Public Schools: - Chair, District Superintendent Advisory
Board; founder Citizen Advisory Committee.
> Executive Board, Republican Party. Recipient, GOP Member of
the Year Award. Organizer and Facilitator of campaigns.
> First Certified Couple, with wife Dr.
Sally Littleton, to present Louise Hay Seminar “You Can Heal
Yourself.”
> Founder,
> Boy Scouts of
> Director,
> Lions Club Citizen of the Year
PERSONAL Married,
four children.
Exceptional professional,
political and personal resources.
FIVENSON INC.
Founded in 1937, sixty one years ago by F.E. Fivenson, Father of current
president Mickey Fivenson, Fivenson Inc. began as a candy and tobacco
wholesaler and evolved into a leading restaurant equipment distributor. Having
sold the equipment facet of the business in 1996, Mickey created the "one-stop shop" member benefit concept for chambers
and for organizations.
Mickey Fivenson, an innovator during his business
career, was among the first food equipment distributors to advertise
on television. With T.V. character, Sven the Swedish Chef, Mickey became a well
known media figure in
Mickey pioneered telemarketing in his
industry. He was featured in national magazines and conducted telemarketing
workshops. He also created the
Northern Michigan Foodservice Expo, a regional and later a traveling
(itself a unique concept) restaurant equipment trade show.
Mickey served on the board of directors of FEDA, the Foodservice Equipment
Distributors Association, the national association for
restaurant equipment dealers. He was a founder and served on the boards of
Pride and Nissco national buying groups. He was
responsible for bringing many of the first dealer-members and many of the original
vendors into the groups. Mickey assisted in creating
group benefits to give extra profit to members.
An avid scuba diver, runner (with his sons, Zack and Adam, they hold a world
marathon record), blues harmonica musician, snowshoe racer, Fivenson has been
active in Boy Scouts, having received the highest volunteer award, the Silver
Beaver. He was named the Lions Club Citizen of the year, and has received the
Golden Elephant volunteer award from the Republican party.
With an MBA from the
For
information contact:
MICKEY FIVENSON, FIVENSON INC.
2310946-2195, Fx 419-818-0129, e-mail Mickey@organizationbenefits.com
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