Andrew Gettig
Senior Commercial Account Manager at Sports West Construction- Claim this Profile
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Thomas Langle
I worked with Andrew when Gerflor acquired Connor Sport Court. Andrew was our main contact in the integration process and he was key in its success. He had built a remarkable sales network and strong relationships to many of the international sporting federations and distributors in all countries Sport Court was dealing with. He worked to help us understand the new company's products and culture, their applications and sales opportunities, the key factors of success for applications that were completely new to all of our sales and marketing people. Andrew was key in integrating our companies and sales networks, and led many international training sessions. Some of his educational presentations made a great impact and were talked about for a long time after. Andrew was very curious about our own company's culture and on how to build strong synergies between both brands. Finally, in those very challenging times, Andrew was always positive, easy to deal with, and a pleasure to work with. I hope our paths will cross again, should it be for personal or professional reasons.
Troy Barker
As other franchise owners have expressed Andrew's significant support to help them get established, I too found that his knowledge and expertise to be very helpful to get my own franchise off the ground. Our weekly call (and sometimes a few in-between) were always well organized and planned out. Andrew helped us map out all the activities and timelines needed to open on our target opening date. Lots of hard work for all but we did it!! Andrew was a huge part of our success. He cares and is very interested in our success. He is well organized and has great follow through skill set. He is an excellent communicator. Perhaps one of the things I appreciate most is he took my son (now the general manager of our facility) under his wing. He took personal interest in helping him learn how to run a fitness center. He spent countless hours coaching, teaching and training him. This is what you can expect from Andrew - cares deeply about the success of others, great customer service, strong executive leadership, excellent communication, coaching and training skills. Thank you Andrew for all you do for the Barker family and Athletic Republic North Davis Center.
Lindsay Simpson
I had the absolute pleasure of working with Andrew for over three years at Athletic Republic on the executive team. He is an absolute professional, and an expert communicator. During our time at AR together, I watched him turn around relationships in the entire Network of over 80 locations worldwide. He has a keen ability to listen, connect, and create solutions in every part of the business. He is deeply passionate about anything he puts his mind to, and cares for the people he does business with. Most importantly is Andrew’s expertise in building culture in an organization; understanding different personality types and communication styles, he’s able to uniquely create deep relationships between people and common goals at any business. I would highly recommend him to any business lucky enough to have time with Andrew.
Thomas Langle
I worked with Andrew when Gerflor acquired Connor Sport Court. Andrew was our main contact in the integration process and he was key in its success. He had built a remarkable sales network and strong relationships to many of the international sporting federations and distributors in all countries Sport Court was dealing with. He worked to help us understand the new company's products and culture, their applications and sales opportunities, the key factors of success for applications that were completely new to all of our sales and marketing people. Andrew was key in integrating our companies and sales networks, and led many international training sessions. Some of his educational presentations made a great impact and were talked about for a long time after. Andrew was very curious about our own company's culture and on how to build strong synergies between both brands. Finally, in those very challenging times, Andrew was always positive, easy to deal with, and a pleasure to work with. I hope our paths will cross again, should it be for personal or professional reasons.
Troy Barker
As other franchise owners have expressed Andrew's significant support to help them get established, I too found that his knowledge and expertise to be very helpful to get my own franchise off the ground. Our weekly call (and sometimes a few in-between) were always well organized and planned out. Andrew helped us map out all the activities and timelines needed to open on our target opening date. Lots of hard work for all but we did it!! Andrew was a huge part of our success. He cares and is very interested in our success. He is well organized and has great follow through skill set. He is an excellent communicator. Perhaps one of the things I appreciate most is he took my son (now the general manager of our facility) under his wing. He took personal interest in helping him learn how to run a fitness center. He spent countless hours coaching, teaching and training him. This is what you can expect from Andrew - cares deeply about the success of others, great customer service, strong executive leadership, excellent communication, coaching and training skills. Thank you Andrew for all you do for the Barker family and Athletic Republic North Davis Center.
Lindsay Simpson
I had the absolute pleasure of working with Andrew for over three years at Athletic Republic on the executive team. He is an absolute professional, and an expert communicator. During our time at AR together, I watched him turn around relationships in the entire Network of over 80 locations worldwide. He has a keen ability to listen, connect, and create solutions in every part of the business. He is deeply passionate about anything he puts his mind to, and cares for the people he does business with. Most importantly is Andrew’s expertise in building culture in an organization; understanding different personality types and communication styles, he’s able to uniquely create deep relationships between people and common goals at any business. I would highly recommend him to any business lucky enough to have time with Andrew.
Thomas Langle
I worked with Andrew when Gerflor acquired Connor Sport Court. Andrew was our main contact in the integration process and he was key in its success. He had built a remarkable sales network and strong relationships to many of the international sporting federations and distributors in all countries Sport Court was dealing with. He worked to help us understand the new company's products and culture, their applications and sales opportunities, the key factors of success for applications that were completely new to all of our sales and marketing people. Andrew was key in integrating our companies and sales networks, and led many international training sessions. Some of his educational presentations made a great impact and were talked about for a long time after. Andrew was very curious about our own company's culture and on how to build strong synergies between both brands. Finally, in those very challenging times, Andrew was always positive, easy to deal with, and a pleasure to work with. I hope our paths will cross again, should it be for personal or professional reasons.
Troy Barker
As other franchise owners have expressed Andrew's significant support to help them get established, I too found that his knowledge and expertise to be very helpful to get my own franchise off the ground. Our weekly call (and sometimes a few in-between) were always well organized and planned out. Andrew helped us map out all the activities and timelines needed to open on our target opening date. Lots of hard work for all but we did it!! Andrew was a huge part of our success. He cares and is very interested in our success. He is well organized and has great follow through skill set. He is an excellent communicator. Perhaps one of the things I appreciate most is he took my son (now the general manager of our facility) under his wing. He took personal interest in helping him learn how to run a fitness center. He spent countless hours coaching, teaching and training him. This is what you can expect from Andrew - cares deeply about the success of others, great customer service, strong executive leadership, excellent communication, coaching and training skills. Thank you Andrew for all you do for the Barker family and Athletic Republic North Davis Center.
Lindsay Simpson
I had the absolute pleasure of working with Andrew for over three years at Athletic Republic on the executive team. He is an absolute professional, and an expert communicator. During our time at AR together, I watched him turn around relationships in the entire Network of over 80 locations worldwide. He has a keen ability to listen, connect, and create solutions in every part of the business. He is deeply passionate about anything he puts his mind to, and cares for the people he does business with. Most importantly is Andrew’s expertise in building culture in an organization; understanding different personality types and communication styles, he’s able to uniquely create deep relationships between people and common goals at any business. I would highly recommend him to any business lucky enough to have time with Andrew.
Thomas Langle
I worked with Andrew when Gerflor acquired Connor Sport Court. Andrew was our main contact in the integration process and he was key in its success. He had built a remarkable sales network and strong relationships to many of the international sporting federations and distributors in all countries Sport Court was dealing with. He worked to help us understand the new company's products and culture, their applications and sales opportunities, the key factors of success for applications that were completely new to all of our sales and marketing people. Andrew was key in integrating our companies and sales networks, and led many international training sessions. Some of his educational presentations made a great impact and were talked about for a long time after. Andrew was very curious about our own company's culture and on how to build strong synergies between both brands. Finally, in those very challenging times, Andrew was always positive, easy to deal with, and a pleasure to work with. I hope our paths will cross again, should it be for personal or professional reasons.
Troy Barker
As other franchise owners have expressed Andrew's significant support to help them get established, I too found that his knowledge and expertise to be very helpful to get my own franchise off the ground. Our weekly call (and sometimes a few in-between) were always well organized and planned out. Andrew helped us map out all the activities and timelines needed to open on our target opening date. Lots of hard work for all but we did it!! Andrew was a huge part of our success. He cares and is very interested in our success. He is well organized and has great follow through skill set. He is an excellent communicator. Perhaps one of the things I appreciate most is he took my son (now the general manager of our facility) under his wing. He took personal interest in helping him learn how to run a fitness center. He spent countless hours coaching, teaching and training him. This is what you can expect from Andrew - cares deeply about the success of others, great customer service, strong executive leadership, excellent communication, coaching and training skills. Thank you Andrew for all you do for the Barker family and Athletic Republic North Davis Center.
Lindsay Simpson
I had the absolute pleasure of working with Andrew for over three years at Athletic Republic on the executive team. He is an absolute professional, and an expert communicator. During our time at AR together, I watched him turn around relationships in the entire Network of over 80 locations worldwide. He has a keen ability to listen, connect, and create solutions in every part of the business. He is deeply passionate about anything he puts his mind to, and cares for the people he does business with. Most importantly is Andrew’s expertise in building culture in an organization; understanding different personality types and communication styles, he’s able to uniquely create deep relationships between people and common goals at any business. I would highly recommend him to any business lucky enough to have time with Andrew.
Experience
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Sports West Construction
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United States
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Construction
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Commercial Account Manager
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May 2023 - Present
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Athletic Republic
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United States
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Health, Wellness & Fitness
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Customer Officer
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Jun 2019 - Dec 2022
* Project manager for all new franchises’ onboarding process. Lead owners through acquiring real estate, site development, financing, branding, equipment, staffing, training, operating systems, programming, pricing, marketing, grand opening, and more. * Ran company’s onboarding process for new franchisees, coordinating involvement of company specialists and relevant resources. * Rebuilt relationship between corporate headquarters and network. * Managed relationship and communications with Franchise Advisory Council. * Created and managed Task Force to create franchise-specific KPIs. * Developed the “Spotlight on the Republic” series of videos featured in company webinars and Best Practices archive. * Sourced and negotiated pricing for specialized surfaces required for each new center, coordinated custom designs, delivery and installation. * Coached struggling franchises to improve their performance. * Devised guides and best practices to help franchises survive Covid. Show less
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Consultant
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Jun 2018 - Jun 2019
Consulted for companies in the sport construction materials, technology and performance training fields. Prepared a manufacturer for international sales expansion, conducted market research, set up and trained sales networks, built strategic relationships to create market demand, and grew sales. Customers included Sport Court Midwest, Airborne Athletics and Athletic Republic. Consulted for companies in the sport construction materials, technology and performance training fields. Prepared a manufacturer for international sales expansion, conducted market research, set up and trained sales networks, built strategic relationships to create market demand, and grew sales. Customers included Sport Court Midwest, Airborne Athletics and Athletic Republic.
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Gerflor SA
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South Africa
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Wholesale Building Materials
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1 - 100 Employee
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Vice President, Connor Sport Court
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Oct 2014 - Jun 2018
International VP, Connor and Sport Court brands under new ownership of Gerflor. * Merged overlapping sales networks. Trained sales, marketing and communication professionals in regional and national offices, to expand into new markets and support new product sales. * Successfully negotiated use of company’s products as official indoor and outdoor basketball competition surfaces of FIBA World Cups and Summer Olympic Games. * Built relationships with international federations and multi-sport events that greatly enhanced the company's reputation and expanded international sales. Show less
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Connor Sport Court Int.
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United States
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Recreational Facilities
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VP International
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Mar 2006 - Oct 2014
International VP and member of Executive Leadership Team. * Merged two brands’ international sales networks. * Doubled sales outside of the USA. * Increased network to representation in over 70 countries. * Built strategic relationships with international sporting federations, NGOs and sport events that greatly attracted new dealers and expanded international sales. * Added value to company brand by creating high profile CSR projects. * Responsible for international business and relationships, supported overall business, sold the company to new strategic ownership. Show less
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Sport Court
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United States
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Sporting Goods
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1 - 100 Employee
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International Sales Director
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Mar 2004 - Mar 2006
* Headed up domestic and international sales, training, marketing and growth initiatives. * Lead the subsidiary through parent company’s bankruptcy back to thriving growth as part of crisis management team. * Helped sell the company to new ownership and assured smooth transition * Headed up domestic and international sales, training, marketing and growth initiatives. * Lead the subsidiary through parent company’s bankruptcy back to thriving growth as part of crisis management team. * Helped sell the company to new ownership and assured smooth transition
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International Sales Director
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May 1999 - May 2003
* Launched systematic growth of an international sales network: recruiting, screening, training companies around the world to successfully sell our products. * Used high profile events and key relationships to generate product awareness and create sales opportunities. * Contributed to development of new products, some of which earned US patents. * Launched systematic growth of an international sales network: recruiting, screening, training companies around the world to successfully sell our products. * Used high profile events and key relationships to generate product awareness and create sales opportunities. * Contributed to development of new products, some of which earned US patents.
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Heartland Athletics
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United States
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Advertising Services
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Owner
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Jun 1994 - May 1999
* Grew Sport Court dealership in Illinois from start-up to Top Five national ranking. * Responsible for every aspect of dealership from sales and marketing to shipping and installation, and all administration. * Purchased and promoted USA Volleyball National Team events. * Grew Sport Court dealership in Illinois from start-up to Top Five national ranking. * Responsible for every aspect of dealership from sales and marketing to shipping and installation, and all administration. * Purchased and promoted USA Volleyball National Team events.
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Other Work Experiences
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1987 - 1994
• Served two-year Peace Corps assignment • Published articles in FIFA Magazine (2) and LIAT (airline) in-flight magazine. • Invited speaker at sports conferences including Doha Goals, Beyond Sport, and Sport Accord • Served as board member FIBA (International Basketball Federation) Study Center • Served two-year Peace Corps assignment • Published articles in FIFA Magazine (2) and LIAT (airline) in-flight magazine. • Invited speaker at sports conferences including Doha Goals, Beyond Sport, and Sport Accord • Served as board member FIBA (International Basketball Federation) Study Center
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Education
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Ohio University
Masters of Arts in International Affairs, MAIA -
Springfield College
Bachelor of Science - BS, Recreation and Leisure Services -
YMCA Leader Institute, Stockholm Sweden
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