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Mike Markham, vice president of sales, has been involved in the logistics and distribution industry for more than 20 years. His experience began on the operations side in the warehouse industry in the early 1980’s where he worked in both warehouse and back office operations. His role quickly progressed to a managerial capacity for a national third-party logistics provider in the Kansas City area, where he was responsible for warehouse personnel and overall dock operations. This ‘hands on’ industry experience would prove crucial as Mike made the switch from the operational to the technological side of the industry later in his career.
In 1989, Mike joined the LDS Corporation as a technical support analyst where he was responsible for the support of a large third-party warehouse account base. He moved quickly into a lead technical role and was responsible for on-site customer software implementations and installation. The experience gained in on-site implementations and overall customer relationship management in a wide variety of vertical markets gave Mike a valuable education of the industry as a whole. Mike soon became vice president of client services where he was responsible for all technical support and client service operations.
In the mid 1990’s, Mike transitioned into a sales role with LDS, later becoming the senior vice president of sales. In this position, he was responsible for sales operations and was a member of the executive management team that determined overall company direction. The experience gained earlier in his career from warehouse operations and technical services gives Mike the unique perspective in consulting with customers to provide the best solution for their business.
At Cadre, Mike is responsible for operations management of the Kansas City office and plays a key role in new system sales. He also works closely with current customers in finding solutions to meet their technology and application needs as well as furthering their ability to acquire future business opportunities. Mike received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Kansas. | 