An ALLPRO® Publication SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2015
by Scott Morath
Getting to Know our New EVP During last year’s Stockholder Meeting it was announced that Joe Poliseo would be retiring as the Executive Vice President of ALLPRO in 2016. It was also announced a transition committee had been formed, which was comprised of ALLPRO’s current president, vice president and past two presidents. The purpose of the committee was to seek out, evaluate and ultimately recommend a potential successor to the board. The committee set about their task and by June of this year, after vetting several candidates, made their recommendation. Not long after, it was announced that Michael Beaudoin had been selected as the next Executive Vice President of ALLPRO. Many of us are already familiar with Mike. His career in the paint industry began in 1995 when he took a job with Harvey Gerstman Associates, a rep agency that still services industrial and contractor supply product manufacturers. Mike initially called on Home Depots and a handful of independent accounts throughout New England. In 1997 he was relocated to metropolitan New York where he serviced area paint stores and local distributors. It was here where Mike developed a passion for the business. As he puts it,
“I developed close relationships with key personnel among my manufacturing clients as well as the customers I called on. It was hard work but very rewarding and I’m happy to say I was successfully able to expand share of our product lines and contribute to a growing agency.” Mike’s dedication and hard work didn’t go unnoticed. By the time he left the company in 2007 he had become a Territory Sales Manager responsible for a team of six representatives and over $30M in sales. Mike left Gertsman Associates to take on the role of National Sales Manager for Portland based Purdy Brush (newly acquired by Sherwin - Williams). As a National Sales Manager who oversaw a team of three regional managers Mike quickly acquired a deeper understanding of the paint industry on a national level. He developed relationships with west coast based paint manufacturers, hardware coops in the Midwest, and key customers and chains throughout the U.S. and Canada. Mike and his team traveled continuously from 2007 through 2009, in an effort to develop business
and capitalize on any opportunity to offset the prevailing economic recession. Once again, tenacity paid off and in 2009 Mike was promoted to a Director of Sales position with Purdy’s parent company, Sherwin - Williams. This role took him to Cleveland where he oversaw seven regional/national sales managers and over 20 manufacturing representative agencies, as well as multiple brands like Purdy, White Lightning, Bestt Liebco, and Pratt & Lambert. About his role as Director of Sales Mike (Continued on page 4)