Chris Garbs
Regional Sales Manager at SAMSON Corporation
Union, Missouri, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Garbs is a seasoned regional sales leader with nearly two decades of frontline experience driving revenue growth, market expansion, and distributor networks across industrial and manufacturing sectors. Currently Regional Sales Manager at SAMSON Corporation, he has a track record of building new markets from scratch and delivering multi-fold territory growth—previously generating over $3M annually and a sustained 40% sales increase at Shure Manufacturing. Skilled in solution selling, contract negotiation, and channel development, he combines entrepreneurial agility with corporate discipline to align sales strategy with operational improvements like Quick Ship and lean manufacturing initiatives. Comfortable leading teams of 16–100 and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders, he consistently translates market insights into actionable plans that boost top- and bottom-line performance. Based in Union, Missouri, Chris brings a hands-on, metrics-driven approach and a flair for rapidly raising brand visibility through customer and community relationships. A practical problem-solver, he often leverages existing systems to capture quick wins while planning long-term strategic growth.
19 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS), Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS), Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services at East Central College
Github Skills (200)
weather-api10
round-robin10
php10
perl-module10
gameboy10
alsa10
audio10
sound-player10
dwm10
pulseaudio10
retrocomputing10
mysqli10
delete-files10
commodore10
nintendo-ds10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
mmitch/dwm-mitch
Nov 2007 - Dec 2022
my patchset for the dwm windowmanager
Contributions:465 commits, 5 PRs, 147 pushes in 15 years 3 months
windowmanagerlinuxdwm
psycorama/congress_stream
Dec 2009 - Jan 2021
script (sh and perl) for easy access to the Chaos Communication Congress video streams.
Contributions:100 commits, 1 PR, 46 pushes in 11 years 2 months
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