Expanded a regional customer base
Grew the mid-market customer base 23% in 2025 while managing a 12-state Southeast territory for James Tool Machine and Engineering.
Jerry Quinn · Birmingham, Alabama
Jerry Quinn
I connect people. And when I connect people, I connect solutions.
Welcome — I'm an industrial sales leader with 30+ years in MRO and manufacturing, from the warehouse floor to the boardroom.
Industrial sales leader with 30 years across sales leadership, supply chain, and master data management—building sales strategies, increasing operational efficiency, and modernizing supply chains through communication, teamwork, and collaboration.
About
Industrial sales, built on execution.
For 30 years, Jerry has worked the industrial world end to end — a 24-year career at Motion Industries spanning sales, supply chain, and master data leadership; enterprise SaaS at Backbone.ai; data governance at Rubix; and key account management across the Southeast. The through-line is simple: know the product, know the people, and do what you said you'd do.
Away from work, he has given more than 20 years to Birmingham ballfields as an umpire and youth sports leader, and volunteers with local nonprofits and the American Heart Association Heart Walk.
Career at a glance
Leadership across revenue, operations, and data
30years in industrial sales and supply chain
$5Mcurrent multi-state territory responsibility
$2.5Mclosed in 2021 at Backbone.ai
17M+products governed at Motion Industries
Selected achievements
Commercial growth backed by operational depth
Built enterprise SaaS momentum
Closed $2.5M in 2021, secured $4M in seed funding, and developed 10+ Fortune 500 accounts worth more than $5M ARR at Backbone.ai.
Led master data at scale
Oversaw a product master database of 17+ million products across 22 categories during a 24-year career with Motion Industries.
Modernized data governance
Established inaugural data governance and AI standards at Rubix while advising on ERP, CRM, PIM, DAM, and AI/ML initiatives.
Earned sales distinction
Named Top Sales Territory Performer in 2023 and completed Gold Level Sandler sales training.
Invested in community leadership
More than 20 years as a baseball umpire, youth sports leader, nonprofit web volunteer, mentor, and Heart Walk Executive Council member.
Capabilities
Commercial leadership
Sales strategy, negotiation, key account management, territory planning, pricing, customer success, solution selling, government sales, and relationship development.
Industrial operations
Distribution sales, supply chain, logistics, MRO and OEM solutions, master data, eCommerce, EHS, and USDOT, OSHA, and ISO regulatory programs.
Technology & analytics
Salesforce, SAP S/4HANA, NetSuite, Oracle Fusion, MS Dynamics, Power BI, Qlik, Tableau, Python, SQL, R, AI/ML, Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow.
Let’s build what’s next.
For leadership, strategic account, and industrial sales opportunities across the Southeast.