Connecting People to Solutions
The right introduction at the right moment solves problems no catalog can. My network across plants, distributors, and OEMs is the product of 30 years of showing up.
Industrial Sales Leadership · Data Strategy · Operations · Product Management
Jerry Quinn
I connect people, and when I connect people, I connect solutions.
Thirty years of boots-on-the-ground industrial sales — from the warehouse floor to the boardroom — fused with the data strategy that sees the whole board. Shake the hand. Know the numbers. Do what you said you’d do.
30+ yearswith some of the largest industrial companies in the worldMotion Industries, Backbone.ai, Rubix — and key accounts across the Southeast.
20M+ SKUsfrom NPI (New Product Induction) to Legacy Product ManagementOne master catalog, cradle to grave — governed from induction to legacy.
10,000+ manufacturerscataloged and governedEvery brand classified, enriched, and held to one data standard.
$10B+ company portfoliosportfolios managedBig portfolios, managed with clean data and field-level knowledge.
North American Sales ChampionEarned in the field — top sales honors across North America.
Data Centers
UPS & Critical Power
MRO & OEM
Master Data & PIM
Key Accounts
From Data to Sales.
The journey of an industrial fixture in the industry.
One career, one arc: it started in the data and grew into sales leadership. Most people in this business are one or the other — the data person who sees the patterns nobody else can, or the field guy who works a room and a plant floor. I’ve spent 30 years becoming both, and the two halves make each other sharper.
The data roots: I led master data for 17M+ products, built enterprise SaaS momentum at Backbone.ai, and set inaugural data governance and AI standards at Rubix. Clean data, honest numbers, strategy you can act on.
Where it led: the stops along the way ran from Motion Industries, Backbone.ai, Rubix Industrial — and key account management across the Southeast and North America. A 24-year career at Motion Industries, and thousands of handshakes in plants, warehouses, and data centers. I know the product, I know the application, and I know what a line going down actually costs.
Put together, it’s one way of working — the salesman who speaks data, and the data man who sells. Show up in person, see the whole board, and connect the right people to the right solution. Away from work, I’ve given 20+ years to Birmingham ballfields as an umpire and youth sports leader, and I volunteer with local nonprofits and the American Heart Association Heart Walk.
Clarity
Know the product, the data, and the real problem before you pitch anything.
Connections
People buy from people. Relationships are what actually move freight.
Continuation
The sale isn’t the finish line. Follow-through is the whole job.
Two pillars. One way of working.
Boots-on-the-ground salesmanship and digital excellence aren’t two services on a menu. They’re the same job, done at the same time, by the same person.
In the Field
Industrial SalesApplication Knowledge
MRO and OEM fluency earned on real floors — bearings, power transmission, fluid power, and the applications they keep running. No reading from a spec sheet.
Data Centers & UPS Power
Critical power is a trust business. I work data center and UPS programs where uptime is the whole contract and the details are non-negotiable.
On the Board
Data StrategyMaster Data & Product Data
Led the product master behind 17M+ SKUs across 22 categories — taxonomy, enrichment, and PIM/DAM discipline that makes eCommerce actually convert.
Data Governance & AI Standards
Built inaugural governance and AI standards at Rubix and advised on ERP, CRM, and AI/ML initiatives — guardrails that let teams move fast without breaking trust.
Commercial Analytics
Territory planning, pricing, and pipeline decisions run on evidence — Salesforce, Power BI, and 30 years of knowing which numbers matter and which are noise.
from New Product Induction - NPI to Legacy SKU Management. Master Data, PIM, DAM, to AI and Data Governance. Multiple Data Domains — governed from induction to legacy.
Let’s Talk.
Proof, not promises.
Every claim on this page has a number behind it. That’s the data half talking — and the field half can walk you through each one.
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.
Built enterprise SaaS momentum
Closed $2.5M in 2021, helped secure $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 — the craft, taken seriously.
Invested in community leadership
More than 20 years as a baseball umpire, youth sports leader, nonprofit volunteer, mentor, and Heart Walk Executive Council member.
“Know the product. Know the people. Do what you said you’d do. Thirty years, and it still comes down to that.”
Top Sales Territory Performer2023
Gold Level SandlerSales training completed
Let’s build what’s next.
For industrial sales leadership, strategic accounts, and data strategy work across the Southeast — my inbox is the front door.
Reach me directly at [email protected]