1. CHRIS BARCKLOW
219 Goldview Road Asheville, NC 28804
828-407-9019
chris.barcklow@gmail.com
Persistent, enthusiastic outside steel sales representative. Well-established in NC
and Va. Proven record of annual revenue growth. Master of customer relations.
Expanded a non-existent territory into a company and industry leader. Seventeen
years of continuous employment with the same steel company. Entrepreneurial
sales approach was developed as a self employed businessperson.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lindquist Steels, Inc., Columbia, SC.
Lindquist Steels, Inc. is an eighty year old industry leading specialty steel supplier that
operated four branches in the eastern U.S. Lindquist serviced the high tech automotive,
aerospace, defense industries and their vast supply chains by providing over a hundred
grades of high performance tool steel, stainless steel, and powdered metals for tooling
and molding applications.
Outside Sales Representative Jan. 1998-July 2015
- Opened and developed over 500 specialty steel accounts in NC and Va.
- 1997: $189,000 annual sales. 2008: $1,629,000…..an 862% increase.
- Sales revenue rose in fourteen of my seventeen years on the job.
- Familiar with machining, plastic injection molding, plastic extruding,
metal stamping, tool and die, and metal forming processes.
- Serviced Fortune 500, mid-sized, and small manufacturers.
- Accounts included Canon, Corning, Arvin Meritor, GE, and Continental Teves.
- Negotiated with business owners, engineers, purchasing agents, and foremen.
- Conducted trade shows. Substituted for inside sales and warehouse staff.
- Faced customers concerns and problems with integrity and maintained accounts.
Tar Heel Racing, Inc., Charlotte, N.C.
Tar Heel Racing, Inc. was a sports wholesale marketing and distribution company. Tar
Heel Racing distributed apparel, toys, and collectibles to the NASCAR racing industry.
Co-Founder/President/CEO Feb. 1994-Nov. 1997
- With little start-up capital, incorporated as Tar Heel Racing, Inc.
- Sales grew over three years from 0 to $1,672,000 in FY 1997.
- Negotiated terms with manufactures of apparel and collectibles.
- Organized, directed, and implemented goal oriented wholesale sales promotions.
- Designed, and published monthly sales literature.
- Hired, trained, and supervised a sales staff of up to five salespersons.
- Responsible for wages, commissions, taxes, and all necessary tasks.
- Closed business at the end of 1997 with all accounts payable satisfied.

2. EDUCATION
The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Bachelor of Arts, 3.45 GPA
May 1991
CAREER TRAINING
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College – 2002-2004
Machining Technology and Metallurgy classes
Dale Carnegie Public Speaking Course - 2001
ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Charles D. Owen High School, Black Mountain, NC – September 2015-present
Head Men’s and Women’s Tennis Coach
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Eliada Home for Children, Asheville, NC – 2008-present
Established tennis clinic at a correctional institution for troubled and abused youth.
Weekly volunteer conducting the tennis clinic.
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Asheville Tennis Association, Asheville, NC – 2009-2015
Former President and Treasurer. Frequent volunteer.
Raised funds and secured grants for $10,000 annual budget.
Red Cross Katrina, Asheville, NC and Biloxi, MS – Sept.-Oct. 2015
Set up shelters. Served on chain-sawing and house gutting crews.