Michael Lawrence

Director of Sales at Fontaine-Aquanox Water Control Products

Greater Ottawa Metropolitan Area

About

A Senior level Sales Professional with over 20 years of experience in technical sales, B2B sales and sales management within the municipal water treatment, civil construction, hydropower, mining, manufacturing, industrial and infrastructure construction industries. A highly motivated, leader with a solid track record of building strong client relationships and delivering results to the organization and value to the customer. A proven expert in developing go-to-market strategies, sales forecasting, marketing plans, analytics, VOC and trade show events and preparing sales force budgets and sales targets. A team builder and sales force leader highly skilled at training, mentoring and extracting the full potential from the sales team. A "Champion of Change". Developing a change mindset within the organization and providing visionary leadership. Ability to instil a culture of Continuous Improvement across the organization. Excellent communicator with first class presentation skills. Imaginative “solution provider” with exceptional organizational abilities. Self-driven, dynamic with a complete-to-win attitude.

Experience

  • Director of Sales at Fontaine-Aquanox Water Control Products
    Mar 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 4 mos

    Fontaine-Aquanox Water Control Products is a premier manufacturer of fabricated stainless steel water control gates for municipal water and wastewater applications as well as dam, hydropower, irrigation and stormwater management applications. Based in Canada, Aquanox strives to be the world leader in terms of quality, performance and customer satisfaction of this crucial water control equipment. Our near term goal is to build out a strong rep/channel partner network across North America and indeed, globally. If you would like to know more about what we offer please visit our website: www.iseaquanox.com

  • Director of Sales - Canada at Valve and Gate Group
    Jan 2009 - Aug 2014 · 5 yrs 8 mos

    Under the Water Management Platform of Rexnord LLC, VAGG design, procure, manufacture and market products that provide and enhance water quality, safety, flow control and conservation where external agencies, engineering and design firms, municipalities and owners specify our products due to performance, life cycle and project cost and our excellent level of service. Built and directed a strong team of Regional Managers and garnered success through building strong professional and personal relationships with all customers including consulting engineers, owners/end users and EPC contractors. As a member of the Senior Executive and Management Team, I was responsible for coordinating all sales activities in Canada.

  • Regional Sales Manager, USA and International at Fontaine Industries
    May 2003 - Jan 2009 · 5 yrs 9 mos

    Fontaine Industries are the premier global manufacturer of fabricated stainless steel slide and sluice gates for the flow control market. During my tenure with Fontaine, I had full responsibility for outside sales activities for Canada, Eastern USA and Asia. During my time at Fontaine the company went from a virtually unknown manufacturer to the number one supplier of fabricated stainless steel slide gates in North America while doubling sales and margin results.

  • Sales Engineer, Eastern Ontario at Armtec
    Apr 1988 - Oct 2003 · 15 yrs 7 mos

    Armtec Limited is one of Canada’s leading suppliers of construction products to the heavy, civil engineering and construction market. Product groups include steel, plastic (HDPE), geosynthetic, concrete and water control/drainage products. Established a sales office including yard and warehouse in Eastern Ontario. Grew sales by almost 200% between 2000 and 2003