Week 1 - Introduction

 Hello everyone, my name is James Wright. I graduated from Benedictine in May 2020 with a double-major degree in Business Management and Business Analytics, and I am now a few classes away from completing my MBA degree. I also played baseball at BenU for almost 5 years until I had to hang up the cleats as a result of injuries. Currently, I am a volunteer assistant coach with the team and work full-time as a Sales Associate for Euclid Beverage.

A little bit about my full-time employer: Euclid Beverage is a MolsonCoors beer distributor based out of North Aurora. I began working on the delivery trucks for Euclid in summer of 2020, and was then hired part-time in the Sales Department that fall. In February 2021, I was hired full-time and I remain in that position. My duties involve relief route running, covering sales routes in both the on and off-premise locations. I enjoy working in this industry as it allows me to build relationships and be personable with customers, learning how each and every account works and how to improve our company's footprint. I look forward to taking this class and learning more about how certain marketing techniques can improve a company's brand exposure.