Vermeer Corporation

Yeah, there were, and, and I mean, like, "What are you do- why are you applying for this job?" You know, kind of applicants.

Like, you should be a CMO at Vermeer Corporation, you know, kind of applicants.

Mm.

It was just really...

And then Amazon had a good e-experience building here, so they came back the following year and built a sortation center, which is another three to four hundred jobs, and around this whole cluster of, you know, industrial areas that is now all built up.

And then recently, on another one of our certified sites, we had the Vermeer Corporation announce they're building a campus, um, in Bondurant and starting with three hundred and thirty-two jobs, really excellent manufacturing jobs.

And, and so building on that growth.

Oh, so over the past, you know, five, six years, we've been able to, um, support the facil- you know, support the creation of forty-two hundred jobs in the community.

Mark's connection to Vermeer goes way back to when he was seven years old and his dad took him to a field north of their farm to go see a Vermeer baler in action.

And though he's been a farmer for his entire life, he has had some really interesting roles both inside the Vermeer Corporation and out that taught him about dealer relationships and managing business units, and ultimately to lead him to the CMO position where he leads both the lifecycle side of the business as well as the marketing side.

He's got some really interesting takes on brand management and brand strategy, as well as how to get the voice of the customer into product innovation.

He's a great guest.