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I DA U N I V E R S A L M ay -J u n e 2 0 1 5 13 Peter comes from a heavy equipment/ construction family. He started his own business in sales and management skills in 1990. He has 30 plus years of Sales and Sales Management experience. In addition, he has 25 years experience in the design and facilitation of: • Sales programs for inside and outside parts sales, as well as service sales, service writers and fi eld techs • Management- leadership programs • Sales programs for heavy equipment Peter has worked with Agricultural, Construction, Consumer and Commercial, Golf and Turf equipment dealers, and distributors, as well as, Medium and Heavy Duty Truck dealers, since 1992. He has participated in Boot Camps, Expos, and New Product Introduction Reveals for numerous O.E.M.'s The companies Peter works with include, ESCO, Value Parts Inc., Cutting Edge Supply Company, John Deere Construction, Navistar. He has been providing consulting services and training to dealers and distributors across North America. His programs are focused on increasing: • Sales revenue • Market share • Margins • Client retention Peter Giroux 30 Stratford Lane, Box 5-14, Lansdowne Ontario, Canada, K0E 1L0 Phone: (613) 659-3558 Fax: (613) 659-3590 E-mail address: peter.giroux@sympatico.ca Peter Giroux Robert B. Tucker is president of The Innovation Resource, and an internationally recognized leader in the fi eld of innovation. Formerly an adjunct professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, Tucker has been a consultant and keynote speaker since 1986. His pioneering research in interviewing over 50 leading innovators was published in the book Win- ning the Innovation Game in l986. Since then, he has continued to publish widely on the subject, including his international bestseller Managing the Future: 10 Driving Forces of Change for the New Century, which has been translated into 13 languages. His ground- breaking book, Driving Growth Through Innovation reveals the emerging best practices of 23 innovation vanguard companies, and his latest book, Innovation is Everybody's Business, has been recently released by John Wiley. As one of the thought leaders in the growing Inno- vation Movement, Tucker is a frequent contributor to publications such as the Journal of Business Strategy, Strategy & Leadership, and Harvard Management Update. He has appeared on PBS, Bloomberg, and was a featured guest on the CNBC series The Business of Innovation. The Innovation Resource, based in Santa Barbara, California, is a consulting fi rm devoted exclusively to assisting organizations seeking to improve top and bottom line performance via systematic innovation. Tucker is a much sought after keynote speaker at conventions, company management meetings, and industry conferences. Clients include over 200 of the Fortune 500 companies as well as clients in Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacifi c, and Australia. Robert B. Tucker Mastering the Challenge of Change 2O15 IDA CONVENTION AND TRADE SHOW EVENT SPEAKERS