Jeff Tolke

Jeff’s career includes experience in industrial, consumer, and start-up businesses. Prior to joining CTI, Jeff was President and Chief Operating Officer of Inside Edge Commercial Interior Services. While there, Inside Edge grew from a start-up to $22 million in sales and ended 2008 with over $30 million in sales. Jeff oversaw Operations, Finance, IT, and Legal. Prior to that, Jeff managed a $40 million business unit for Ecolab’s Food and Beverage Division. His team managed Quadexx®, a chemical dispensing and billing system installed in 700 locations across North America. Faced with declining sales and customer confidence, Jeff led a major renovation of Quadexx®, including diagnosis, trouble-shooting, maintenance, and customer service restoring sales growth. While Director of Marketing at Lifetouch, he was responsible for all products and services in U.S. Secondary Schools (grades 6-12). His team designed, built, tested, and launched I-Depot™, an instant ID card production system used in the field.

Today, Lifetouch utilizes I-Depot™ in approximately 3,900 High Schools and Middle Schools across the U.S. and Canada to improve student security and increase operational efficiency. As a Brand Manager with The Pillsbury Company and Kraft Foods, Jeff drove new product development, sales and profits for such widely-known consumer brands as Old El Paso Mexican Food, Tombstone Pizza, and Kraft Barbeque Sauce. Jeff began his career with Monsanto in agricultural chemical sales and management. Jeff’s marketing team designed and launched bulk herbicide handling systems to 500 locations in 17 western states replacing tens of thousands of chemical containers. Jeff earned a BS in Agricultural Economics from Oregon State University in 1985, and an MBA in marketing from Washington University in St. Louis, MO in 1991.