Laura VanValkenburg

SVP | Head of Sales at Powerplay Retail

Laura VanValkenburg has extensive work experience in sales and business development. Laura is currently the SVP and Head of Sales at Powerplay Retail™, a position they have held since August 2022. Prior to this, they worked at Logitech from February 2021 to August 2022 as a National Sales representative. Before that, Laura worked at Powerplay Retail™ from June 2016 to February 2021 in a similar role.

During their tenure at SolePower, LLC, Laura served as an Advisor from January 2015 to February 2020 and as the Director of Business Development from November 2013 to December 2014.

Laura also has experience at Logitech from January 2015 to June 2016, where they held the position of Regional Product Marketing - Americas. In this role, they managed product pricing, placement, and promotion in various sales channels across the Americas region.

Earlier in their career, Laura worked at Select Sales as a National Account Manager from August 2006 to July 2011. In this role, they were responsible for sales and negotiation with Best Buy, Inc. for multiple manufacturers. Laura also held the position of Business Analyst at Select Sales from 2002 to 2006.

Laura's career began at FICO (Fair, Isaac and Company) as an Account Representative, where they worked from 1999 to 2001.

Laura VanValkenburg earned their BA degree in Business Management from the College of Saint Benedict. The exact timeframe of their education is not specified.

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Timeline

  • SVP | Head of Sales

    August, 2022 - present

  • National Sales

    June, 2016