Jim Haugsland

Jim has more than 25 years of experience in sales, marketing and operations with vast expertise in growing market share across diverse platforms and geographies.

For more than 23 years, Jim worked for KONE — a global market leader in the elevator, escalator and smart building solutions industry. He joined KONE in 1996 and quickly distinguished himself as one of the top sales producers in the U.S. A few years later, he joined a group of emerging leaders in Brussels, Belgium, to develop and implement a new global operating model and led several strategic development projects focused on sales innovation and creating new sources of revenue. As Vice President of the Pacific Southwest for KONE, Jim was responsible for strategic direction, sales transformation, profitable growth and customer satisfaction for a multi-division business in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada where he was recognized nationally for record increases in sales and profitability.