Watchfire
Dave Warns has a diverse range of work experience spanning over several decades. Dave began their career in the US Army, where they held various company-grade officer positions and graduated from Army Ranger School. After leaving the military, Dave worked at Cintas in multiple roles, including Facility Services Branch Manager, Rental Branch Manager, Director of Government Services, and Market Sales Director. Dave then moved on to AutoZone as a Zone Sales Manager for the Midwest region. Following that, Dave worked as the VP of Sales, Industrial at Standard Register. Currently, they are the VP of On-Premise Sales at Watchfire Signs, where they are responsible for engineering and manufacturing outdoor LED signs to increase visibility and drive growth for businesses and organizations.
Dave Warns attended Bellevue High School from 1982 to 1986. Dave then pursued a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics at the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1986 to 1990. Following that, Dave enrolled at Harvard Business School from 1993 to 1995, where they obtained their Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a focus on General Management.
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Headquartered in Danville, Ill., Watchfire has manufactured electric signs since 1932 and LED signs, using meticulously sourced components from around the world, since 1998. Our products include indoor and outdoor LED displays, fixed digit and video scoreboards, gas price signs and digital billboards. Every aspect of our products and service is focused on giving our customers the greatest advertising tools available for developing their business and increasing sales. Our partnerships with respected, knowledgeable sign company professionals are the foundation of our collective success. Watchfire LED signs are known for their legendary quality and reliability. We test our outdoor displays to withstand whatever nature throws at them, all to guarantee our customers years of worry-free performance. The excellence in every Watchfire sign begins with our outstanding engineering team designing a quality product. In production, we choose quality over expedience or expense. We use the best performing components available from a global market and invest the time and expense needed to evaluate and verify every aspect of our products’ design, function and serviceability. Our reputation depends on our displays looking and performing great not just on day one, but for years to come. We developed our proprietary Ignite software to create and manage messages from design to scheduling. Whether the sign is large or small, color or monochrome, the suite of Ignite software helps create head-turning messages through easy-to-use interfaces. Watchfire has over 65,000 LED signs in operation at convenience stores, gas stations, retail outlets, banks, schools, places of worship and other locations worldwide. We also have more digital billboard customers in the U.S. than any other brand.