{"id":49394,"date":"2022-03-31T13:04:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T20:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=49394"},"modified":"2022-03-31T13:19:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T20:19:07","slug":"a-master-of-statistics-lee-flood-named-president-of-pearson-kelly-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/the-week-in-imaging-twii\/editors-blog\/2022\/03\/a-master-of-statistics-lee-flood-named-president-of-pearson-kelly-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"A Master of Statistics, Lee Flood Named President of Pearson-Kelly Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lee Flood, President, Pearson-Kelly Technology<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Even at an early age, Lee Flood was something of a statistical savant. In one memorable season on the gridiron pitch, Flood rumbled his way to 55 touchdowns and earned a spot in the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon entering his professional career, Flood kept piling up gaudy numbers. He became a sales manager at Pearson-Kelly Technology in Springfield, Missouri, in 2018 and rebuilt a depleted salesforce. In the process, PKT increased its managed IT contracts by an astounding 1,900%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After being elevated to executive vice president, Flood enabled PKT to reap a 50% increase in revenue across the board, with growth in all four of the dealership\u2019s main lines of business\u2014IT services, business phones, surveillance cameras and copiers. Thus, when the time came for CEO Chelsey Bode to select a president, Flood was the ideal choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLee led our team through the pandemic,\u201d Bode said. \u201cI had a vision for where I wanted Pearson-Kelly to go, and he made it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Flood, who joined the organization in 2014, the opportunity to guide PKT through the next stage of its development is a compelling challenge. Growth is a key part of that future, and he\u2019s looking to fortify the PKT staff by hiring a CFO. That would also help take some aspects off Flood\u2019s plate and allow him to focus on branch additions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRight now, Pearson-Kelly is in a place where we’ve got a pretty good market share in a variety of ways,\u201d Flood said. \u201cWe’re growing in the Springfield market, and are in the process of building out our team in the Joplin market. We\u2019re looking to add another branch in northwest Arkansas, either organically or through acquisition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flood and Bode follow the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), which the company embarked upon in 2019. Bode is the company\u2019s visionary, responsible for crafting the vision and culture of PKT. As the integrator, Flood is tasked with implementing Bode\u2019s vision and managing the day-to-day aspects of operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For an executive who\u2019s yet to reach the age of 34, Flood is hoping to parlay his success in sales and the executive VP positions into even greater heights. \u201cSales had never been on my radar,\u201d he confessed. \u201cTo fall into it was kind of comical, but looking back, it fit into my skill sets really well. I\u2019m very relational, and buyers are looking for people who care, someone who wants to get to know their business and get to know them as individuals. That\u2019s who I am, naturally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLeadership-wise, I was fortunate to make a lot of mistakes early in my life that humbled me. It made me a lot more empathetic. So much of leadership is putting yourself in another person’s shoes, and helping guide them through whatever it is they’re dealing with.\u201d When he\u2019s not taking part in the Springfield Business Journal<\/em>\u2019s Economic Growth Survey or the Radiate Positivity podcast, this 2019 ENX Magazine<\/em> Difference Maker can be heard hosting PKT\u2019s Innovator podcast. A man of deep faith, he is an active member of the NorthPoint Church and serves the community in a number of ways, including as a board member for Harmony House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Even at an early age, Lee Flood was something of a statistical savant. In one memorable season on the gridiron pitch, Flood rumbled his way to 55 touchdowns and earned a spot in the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. Upon entering his professional career, Flood kept piling up gaudy numbers. He became a sales manager at Pearson-Kelly Technology in Springfield, Missouri, in 2018 and rebuilt a depleted salesforce. In the process, PKT increased its managed IT contracts by an astounding 1,900%. After being elevated to executive vice president, Flood enabled PKT to reap a 50% increase in revenue across the board, with growth in all four of the dealership\u2019s main lines of business\u2014IT services, business phones, surveillance cameras and copiers. Thus, when the time came for CEO Chelsey Bode to select a president, Flood was the ideal choice. \u201cLee led our team through the pandemic,\u201d Bode said. \u201cI had a vision for where I wanted Pearson-Kelly to go, and he made it happen.\u201d For Flood, who joined the organization in 2014, the opportunity to guide PKT through the next stage of its development is a compelling challenge. Growth is a key part of that future, and he\u2019s looking to fortify the PKT staff by hiring a CFO. That would also help take some aspects off Flood\u2019s plate and allow him to focus on branch additions. \u201cRight now, Pearson-Kelly is in a place where we’ve got a pretty good market share in a variety of ways,\u201d Flood said. \u201cWe’re growing in the Springfield market, and are in the process of building out our team in the Joplin market. We\u2019re looking to add another branch in northwest Arkansas, either organically or through acquisition.\u201d Flood and Bode follow the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), which the company embarked upon in 2019. Bode is the company\u2019s visionary, responsible for crafting the vision and culture of PKT. As the integrator, Flood is tasked with implementing Bode\u2019s vision and managing the day-to-day aspects of operations. For an executive who\u2019s yet to reach the age of 34, Flood is hoping to parlay his success in sales and the executive VP positions into even greater heights. \u201cSales had never been on my radar,\u201d he confessed. \u201cTo fall into it was kind of comical, but looking back, it fit into my skill sets really well. I\u2019m very relational, and buyers are looking for people who care, someone who wants to get to know their business and get to know them as individuals. That\u2019s who I am, naturally. \u201cLeadership-wise, I was fortunate to make a lot of mistakes early in my life that humbled me. It made me a lot more empathetic. So much of leadership is putting yourself in another person’s shoes, and helping guide them through whatever it is they’re dealing with.\u201d When he\u2019s not taking part in the Springfield Business Journal\u2019s Economic Growth Survey or the Radiate Positivity podcast, this 2019 ENX Magazine Difference Maker can be heard hosting PKT\u2019s Innovator podcast. A man of deep faith, he is an active member of the NorthPoint Church and serves the community in a number of ways, including as a board member for Harmony House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":49400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[80,1650,82,1638],"tags":[3654],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49394"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49394"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49396,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49394\/revisions\/49396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}