Ron Whitton

Background

About Ron Whitton

1976—Pekin High School Graduation 1976-1980—Illinois State University Major—Business Administration Minor—Economics Partial—Accounting thru first semester Junior year 1980—Hired as sales rep for Standard Brands after graduation 1981-1983—Sales Supervisor for food broker in Champaign 1983-2002—Account Executive for food broker in Peoria 1988—Completed Account Executive College at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois 1989—Purchase Spring Green Lawn Care with a partner Contract for deed purchase with owner. I continued my job with the food broker during day and Spring Green operations after work 1992—Purchased a take out delivery restaurant in Pekin "Jimbos Jumbo" Did all marketing and administration brokerage company I was working Full time for decided to close the Peoria office and. Purchased the building that Spring Green and several other business were operating out of Purchased Contract for deed with a partner. and operated Spring Green, my Restaurant, worked part time for broker And Started Dentsmart started a company from the “Ground Up”…Dentsmart that does Hail repairs for insurance Comanies 2003—Retired from the food brokerage company to concentrate on my 3 businesses 2005.Sold Spring Green for a significant amount of money. Grew revenues from to over Sold My Restaurant Grew Revenues from to over This small restaurant was able to generate over profit from 1 small location 2006—Utilized my insurance partnerships to move Dentsmart into Iowa. 2007—Became a member of several body shop associations: 2008—Utilized my insurance relationships to move Dentsmart into Wisconsin 2009—Franchised Dentsmart 2010—Dentsmart is now operating in 10 Midwestern states