Company
We Are Your Guides.
MRN leads you into new channels, where you can reach more and more targeted buyers. Through our network of industry-focused ecommerce sites, businesses will be able to browse and buy your products…along with all the other things on their shopping lists.
We Are Your Top Salespeople.
We know how much work goes into marketing and moving your specialized products. All MRN sites support your sales strategy with:
- > sophisticated comparison shopping tools.
- > installation and ongoing, on-site service.
- > online presentations and video demos.
- > telesales promotions.
We Are Your Consultants.
Subject matter experts within MRN work to support not just the sites in our portfolio, but every brand in their inventory. We have specialized teams dedicated to...
- > marketing.
- > sales.
- > service partnership.
- > vendor relations.
- > customer service.
- > service partnership.
We Are Real.
Though our primary business is online, our offices in beautiful Salt Lake City, Utah are made of real brick and mortar. We employ more than 40 online marketers, web technologists, customer service specialists, and sales representatives. You should come visit; we’d love to show you the mountains.
MRN offers a fresh approach to the industrial product marketplace. Each day, I enjoy collaborating on innovative ideas that surpass our vendor's expectations. - Mindy Lilyquist , Vendor Relations
Company/What we do
Support Your Sales, Online and Off
Almost every business requires specialized equipment, devices, or products. Far from simple commodities, some are purchased only after extensive comparison shopping and detailed sales presentations. Some need installation and on-going service. Some are just hard to find. MRN’s branded, industry-centric ecommerce sites provide a targeted digital channel for these specialized products, as well as the parts and supplies that go with them. We’ll market and move your products online via paid search, organic search, affiliate marketing, and comparison engines. Yet, while we leverage every cool new tool the web allows, we also sell your products through traditional sales channels – telesales, catalogs, direct mail, and print advertising all with the greatest efficiency.
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Company/Culture
Life at MRN
We don't just create exceptional experiences online , we also create great experiences in the real world right here in Salt Lake City.
Our office is a vibrant arena where ideas are listened to and considered, no matter what the source. We value a high-performance culture that emphasizes high-integrity business practices as well as work/life balance. We embrace a fast-paced environment that allows us to learn, adapt, and evolve into a stronger unit day by day.
We invest in our talent with an educational initiative to develop high-achieving creative and sales teams and to keep on top of leading-edge technologies. This entrepreneurial spirit offers our a better chance to move ahead more rapidly than at most other places. Our culture is very much evident in our track record of attracting and retaining the best clients and associates. We hire innovative people who can keep up with the pace and welcome the challenges of our ever-developing world. We believe that innovation is a byproduct of smarts and when smart, innovative people collaborate amazing things are accomplished.
Last, but not least, we believe our culture is our competitive advantage and driving force for success. As we grow and set higher expectations, we will always stay committed to allowing all of our associates to build and grow their careers, as fast as they would like.
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Company/Careers
Be Heard. Grow. Have Fun.
We are only as good as our people. We embrace most anyone with an entrepreneurial spirit, collaborative mindset and passion for an adventure. We are proud of the current team we have assembled of the most talented and hard working people in the business.
MRN always welcomes resumes from talented people.
To inquire about open positions, please send a note to careers@mrn.com
I've been pleased with my MRN experience. Located in Salt Lake City, we've got a great access point to the red deserts, deep canyons, rugged mountains, pristine snows, and starry nights that Utah has to offer. It's a wonderful environment for my profession and my life. - Courtney Higgins, Web Content Manager
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Company/Leadership
MRN's founders bring a diverse range of experience. They’ve been manufacturers and distributors. They've started and run Internet retailers, led ad agencies, and managed telesales shops. They've invested in manufacturing, distribution, technology, and service companies. Yet they share an understanding of the internet’s unprecedented ability to create new opportunities and have banded together to apply this forward thinking to specialty industrial products.
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Skip Klintworth, Chief Experience Officer
Skip decided to co-create MRN with his business partner Brad after realizing how much he missed the incredible energy of an ecommerce driven business. He saw that there were still untapped areas within the industrial marketplace and felt that he could help champion a vision that would change the way specialty products were distributed across multiple verticals. Leveraging his 35 years of experience operating, building and investing in successful companies, Skip believes MRN is poised to redefine this marketplace.
Prior to creating MRN, Skip co-founded DWHP, a healthcare-focused private equity firm with $100 million under management. The advantage that Skip brought to the firm was his extensive operating experience, which he used to enhance each investment.
Skip also founded and was CEO and Chairman of the Board of Promedix Corporation. Promedix was the first ecommerce company focused on streamlining the supply chain for specialty medical products. Skip raised over $10 million in venture capital and grew the business to 160 employees before it was sold in February 2000 to Ventro Corporation (a transaction valued at $330 million).
Before Promedix, Skip founded and was CEO of Healthcare Technology Delivery Corporation (HTD). HTD was the largest specialty medical products distributor in the U.S., generating $120 million in annual revenue and employing over 300 people. Skip sold the company privately in 1997.
Prior to HTD, Skip was CEO of Alpha Protech, based in Salt Lake City. Alpha Protech is a manufacturer of protective apparel for the healthcare industry. Alpha Protech had sales of $8 million and 50 employees.
Skip's philanthropic interests include founding DreamWeaver Medical, a not-for-profit organization focused on providing healthcare supplies to surgical missions in developing countries. Skip also co-created the internationally syndicated TV show, Profiles in Caring, with his wife. This not-for-profit tells the stories of great, small charitable efforts around the world. Profiles is also currently in the process of introducing a sister effort called Goodtube, which is a web forum for videographers around the world to tell the stories of humanitarian efforts here and abroad.
What is your vision for MRN?
My vision for MRN is to create the first-multi vertical, industry-centric ecommerce company that maintains itself as one of the best places to sell to, buy from and work for.
What is your leadership style?
I believe that behind every great manager lies an army of talented individuals. I surround myself with the smartest, brightest and most energetic people - giving them the freedom to create new visions and better ways of doing business. It inspires me to work alongside people that not only care about building something great, but care about being involved in a culture that gives back.
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Bradford Bond, Chief Marketing Officer
Brad has been a pioneer in the marketing and interactive ecommerce industry for over a decade. He directs the internal and external communications programs for MRN, blending sales and marketing strategies with innovative technology to deliver optimized communications across multiple channels. By developing the Company as a thought leader in digital ecommerce marketing, he is able to execute a fresh vision for both the MRN branded sites and their respective vendors.
Before co-founding MRN, Brad was the founder and CEO of MCA HealthPages, Inc., a leading web design firm specializing in creating and hosting ecommerce web sites for medical manufacturers.
In 1998, Brad left MCA HealthPages to co-found Promedix, the first business-to-business healthcare supply exchange on the Internet. Later that year, Promedix received $3 million in venture capital funding from CMGI, enabling it to quickly expand from three people to 160 in eight months. In 2000, the company sold to Ventro Corporation (a transaction valued at $330 million).
Earlier in his career, Brad founded and managed a variety of digital imaging and advertising agencies, including Unica Multimeda Corporation. During that time, he realized the business potential of the Internet and used its emerging capabilities to supervise the creation of complex interactive presentations for Unica’s physician clients.
In addition to extensive marketing, ecommerce and interactive experience, Brad served 6 years as an officer in the U.S. Army, led the design of air defense weapon systems for General Dynamics Corporation, created the original concpt for and helped produce the videogame ZPC for Zombie Interactive Entertainment, and produced a feature film called "The Business of Fancydancing,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Brad now returns to the industry with former partner, Skip, from Promedix, with an idea to create a Company that looks at ecommerce in a different light – blending site design, sales strategies and a comprehensive service offering to create an unprecendented buying experience.
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Greg Clark, Chief Operating Officer
Greg is responsible for coordinating the Company's operations including financial tracking, business continuity and strategic growth for MRN's effeciency and profitability. Since 2000, Greg has led as CEO of to businesses that he co-owns with his partners - The Data Center and OnSite Maintenance Center.
Previously, Greg held a variety of executive positions with Kinko's, Inc, including assuming leadership of operations for Kinko's, Inc. in the Northeastern region of the United States as well as performing corporate counsel duties.
Greg has completed the Owner President Management program at the Harvard Business School and had also been a member of the California state bar.
What excites you about MRN?
Internally, I look forward daily to working with a dynamic group of bright, energetic people. Together, we intend to create the best possible relationships with our vendors, and an excellent buying, service and support experience for our customers.
What is your favorite part about the MRN office?
We have an environment that draws us all together daily. We expect everyone to bring a good, solutions oriented attitude to our workplace. We have a fun, productive environment where I always enjoy spending time.
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Nick Velloff, Chief Technology Officer
Nick is responsible for technology innovation and implementation at MRN. This includes developing a breakthrough ecommerce platform and managing both the technology and quality-assurance teams. The innovations from his team contribute and are many times are responsible for fulfillment of the MRN vision and its success.
Nick brings more than 12 years of technology and interactive experience to his role as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining MRN, Nick was the Director of Creative Development at top interactive shop,AKQA. Nick is well-known for his expertise in creating highly visible dynamic flash content and rich internet applications with leading brands such as Sony, Hewlett Packard and ESPN. Several of his interactive works have received recognition from The One Club, Adobe and Communications Arts.
Nick uses his knowledge of design and user experience to educate the MRN marketing and product teams how to collaborate effectively with the web services team to create the best possible user experience. Nick joined MRN with a desire to work with those who have a different way of looking at the online landscape. A different way of doing things. Those, who in their careers have enjoyed every minute of creating and developing the best ideas in the industry.
What excites you about Interactive?
I believe that today's brands need to do a lot more than hold your attention. They need to engage and excite you. That's why I am passionate about emerging technology that has no rules - just allows creative and visual ideas to come to life.
What is your regular schedule?
Well, as any typical developer, I like my space, quiet, darkness and working through the night. I generally work 11 am - 4 am each day.
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