Brett Higgins

Experience

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  Thunderbird Enterprises, Inc.

  Oct 1993 - Jan 2002

  Vice President

  Wholesale and retail distributorship of commercial and industrial electronics, test equipment, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

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  Percept Sales International

  Jan 2001 - Aug 2004

  President

  Buyer/Broker of industrial electrical surplus utilizing international distribution channels

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  Sierra Auction Management, Inc.

  Sept 2004 - Apr 2011

  Vice President of Marketing - General Manager, Phoenix & Tucson - Auctioneer - Appraiser

  General Management- Primary focus on advertising and marketing. Daily business operations, management of technology, preparations of responses to RFP's. Certified Auctioneer (CA), Certified Real Estate Auctioneer (CREA), Certified Charity and Fundraising Auctioneer (CCFA), Certified Personal Property Appraiser (CPPA), Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP)

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  Arizona State Auctioneer's Association

  Jan 2011 - Oct 2011

  President

  Elected as the President of the Arizona State Auctioneer's Association beginning in January of 2011

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  Brett Higgins, LLC

  Apr 2011 - now

  Professional Contract Auctioneer, Fundraiser & Fundraising Consultant

  Rapid-fire, high energy auctioneer with a diverse background as a former professional auction buyer, vice president of marketing, and auction company executive that contributes to an uncanny ability to recognize the triggers that evoke bidding and creates a feverish excitement that makes it more just an average auction, but, rather, an experience! A professional, experienced and expert fundraising auctioneer representing some of the largest charitable organization in the United States.

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  GEARS Industrial Auctioneers

  Jul 2023 - now

  President and General Manager

  Online Industrial Auction Company