Brett Waggoner

Education

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  Marshall University

  1997 - 2002

  Bachelors Business Management

  Worked full time at Fastenal Company in Huntington, WV. While earning my BS Business Management Fastenal sales position allowed me to deal with small business to national manufacturing plants while learning all the textbook cases. I was able to see the classroom world while seeing first hand the real world scenarios and management practices. Great combination!

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  Marshall University

  1997 - 2001

  Bachelor's of Business Administration Business Administration and Management, General

  During my time at Marshall, I worked full time at Fastenal Company while being a full time student. I was very fortunate that the management team at Fastenal (Brian Linnville and Deron Chapman) let me work around my class schedule. This mainly involved night classes, and usually 1 or 2 classes during the day 2-3 days per week. It was great experience working my way up from warehouse staff to sales, to Assistant Branch Manager all while attending the Business School at Marshall. I was able to… Show more During my time at Marshall, I worked full time at Fastenal Company while being a full time student. I was very fortunate that the management team at Fastenal (Brian Linnville and Deron Chapman) let me work around my class schedule. This mainly involved night classes, and usually 1 or 2 classes during the day 2-3 days per week. It was great experience working my way up from warehouse staff to sales, to Assistant Branch Manager all while attending the Business School at Marshall. I was able to gain real world experience and hear the teaching/text book side of business all at the same time. Somewhat tiring, but being able to see 30-40 business practices a week while on the street selling gave me a huge leg up on understanding how each business, especially manufacturing, has it's niche and meets it's customers needs. Show less