Scot Stern , Managining Partner of Sales Masters USA, brings a wealth of management experience to Soundview and Sales Masters. Scot has a strong background in the office products industry where he has held positions ranging from major accounts sales, branch management, regional management, senior management and finally President and CEO.

Most recently, he served as President and CEO at Neopost, Inc. a publicly held provider of mailing equipment since 1929. His responsibilities included over $200 million in annual sales revenue utilizing a branch and dealer distribution network in the USA. Neopost has over 330 field sales people and over 1,000 total employees and is part of Neopost SA, a European based company.

Prior to Neopost, Scot served as Executive Vice President of Konica Business Machines, reporting to the Chairman, and managing all of Konica's Direct DFivision Operations. This assignment encompassed sales, service, remanufacturing, field administration, computer products division and distribution. These operations generated over $400 million in yearly revenues through 1,700 employees. Scot has a strong background in Major Account Sales and Konica is well known for their successes in this vital business arena.

Scot also has extensive background in higher tech endeavors as an entrepreneur. He founded Office Equipment International, Inc. and OEI Computers, Inc. and built them from a ground zero start to over $17 million in annual sales. He served as President and CEO and, a board member for 18 years and successfully sold the company to Konica.

Prior to OEI, Scot served as President and CEO at SYSTEL / LEXTEL, a computer hardware and software manufacturer, based in Silicon Valley. LEXTEL, employed 236 people and generated $168 million in revenue. Scot assisted in selling the company to Silver Reed after serving as President and CEO for 6 years.

Scot also served as Vice President of Retail Operations for Gestetner a well known office equipment manufacturer with a dealer and branch network. Gestetner's revenues approached $230 Million in sales for the USA operations and employed 400 plus sales employees.

Scot currently serves on three Boards as an Outside Director.