Meet Our Company Directors
Jerry Brown
Founder / President
Email Jerry
419/724-7310
In 1989, after more than a decade as a major account executive in the telecommunication systems industry, Jerry founded PowerHouse Productions. The company grew from a local three-employee shop into one of the nation’s most successful Point-Of-Entry Marketing agencies - BusinessVoice.
Today, this award-winning, national account specialist provides services to more than 6,000 client locations throughout North America, and is an acknowledged leader in the On Hold Messaging industry. The agency has received scores of awards, citations and accolades, and has been profiled in local, regional and national publications.
Jerry is the past Chairman of the international On Hold Messaging Association and past President and board member of the Toledo Chapter of the American Advertising Federation. He has also served with the Toledo Area Business Network, the Chief Executive Boards, the Young Entrepreneur Society, and as a Trustee for both the Huntington Community Center and the Sylvania Area Regional Transit Planning Commission.
Jerry’s professional passion is sales. He has sold tens of millions of dollars of telecommunication and marketing products and services to hundreds of clients during a career that spans more than 25 years. He has also won more than 50 local, regional, and national awards for his personal sales successes.
Jerry addresses over a dozen conferences, seminars and symposiums each year. His topics include sales, sales management, marketing, networking, customer service, and business development.
In his spare time, Jerry enjoys traveling and outdoor adventure, motorcycling, playing and coaching rugby, and playing music with fellow musicians, his brothers, and his sons.
Scott Greggory
Creative Director
Email Scott
419/724-7330
After earning a Bachelor of Arts in Communication degree, Scott enjoyed a ten-year radio career, working on-air and as a writer / producer. During that time, he also struck out on his own as a freelance voiceover talent. It was that work that led him to BusinessVoice (then PowerHouse Productions) in the early 1990s.
After serving as one of our voices, Scott joined our Creative department as a Copywriter in 1993. He was promoted to the position of Creative Director in 1996. In the years since, he has written, voiced and/or produced dozens of award-winning On Hold Messaging scripts. The honors range from local and regional Crystal and ADDY Awards, to national Communicator and Silver Microphone Awards, to an Innovative Marketing award from The One Show in New York City. His work even won one of the first two Holdie Awards presented by the On Hold Messaging Association.
Scott oversees the BusinessVoice Creative staff and voice talent, serves on the agency’s marketing team, and handles special creative projects. He’s also an instrumental member of our key and major account management teams. In his spare time he continues to work as a freelance voiceover talent and as the staff announcer for WTOL-TV, the CBS affiliate in Toledo, Ohio. He and his wife - also a voiceover talent - live in the Michigan countryside with their three children.
Valerie Likens
Director of Account Management
Email Valerie
419/724-7344
Val cut her professional teeth at BusinessVoice. Since joining our team in early 1994, she has held a number of positions – from CSR to Production Manager to Director of Client Services – and she’s succeeded at each one. Today, she serves our clients and sales force as the Director of Account Management. She has overseen many major BusinessVoice projects, including nationwide equipment installations and key and major account program roll-outs. She was also responsible for developing many of our client service and order fulfillment processes and procedures.
Val holds an Associates Degree in Business Management and has continued her education through various professional development opportunities. She and her husband have two children.
Mearl Sutton
Director of National Accounts
Email Mearl
419/724-7345
Mearl got his start with BusinessVoice (then known as PowerHouse Productions) in the late 1980s. He worked as a sales / marketing / recruiting consultant for the young company for two years and, after leaving, maintained a close relationship with many of its key players.
Mearl moved into the corporate world and honed his skills in national account and sales management with both small and large firms. Along the way he was awarded a “Six Sigma” supplier black belt in quality from General Electric; contributed to higher education as an adjunct university instructor in marketing and sales management; worked in supplier management; and assisted the development of future business leaders as a mentor and guest speaker at many training and development seminars.
And now he’s come full circle. Mearl re-joined the BusinessVoice team in 2004 as the Director of Sales and Marketing. He also serves on the On Hold Messaging Association’s Board of Governors and as the chair of OHMA’s Marketing Committee.
Mearl holds a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the University of Toledo, as well as a Master’s in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University. In addition to an effective, easy-going style, he brings with him more than 20 years of sales and marketing management experience.
Mearl lives in Waterville, Ohio with his wife and their son.
Steve Timofeev
Director of Operations / Director, WebArt
Email Steve at BusinessVoice,
Email Steve at WebArt
419/724-7343
Steve brought his extensive experience with website construction, operations, and customer service to BusinessVoice in 2003. Prior to joining our team he spent 16 years as Vice President of Hotel Operations for Acorn Management.
As our Operations Manager, Steve views BusinessVoice from his “30,000 foot perspective.” He has implemented new processes and improved existing procedures, working with our Production, Fulfillment, Creative and Accounting Services departments.
In 1997, Steve began a successful career in website development, a passion he continues to pursue today as the Director of WebArt, the in-house web arm of BusinessVoice. It’s Steve’s commitment to client service and his desire to successfully fulfill our clients’ web marketing needs that have built the division from the ground up.
Steve coaches baseball, is very active in his church and community, and is a past board member of the Advertising Club of Toledo. He and his wife have three children.
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