MATT PATTERSON
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS MANAGER
Matt, a third-generation employee, is the dedicated Account Manager for Federal Express and Grainger. He holds a B.B.A. in Business Management from Mesa State University in Grand Junction, Colorado.
Matt began as a summer intern in 2000; he had the opportunity to experience production, traveling road sales, trade shows and performed various levels of market research. A full-time employee since 2006, Matt has held various levels of responsibility in the sales department. As a FedEx Account Manager, he has had the opportunity to work closely with FedEx engineers to help develop a new loading dock fan designed specifically to suit the needs of FedEx.
Although he’s only been an employee since 2006, he has been a member of the Patterson family since 1980. Matt’s father and grandfather started Patterson Fan Company in 1989; he’s been a part of the business as long as he can remember and is proud to be able to come into work every day and serve those customers that help get us where we are today.
Outside of work, Matt is probably most notable for coining the phrase, “Flip that puppy on the sunny time.” While much debate still surrounds the exact meaning of this popular expression, the two prevailing schools of thought are “look for the bright side of any situation” or “let’s put a pin in this discussion until the following day.” A third, and perhaps most widely accepted interpretation is: it’s complete gibberish. If by some miraculous twist of fate you’ve yet to encounter this common idiom in your day to day life, don’t worry, soon you will.
Matt began as a summer intern in 2000; he had the opportunity to experience production, traveling road sales, trade shows and performed various levels of market research. A full-time employee since 2006, Matt has held various levels of responsibility in the sales department. As a FedEx Account Manager, he has had the opportunity to work closely with FedEx engineers to help develop a new loading dock fan designed specifically to suit the needs of FedEx.
Although he’s only been an employee since 2006, he has been a member of the Patterson family since 1980. Matt’s father and grandfather started Patterson Fan Company in 1989; he’s been a part of the business as long as he can remember and is proud to be able to come into work every day and serve those customers that help get us where we are today.
Outside of work, Matt is probably most notable for coining the phrase, “Flip that puppy on the sunny time.” While much debate still surrounds the exact meaning of this popular expression, the two prevailing schools of thought are “look for the bright side of any situation” or “let’s put a pin in this discussion until the following day.” A third, and perhaps most widely accepted interpretation is: it’s complete gibberish. If by some miraculous twist of fate you’ve yet to encounter this common idiom in your day to day life, don’t worry, soon you will.
