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David Covey Co-Chief Operating Officer, Global Operations

David M.R. Covey is Senior Vice President of US Sales, an $82 million dollar business. In this capacity, David is responsible for the success of five regional sales offices and 100 sales people located throughout the United States. He has been in this role since September 2004. In the last four years, David has grown revenue from $45 million to $82 million and profits from $13.5 million to $25 million.

David was the President and General Manager of International, a $60 million dollar business, for three years—September 01-August 04. In this role, David led six direct Offices (company-owned operations) in Japan, Australia, UK, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil and 40 licensees (franchise-owned operations) who conduct business in 119 countries and 50 offices worldwide. During his tenure in this role, David expanded the company operations throughout central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and India.

Previously David was Area Vice President (AVP) for Asia-Pacific and General Manager of licensees worldwide for three-and-a-half years. In this role, David oversaw the turn-around of the Japan office as the President of FranklinCovey Japan while leading the expansion of the business into Latin America and Asia.

Prior to this, David was the Managing Director for FranklinCovey Australia, a company-owned operation located in Brisbane, Australia. David lived and worked extensively throughout Australia for 30 months. During his tenure as MD, David more than doubled the overall business, added sales offices in Sydney and Melbourne, and personally managed many of the largest client accounts. Prior to this, David began his career with FranklinCovey as a Client Partner for two-and-a-half years.

David earned his MBA from Harvard University. Prior to receiving his MBA, David worked for two years for Procter & Gamble in Phoenix, Arizona as a Sales Representative.