A Team Worthy of the Hall of Fame

At United Country Auction Services, we’ve been around the auction block. Our management group is led by some of the most highly respected professionals in the industry. They’ve won prestigious awards. They’ve headed up state and national auctioneer committees. And they’ve even been enshrined in the Hall of Fame.

 

Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Duffy joined United Country as part of a successful effort in February 2006 to secure growth capital to support the rapid growth of the United Country system. He serves as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors. In his role as CEO, Mr. Duffy is principally responsible for the establishment and execution of a long-term strategy for United Country designed to deliver competitive advantage to United Country franchisee partners as they operate in their local markets and serve their clients. Prior to joining United Country, Mr. Duffy spent nearly 20 years focused on serving clients in a number of senior executive positions. Most recently Mr. Duffy served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft’s “2005 Global Partner of the Year” and largest North American Microsoft Business Solutions partner with over 20 offices serving 12,000 clients across the United States and the U.K.

Prior to his tenure in the technology services market space, Mr. Duffy served as the Chief Development and Financial Officer of an on-line business-to-business exchange serving the auction and brokerage market for industrial equipment and was a founding member of the Chicago practice of The Center for Strategic Transactions, a division of Ernst & Young L.L.P., providing strategic and corporate finance advisory services to Fortune 100 companies as well as high growth technology, product and services organizations across multiple industries.

 

President
United Country Auction Services
Mike Jones, an auctioneer since 1978, serves as President of United Country Auction Services where his primary role is to oversee operations and support the nation’s largest integrated system of real estate auctioneers. His goals include providing United Country auctioneers with cutting edge and industry changing processes to enhance their individual company’s performance and to offer a wide range of marketing & technology services as well as project assistance. Mr. Jones has been a real estate professional since 1983. Early in his career, he worked for several North Texas radio stations as a news writer, producer, on air personality and filed reports for TSN the Texas State Network. For 27 years Jones owned and operated his own international auction services and appraisal company based in Dallas, Texas.

Mr. Jones served as the 56th President of the National Auctioneers Association and the 36th President of the Texas Auctioneers Association. He was elected to the TAA Hall of Fame in 2005. Jones is past chairman of the Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation Auctioneers Education Advisory Board. He was named the 1998 International Auctioneer Champion and the 1995 Texas State Champion Auctioneer. Mr. Jones is Director of the Texas Auction Academy, the auctioneer training school for United Country. He has conducted educational classes and seminars in over 30 states and was the Keynote Speaker at the South African Institute of Auctioneers national convention in 2003. Mr. Jones has conducted over 2,000 auctions globally for clients including Fortune 500 companies and international banks.

 

Vice President
United Country Auction Services
Shawn Terrel CAI, AARE brings a very extensive auction background to our executive management team.  Terrel has more than 15 years of professional auction and bid calling experience in the United States.  He currently sets on the Board of Directors of the National Auctioneers Association and is a Past Chairman and President of the Oklahoma State Auctioneers Association.   In 2007 Terrel was named the Oklahoma State Champion Auctioneer.  During his career in this profession, Terrel has become recognized as one of the industry’s authorities on conducting online auctions and live internet auction simulcasts.  He participated in over 1,800 auctions and has facilitated many of these auctions incorporating online internet auction solutions.

 

Vice President
United Country Marketing Services
Kevin Oldham, Director of Marketing for United Country Auction Services, brings over 14 years of marketing and advertising expertise to the United Country team. Prior to joining United Country, Oldham launched a marketing firm that catered exclusively to real estate developers, offering strategic solutions designed to generate traffic for their projects. Prior to this entrepreneurial venture, Oldham offered marketing services for Kansas City’s largest residential real estate broker and for an international movie theatre circuit. Oldham earned his MBA from Baker University in 2007.

 

President, United Country Real Estate
Mike Duffy is focused on bringing new, added value services and programs to United Country franchisees. With a 20 year background building such national brands as Coca-Cola, Winston Cup NASCAR, RJ Reynolds, Minute Maid, Community Coffee, and numerous other well known brands, Mike is bringing this experience to building recognition and understanding of the United Country Real Estate brand to real estate buyers. In addition to branding initiatives, Mike has extensive experience in sales, building strategic partnerships and launching new programs.

 

Chief Operating Officer, United Country Real Estate
Most recently, Dickey was Sr. Vice President Professional Services for ePartners. ePartners, the Microsoft 2005 Partner of the Year, specialized in delivering, integrating and customizing solutions tailored specifically for each client’s business needs. The group has a concentration in Microsoft .Net programming, Portal development services, systems integration, and a focus on ePartners’ core ERP and CRM product offerings.

Prior to joining ePartners, Dickey was Director of Worldwide Professional Services at Pervasive Software where he led the services group in both North America and Europe. The group focused on solving complex database problems and had a specific practice in replication and disaster recovery solutions.

Dickey has spent a number of years in the enterprise software space where he developed mission critical software for a wide range of businesses working with clients such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Office Depot, & Burlington Northern.

Dickey received his BBA in Management Information Systems from Texas Tech University, continuing education from Kellogg School of Management, and is a graduate of the Stagen Leadership Institute.

 

Chief Financial Officer, United Country Real Estate
Jason Cole brings over 12 years of financial experience to United Country. After joining United Country over a year ago, as Controller, he was promoted to Chief Financial Officer.

Prior to United Country, Jason spent 7 years with Walmart Stores Inc, in various financial roles, last serving as Senior Accounting Manager for the Corporate Traffic Department managing the payables and receivables for the company. After Walmart, he spent several years with Kansas City Southern Railroad, last serving as Accounting Manager helping prepare the monthly, quarterly, and yearly SEC reporting for the company, as well as managing the inventory for the railroad. Jason’s last position was Controller doing international financial reporting for ThyssenKrupp Access, a global German company.

 

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