Terry Suominen's Bio

BIO

Terry Suominen was born in Elgin Illinois in 1960.   The family moved to Wisconsin when Terry was seven where he lived until 1975. The family relocated to Florida where Terry remained until his move to Nevada in 1994.  He currently resides in Las Vegas. 

EDUCATION

Terry went through the public school systems in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Florida.  While in Florida he attended Edison Community College briefly with business being the major.  When Terry moved to Nevada he attended the Community College of Southern Nevada, now the College of Southern Nevada where he earned an associates degree in Air Conditioning Technology and minored in business.  Terry attended the University of Las Vegas where he majored in Political Science with a minor in business law.   

WORK HISTORY

Terry Suominen began delivering newspapers at the age of 13 before moving to Florida.  In Florida he went to work for a company that repossessed mobile homes. This job was to clean and repair the homes to get them ready for resale.

At 16 Terry went to work at a pizza shop and worked throughout high school. While there Terry worked his way up to an assistant manager.  His duties included opening and closing the store on weekends and holidays. Terry worked with employees to train them on the pizza line, preparing the ingredients for the pies and scheduling.  His duties also included making the deposits and paying the vendors. Throughout his days in high school Terry remained a friend of the owner and would help out in extreme circumstances until he was well into his twenties.

Next Terry went to work in a grocery store as a bag boy.  He advanced very quickly.  He went to the stock crew within six months of being hired and was a manager of the crew by the age of 17 1/2.  His job description included scheduling, handling customer complaints, making deposits, filling out daily reports, opening and closing the store.   

At 18,Terry was training new employees for the stock crew and moving around to locations throughout the state to increase the productivity by working with the crews for a few weeks to a few months, whatever time was needed to accomplish the task.

Throughout his career Terry has been in management whether working for a company or self employed.  He has received awards from different companies for his abilities. From increasing productivity to employee of the month Terry has always worked to advance the careers of those around him.  Terry believes in training others so they can move up the ladder of success, whether at work or at home.  Terry knows that if you inform individuals of the options available to them they can make a decision based on facts.