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Colbee
Burris

Colbee Burris is Carl Zeiss Vision’s Regional Business Development Manager for Florida and Alabama.

Serving in a number of important roles for eyeglass manufacturer Carl Zeiss Vision since 2003, Colbee Burris currently oversees the company’s representatives in Florida and Alabama as Regional Business Development Manager. Recently, Burris received an invitation to attend Carl Zeiss Vision’s exclusive 5-week Junior Leadership Program. Burris was one of just 15 people selected from Carl Zeiss Vision offices around the world for this program, each participant identified by co-workers’ nominations as potential future leaders in the company.

Through the program, Colbee Burris learned important leadership skills, such as how to build relationships and effectively manage employees across different cultures. Colbee Burris brings to his work at Carl Zeiss Vision a deeply ingrained work ethic. A native of Iowa, Burris grew up working on his family’s farm and spent long hours alongside his father in the barn. Colbee Burris played basketball and baseball in high school, and his dedication to athletics earned him scholarships to several schools, and he has enjoyed continued opportunities to play at nationwide competitions.

As a student athlete at Indian Hills Community College, Burris participated in the National Junior College World Series in 1995 and 1996 in Grand Junction, Colorado, and his baseball team enjoyed the title of Conference Champions for both years. Later, at Florida International University, Colbee Burris and his teammates competed at the NCAA Division I Regional Baseball Finals in 1997 and 1998. Burris led the team in earned run average (ERA) in 1998.

Colbee Burris continues his love of baseball by contributing free time to coaching children in the sport. During the devastating floods that affected Iowa in 2008, Colbee Burris aided his community by sandbagging and manning emergency phone lines to help those in need during the disaster.


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Colbee Burris's Companies

  		•  Carl Zeiss Vision 2003
    Regional Business Development Manager
    I manage sales representatives for Carl Zeiss Vision in the states of Florida and Alabama. I travel extensively with my reps making sales calls with them in order to generate sales through our laboratory in Clearwater Fl. I serve as a leader, mentor and am responsible for our market through a variety of strategic initiatives.
  		• Iowa Telecom 2002 - 2003
    Sales Representative
    I was a sales representative in a business to business sale of high speed internet service, local and long distance plans and phone systems to local businesses in Southern Iowa. Was top in sales for my sales division during my tenure at Iowa Telecom.

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