Stout Leadership

Jody Gunderson, President

Jody has enjoyed a long career split between pharmaceutical sales and in the last 8 years, job shop manufacturing leadership.  Always driven to do better and exceed expectations, she has been able to successfully navigate the differences between a large corporate sales environment and a smaller job shop manufacturing environment.  She has been able to implement new processes based on her corporate background, while identifying and embracing the positive processes which exist within a smaller organization.  Her drive to do well isn’t limited to the business process.  She is focused on ensuring her team members are taken care of with respect to their health, providing positive affirmation and critical feedback when improvements are necessary.  When Jody isn’t at work, she loves to spend time with her twin boys, volunteer coaching basketball, volunteer at school and attend anything her kids are involved in.

Jim Gunderson, VP Manufacturing and Key Account Manager

Jim has been in the sign business for nearly 20 years. Always a builder, he has been using his hands to create since childhood. Manufacturing has proved to be a perfect way to combine his creative skills in building, 3D thinking and relationship development with customers and colleagues alike. Prior to his time in the sign business, Jim was a National Account Executive for a Retail Services company in New York where he cut his teeth managing projects across disciplines for major national retail brands. The time he spent in this industry earned him both thick skin and an acute awareness of the need to perform as stated. Early on Jim was an Army Lieutenant specializing in Ordinance and Maintenance Logistics which provided experience in establishing systems and managing people. When not engrossed in the business, Jim spends his time hanging out with his wife and trying to convince his twin boys that after much consideration it is now widely accepted that being a sign maker is the most important job in the World.