Team

Phil Bickler joins the Virtual Supply team bringing with him an extensive knowledge an history of improvement on the operations of companies designing custom business applications, improving process flows, and more recently managing ERP and WMS implementations and other IT projects.

Born and raised in WISCONSIN where Phil spent most of his life until moving to SAN FRANCISCO Bay Area in 2012 and then to OREGON in 2019. His family includes his wife Mary, whom he’s been married to for over 30 years and his son Kyle and daughter Connor. For fun he enjoys taking in the sunset at the coast, WHALE WATCHING, NATURE, and SPORTS.

Phil enjoys playing any racket sport, basketball, golf, and rooting for his hometown teams, the BUCKS, BREWERS, PACKERS, AND SHARKS.

Keith is a native Oregonian, but moved to DUBLIN, IRELAND where he attended secondary school, with his family. In May 2014, Keith brought his ACCOUNTING EXPERIENCE from the hotel industry to Earl & Brown. He currently holds the role of Accounts Payable where, in his own words, he “pays the bills.”

When Keith isn’t “paying the bills,” you can find him playing TENNIS, watching various sporting events, or BROWSING a Comic book store. Keith also enjoys traveling to new places, attending movie conventions and collecting STAR WARS MEMORABILIA.

Way back in 2008, Justin started with E & B in the warehouse. He PICKED, packed, and shipped pallets and pallets and pallets of products for our CUSTOMERS. Through osmosis, he became our walking, talking technical support center for everything electronic.

Justin has a computer science background and was also a Chef in a former life. Customers will attest that he can PROGRAM A RADIO in a flash, but he has never shared his culinary talents with the team…

Sean joins the VirtualSupply team as a veteran of the game, working in the world of distribution for over 12 years! In nearly that same span of time he has been a PORTLAND TIMBERS season ticket holder for over a decade. You can catch him in the heart of the timbers army losing his voice rooting for the Boys in Green.

His passion and dedication doesn’t end there but continues over to the world of MOTORSPORTS. From the bottom to the top Sean enjoys it all – from grassroots level DRIFTING to the top level with endurance RACING.

Robert grew up in SOUTH AMERICA, living in both Peru and Ecuador. Robert is a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA GRAD, where he majored in Political Science. Shortly after college he was COMMISSIONED into the Regular Army as a 2ND LIEUTENANT.

Robert has been in sales for 21 YEARS and specifically in communications and two-way radio sales for 4 years.

Robert has a strong skill-set in PUBLIC SPEAKERING and regularly does presentations on personal development. When Robert isn’t selling two way radios he loves to MOUNTAIN BIKE!

Rod joined the EBCO team in October 2014 as the Director of Sales for the BUSINESS SOLUTIONS team. He is originally from Sarasota, Florida, which explains his LOVE FOR FLORIDA STATE’S college football. Rod is a talented team leader with extensive experience in Two-Way Radio and Wireless sales, as well as able to BUDGET AND FORECAST while cheering on FSU College Football.

In addition to cheering on FSU, Rod enjoys SPENDING TIME with his family and friends, PLAYING golf, and attending COLLEGE FOOTBALL games, when he has the chance.

A PACIFIC NORTHWEST native, Breana hails from Camas, WA. Bringing her knowledge and charisma from her previous career in RUNNING a Medical Facility, she started at Earl & Brown in March 2015 as our HR ADMINISTRATOR.

When she’s not keeping the office in SHAPE, you will find her curled up enjoying FANTASY NOVELS, BUILDING COMPUTERS or PLAYING VIDEO GAMES. She loves traveling and has spent time in Germany, the Netherlands, and Mexico. When the sun is out she will be HIKING in the gorge or PLAYING TENNIS. Rain or shine, Breana always has a SMILE on her face to go along with her CHEERFUL spirit.

Randy, originally FROM PHILADELPHIA, is a University of Oregon graduate WHO JOINED the Earl & Brown team in September 2016 as the Inside Sales and Customer Service Rep.

When Randy isn’t at THE OFFICE, he enjoys spending time with friends, FINDING THE BEST HIKES, and THE BEST FOOD in the Pacific Northwest.

Thom hails from BAILEYVILLE, MAINE and joins the Earl & Brown team with much energy and enthusiasm. Coming from Woot.com as an Associate Vendor Manager, Thom joins the organization as an Account Program Manager and an Inside Sales Rep.

When not sipping on a fine can of DR. PEPPER, Thom can be found hanging out with MARLEY (the best dog in the world), watching a variety of sports, on occasion trying to play a few of those sports, road tripping, or finding NEW TRAILS in the area. Fun Fact: Thom has never had COFFEE.

Growing up in an Army family, Cobey lived in PLACES AROUND THE U.S. AND EUROPE but eventually came to call Tacoma, Washington his hometown. He comes to Earl and Brown with OVER TEN YEARS OF ACCOUNTING EXPERIENCE, primarily in property tax, and a Business degree from Washington State University. Cobey likes cashing checks so much he decided to take on the role of Accounts Receivable at E&B in summer of 2015.

A self-confessed SPORTS FANATIC, he has been to the Rose Bowl twice to cheer on his Cougs.  Cobey spends his free time rooting for the SEATTLE SEAHAWKS and PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS, or teaching his dog Quigley how to be a gentleman.

In 2007, with the changing of the guard, Emily joined Earl & Brown as the CONTROLLER and has since moved to DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES. She is originally from Anacortes, Washington, and is a PURPLE LOVIN’ HUSKY from the University of Washington. She has accrued a WEALTH of accounting experience with her time at Lime Financial and Snowdogs, LLC and brings an ABUNDANCE of finance knowledge to Earl & Brown.

When she isn’t the MASTER OF FINANCES for Earl & Brown, Emily can answer any question about 80’S POP CULTURE TRIVIA. She also enjoys spending time with her family.

AJ is HOMEGROWN in the Pacific NW, born in South Seattle. He graduated from WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY with a bachelor’s degree in ECONOMICS. When AJ isn’t SERVING OUR KEY ACCOUNTS he is taking advantage of all that the PNW has to offer, MAINLY FISHING AND GOLFING. AJ also likes to explore the ever growing food and beverage scene with his wife Mara.

AJ loves sharing new experiences and showing the things he loves that people don’t always realize are right in the PNW’s backyard! GRILLING THE CATCH OF THE DAY paired with the right beverage is the best way to end a day SURROUNDED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AJ says.

Ben worked with E & B for FIVE YEARS as a customer, and since 2011 with the Business Solutions Division as a B2B Sales Manager. With his electronics education, and A/V and cinema sales experience, it was a NATURAL FIT for our two-radio division.

A go-to-guy, Ben is a MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS PRODUCT GURU, social media geek, and a car restoration expert. Mr. Hollywood also has a great film presence and WRITES, DIRECTS, AND STARS in compelling Motorola educational videos for his E & B audience.

James brings his expert level knowledge of PYTHON and PHP to the Earl & Brown team, constantly optimizing our COMMUNICATIONS with our key partners. When he is not testing lines of code, James loves to play BASKETBALL, DISC GOLF, and VIDEO GAMES.

Trevor is our TERRITORY SALES MANAGER for Motorola Solutions & Vertex Standard in OR, WA, ID, MT, and AK.  His previous experience combines sales management success with proven expertise in delivering OUTSTANDING sales and marketing outcomes in highly competitive industries and markets.

Some fun facts about Trevor:  he has visited 34 states, and 10 foreign countries; ENJOYS CAMPING, hunting, fishing, and riding anything with a motor that goes really fast!  Trevor also makes the best homemade pickles in the world!

Born in ALABAMA, but grew up in the Seattle area, Brenda attended LINFIELD COLLEGE (Go Wildcats) and then graduated from UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND (Go Loggers) with a BA in Business. Her epic career journey started from the world of Nordstrom right out of college to working at Mt. Bachelor and skiing every day! After a couple of seasons, thought I better get a “real” job so settled in Central Oregon where I met my tall, blonde and handsome husband and where my one and only SON was born.

From there we moved to Medford, OR where I worked for HARRY & DAVID as a Buyer, Senior Buyer, Director of Merchandising, VP of Merchandising – working my way up the corporate ladder. Working for another food gifting company, FIGI’S in Wisconsin as VP of Merchandising then Purchasing and Creative for a few years, until returning to the PNW to work for NORM THOMPSON as Director of Merchandising then to FABRIC DEPOT as Director of Merchandising and Marketing. Carrying the knowledge and experience across the U.S. has brought me to the Virtual Supply team in December of 2018.

Sports have always been a huge part of my life from skiing, to running track and playing basketball in my youth and now cheering on my favorite teams – Seahawks, Huskies, Blazers, BAMA, Mariners, Packers, almost every team except the Ducks. My passion now is spending time with my family and friends, sports, traveling and last but so not least Zumba! Oh and my secret sport that I don’t tell anyone about….bowling!

Tyler Thompson, ORIGINALLY from Seattle, WA, joined the Virtual Supply team in July 2016 as the Manager of Vendor Services. His day consists of MANAGING all of Virtual Supply’s Value Added Services and 3PL programs.

When Tyler isn’t managing the eCommerce sales for Earl & Brown, he can be found PLAYING RUGBY, enjoying really good BBQ with friends, or camping during the summer and enjoying the PACIFIC NORTHWEST fresh air.

The warehouse team are experts in WMS, Amazon Distribution requirements and guaranteeing that ever package is shipped out on time. In addition to the TIGHT OFFENSE in the warehouse, the team GUARANTEES that all returns are taken care of quickly.

While the entire team is always working hard to make sure that the job looks easy, we know we could not do what we do without the amazing work that each of the TEAM members bring to the Virtual Supply Warehouse.