Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> August 11, 2003
THOMAS A. DOLAN is President and CEO of QRS Music Technologies, Inc., a
leading provider of technology and products for the music industry, a
distributor of Story and Clark's unique line of pianos and automated
musical instruments and the music that drives them. Mr. Dolan joined QRS
in November 1994 with more than 13 years of hands on experience in
virtually all major operating areas of an organization. He is focused on
business development by improving the company's sales and marketing,
capitalizing on the company's unique product base and talent built to
date. Mr. Dolan began his career at Motorola's component products
division in Franklin Park, Illinois, after receiving a Bachelor's degree
in Industrial Administration and Economics at Iowa State University.
There he worked in production management and later in inventory
control/purchasing. In 1985 he took time off to finish his Electrical
Engineering degree at the University of Arizona. In 1987 he joined
Johnson Controls as a Sales Engineer. Over his five plus years of
successful sales at Johnson Controls, Mr. Dolan was exposed to all
facets of successful sales organization, from prospect to
implementation. He joined QRS Music after the acquisition of Story &
Clark pianos. Over the past seven years he has been responsible for
regional sales and several national accounts and overseeing the
direction and development and successful introduction of many of the key
product lines. Profile
Mr. Dolan: QRS was founded in 1900 as a piano roll company and they were
in the business of supplying music for the new
