Enterprise Minnesota Names Debra Bly as Business Growth Consultant

Minneapolis (July 12, 2010) – Enterprise Minnesota has named Debra Bly as its newest Business Growth Consultant. Bly will work with manufacturers throughout the state to identify and implement marketing strategies to grow business.

Bly, a Lino Lakes resident, brings a solid background in strategic marketing, product marketing, branding, pricing and channel management. She has more than 20 years of experience in identifying new opportunities to grow revenue through new products and markets with in-depth analysis and interpretation of market segments.

Prior to joining Enterprise Minnesota, Bly served as senior marketing manager, new business corporate for Bloomington-based The Toro Company, where she also served positions as director of marketing, commercial products. Previously, she worked for Fridley-based Cummins Power Generation as director/general manager of the mobile business group and as director of marketing for the consumer products division.  

“Manufacturers wake up in the morning and think about how to grow their business, which is exactly what Deb Bly can help them do,” said Enterprise Minnesota president Bob Kill. “She excels at understanding new opportunities for growth and how to implement the changes to achieve new revenue.”

Enterprise Minnesota, the state’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) affiliate, works with small and medium size manufacturing companies. Its services help clients improve their efficiencies, contain their costs, and achieve real growth in sales revenue and earnings.

Bly holds a bachelor’s degree in both business and public administration and a Master’s of Business Administration with an emphasis in marketing and management from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.

Enterprise Minnesota helps Minnesota manufacturing enterprises grow profitably. Chartered by the Minnesota State Legislature in 1987, Enterprise Minnesota is a 501(c)3 non-profit and affiliate of the Department of Commerce, Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)  a program within NIST linking together all 50 states and Puerto Rico to strengthen the global competitiveness of U.S.-based manufacturing. Centers within the network provide information, decision support and implementation assistance to smaller manufacturing firms in adopting new, more advance manufacturing technologies, techniques, and business best practices to help them compete and grow.