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Rich Rye

Director of Sales and Marketing

1-800-Water Damage

Associate Member

Professional Bio

I am 55 & live in Seattle WA and have since 1984. Born in NJ and have lived in San Francisco, Sacramento, Minneapolis & Denver/Colorado Springs. And believe it or not, after that travel, I ended up liking and staying in Seattle. Right out of high school for several years, I worked doing commercial fishing in the Bering Sea of Alaska - that was wild!

I have worked at several sales and management positions, such as a project manager for Air Touch Cellular (now Verizon) and managed multiple retail stores. I started doing marketing for the Seattle 1-800 Water Damage in 1999 (before they were Franchising). Then in 2004, I became a Franchise Developer for the company, which was new and exciting for me. Later in 2007, I became an officer of the company (Director Of Franchise Development) until 2015.

Currently, I am the Director of sales and marketing for the Seattle 1-800 Water Damage where my main focus is making sure things go well for the plumbers and property managers that send us our customers. I am truly blessed to be in a recessionproof business where we get to help people every day!

I love enjoying life with my wife Stacey. I love any form of being on the water, hanging out on the Lake, or the Puget Sound. I like to bike and ski in Whistler CAN. And I am a magnet for the sun if it is out, so am I.

Company

1-800-Water Damage
12628 Interurban Avenue South Suite 100
Tukwila, WA 98168-3320
206.381.3041 https://www.1800waterdamage.com/seattle-wa/
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Awards:
2009, Franchise Sales Award IFA
Volunteer Work:
Volunteer at Light My Fire Non Profit org