Interview: Bradley Kerr, Director of Sales & Marketing, Detyens Shipyards

I grew up in Charleston, South Carolina, the youngest of three boys. I attended school locally and then went to Wingate University, outside Charlotte, North Carolina, where I played soccer for four years and graduated with a degree in Communications.

I didn't initially pursue a maritime career. Every male member of my family was in sales, so sales was something I was exposed to from a very young age. In college, I thought I wanted a career in radio and interned at an AM radio station. I also sold advertising for the station, and my station manager suggested that instead of pursuing an on-air broadcasting career I should go into sales.

That's how my sales career began. Maritime wasn't on my radar yet, but a career in sales certainly was.

It was the birth of our son Bailey, who currently works in our docking department! We had an old Jon boat in the garage that I needed to store somewhere else to make room for the car so we could pull it inside when it was raining and get the baby out.

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