Camping Trade World – Issue 01

ADAM WEISNER INDUSTRY VIEWS
Adam Weisner
Chief Commercial Officer of SuperSprings International
Sometimes being an ‘outsider’ to the industry has some distinct
advantages, at least that’s according to Adam Weisner. He lets us in on his
business philosophy and gives us some insight into life at one of the RV
industry’s key components suppliers.
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■uspension is something
most of us hardly think
about day to day when
driving our cars, caravans,
campervans or motorhomes.
It’s one of those things we
all just take for granted – it’s
there and it does its job. But
what if the job it does could
be so much better? That’s what
SuperSprings International
wants end users to think about.
The California-based company
has been supplying high quality
suspension solutions to a wide
range of industries over the past
23 years, with recreational and
leisure vehicles now taking up a
large proportion of its business.
Often in the company’s own
experience, it’s products are one
of those things that people didn’t
realise they needed until they
tried them. We spoke to the
company’s young and dynamic
chief commercial officer Adam
Weisner to find out about its
ethos, its business connections
and its plans for the future.
By your own admission you are
not an RV industry veteran
Adam, so how did you end up
here?
I spent the better part of 15
years in financial services. I’ve
always been in some sort of
sales role, I’ve been working
since I was very young. I got
into management when I
was 20. I managed in retail
banking, then got into mergers
and acquisitions. Then I made
my up the ladder and became
managing director for Los
Angeles Metro – we launched
a digital bank during my time
there. Not long after that I
was approached by an old
friend about helping out with
SuperSprings International.
At the time I was looking
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