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Designer Sign Systems corporate offices and manufacturing facility is located 13.5 miles north of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.                  

Designer Sign Systems
9975 Flanders Court NE
Blaine, MN 55449                                     Map      

Phone:         763-784-5858
Fax:             763-784-2300
Toll Free:      866-784-5830

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Management Team

Kathy Brown Zerwas – President / Owner

Fascinating Fact:   While Kathy wears many hats a little known fact is that she has taught typing in Russian and earned the nickname “Striker” during her welding certification.

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Jim Zerwas – Vice President of Business Development                       

Fascinating Fact:   Jim financed his college education by playing in a Back-To-The-50s band called the Cruisin Cadillacs

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Designer Sign Systems has assembled some of the most talented and diverse staff to assist with virtually any signage project need.

Sales Team

Bjorn Bowman – Account Manager

Fascinating Fact:   Bjorn is the traveler of the group and has relatives in 5 of the world’s continents. Even better is that he has actually traveled to them.

Dawn Borgstrom – Account Manager

Fascinating Fact:   Dawn loves to fish, and enjoys the outdoors.  She is also a big animal lover, and enjoys spending time with her family.

Jenny Robertson – Account Manager

Fascinating Fact:    Jennifer can recite every line in Christmas Vacation and reads 4 newspapers a day. She’d rather be in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands than anywhere else in the world.

Brian Elsesser – Project Manager

Fascinating Fact:   Brian loves to fish. In fact his goal and dreams growing up we to become a professional fisherman. Though reality has set in he still shares his passion with others and most importantly with his children.

Mitch Otto – Estimating Lead

Fascinating Fact:   Smart and athletic Mitch is an Eagle Scout and has a Gold Medal from the 1991 Minnesota State Games.

Ashley Otto – Customer Service Lead

Fascinating Fact:   In the truest life imitating art or in this case food Ashley loves to make homemade pies from scratch. In a simple twist she and her husband live in a home that was converted from a creamery.

Design Team

Allison Stoner – Designer

Fascinating Fact:   Allison spent 2 months living in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, studying the Zapatista revolution and learning about indigenous Mexican cultures after graduating from BSU. Even more impressive might be that she can spin fire!

Kelli Spillers – Designer

Fascinating Fact:   Kelli is our left handed Norwegian. Rumor has is that she also has painted semi tractor trailers in her past so that’s what I call a life size artist.