JEFFREY MARTIN KUHN
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Work/Cell: 520-***-****
FAX: 1-520-***-****
E-mail: abh0ok@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FRONTIER PARTNERS, Los Angeles, California, Vice President/Business
Development, February 2006 - Present
In charge of generating new business for this international investment
management firm. Responsible for calling on Fortune 500 pension funds,
university endowments and foundations to assist them with the maximization
of the institution's return on investment. Also advisor on commercial real
estate matters. Manager of sales staff of eight individuals that
continually meet all quotas set for my division. In charge of interviewing
and recruiting new employees. Director of company's Career Advancement and
Business Development Training Classes. Founding Partner retiring soon and
firm will be reorganized.
MERITAGE MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Los Angeles, California, Senior Sales
Manager, June 2002 - January 2006
In charge of managing a team of ten Account Executives that sold firm's
subprime financial products to more than 1000 residential mortgage brokers
in Los Angeles and Orange counties. Consistently exceeded sales goals and
was named the company's "Manager of the Year" two times. Responsible for
interviewing and recruiting new employees. Director of company's Career
Development and Sales Training Classes. Firm went out of business as a
result of the nationwide collapse of the subprime mortgage banking
industry.
FIRST MAGNUS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, Tucson, Arizona, Sales Manager, May
1997 - June 2001
Responsible for directing sales team of six Account Executives that
generated subprime loans for the largest residential mortgage
banking/brokerage organization in southern Arizona. Set firm's twelve-month
funding record three times. In charge of interviewing and recruiting new
employees. Responsible for company's Career Development and Sales Training
Classes. Company is now out of business as a result of the nationwide
collapse of the subprime mortgage banking industry.
DEL WEBB CORPORATION, Phoenix, Arizona, Senior Sales Associate, Sun City,
May 1995 - April 1997
Responsible for selling new homes at developer's latest active adult
community. Received the "Chairman's Award" from the Sales and Marketing
Council of the Home Builders Association of Central Arizona for being a top
10% producer in the Phoenix area. Del Webb is the largest developer of
active adult communities in the world. The real estate developer was sold
at the end of my tenure and is now a division of Pulte Homes.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (USC), Los Angeles, California, Master of
Real Estate Development, May 2002
Norman Topping Scholar Award. Received Real Estate Graduate Fellowship.
Graduate Real Estate Association board member. Team Member of UCLA / USC
Real Estate Challenge (sponsored by the NAIOP).
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston, Illinois, KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT,
Master of Business Administration, June 1984
Concentrations in Finance, Marketing and Human Capital. Austin Scholar
Award.
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, New Hampshire, Bachelor of Arts, June 1980
Economics major with Honors, Magna Cum Laude. Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.
Advertising Manager of Dartmouth's daily newspaper. Captain of Water Polo
Team. Social Chairman of Phi Delta Alpha fraternity. Studied French at
Laval University in Quebec City, Canada.
OTHER INFORMATION
Prior to Business School worked for the Northern Trust Bank in Chicago,
Illinois in the Commercial Lending Management Development Program.
Following Business School was Director of Leasing for Cadillac Fairview
Urban Development in Dallas, Texas. In charge of managing the marketing and
leasing of more than six million square feet of office space for the third
largest commercial real estate developer in North America. Cadillac
Fairview was subsequently sold, and the firm is now known as Prentiss
Properties Limited. Graduate of the Minnesota Outward Bound School,
National Outdoor Leadership School, Wilderness First Responder School,
Wilderness Medicine Institute and Mountain Rescue School. Former Member of
the Southern Arizona Search and Rescue Association, a volunteer
organization affiliated with the Pima County Sheriff's Department.
Continuing education medical courses completed at the University of
California, Berkeley, University of California, Santa Cruz and Washington
State University. Attended New Trier East High School in Winnetka,
Illinois. Member of the New Trier Swim Team and Soccer Team. Winnetka Park
District Life Guard. Member of the USC Alumni Club of the South Bay.
Licensed Real Estate Salesperson in the state of Arizona since 1995. Urban
Land Institute member. Member of the ACPA Commission for Career
Development, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) and
the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD). New Student
Recruiter for Dartmouth College, Fund Raiser for the Dartmouth College
Annual Fund and Career Advisor for graduating Dartmouth College students
for the past twenty years. Volunteer Head Coach of son's fourth grade YMCA
Elite Basketball Team. Volunteer for the Kiwanis Club of Hermosa Beach's
Annual Christmas Tree sale. Long-time Volunteer at local Hospitals
counseling Burn Patients.
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