Chris Evans

**** ******* ******,

Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

805-***-****

Email: ace69d@r.postjobfree.com

Website: www.EvansSalesSolutions.com

Summary of Qualifications

. Exceptional leader with talent in selling and marketing of a business

and motivating others to do the same.

. Proven manager and revenue generator in all types of business

conditions.

. Adept at B2B sales and negotiations with decisions makers at many

levels.

. Technically savvy with ability to manage and motivate expansion of

business opportunities within client base.

. Outstanding relationship building, training and presentation skills.

Intelligent, articulate and driven to succeed.

. Logistics specialist with excellent implementation and planning skills

Core Competencies

. Business development & sales consultant

. Client needs assessment

. Market sale analysis & Strategic planning

. Author, speaker, business trainer & coach

. Negotiation for sales and business expansion

. Technical skills CRM & marketing program management

. Excellent Presentation Skills haven addressed up to 3800 people at

once

Professional Experience

Evans Sales Solutions, LLC 2004-Present

Business Consultant, Trainer and Motivational Speaker

. Planned and directed all functions of the company - Enforced strong

leadership skills to ensure efficient/effective utilization of

corporate resources

. Established and integrated the functional strategies of the company

utilizing business expertise to reach financial/operational goals and

objectives.

. Deployed resources to achieve financial forecast and business

objectives.

. Record of success in guiding and directing many business

owners/managers through substantial change management, balancing

engagement with strong and effective strategic leadership.

. Developed sales and marketing plans and programs for company sales

personnel.

. Analyzed market trends and statistics to determine potential of

growth - monitored sales performance regularly.

. Created a plan for 'social media marketing' to be used as the vehicle

for developing online brand awareness, customer engagement, and

audience growth.

. Developed a solid, measurable plan and a commitment to developing

consistent and valuable content within all forms of social media.

. Created a team to host an online communications plan, adding marketing

through the media as well.

. Developed a follow-up & follow-though system, with an increase in

recognition, sales of products and opportunities at a growth rate of

120% from implementation.

. With our 'marketing' outreach ESS was able to initiate a media

recognition of the 'wedding industry,' with interviews from National

shows (20/20 with Elizabeth Vargas,) aired in January 2013

Bridal Expo, Inc. 1986-2004

Chief Operating Officer

. Increased sales from $100,000 annually to $3.5 million and assisted in

establishing company as industry leader in trade shows.

. Implemented new product lines increasing sales by average of 27%.

. Developed marketing programs including: Initial market evaluation,

program budget preparation, sales copy writing, literature design and

implementation and review, post program evaluation and adjustment.

. Coordinated sales activities and schedules of six regional

representatives. Four inside sales staff and 20-person telemarketing

unit.

. Coordinated advertising program in television, radio and print,

including national magazines.

. Created customer appreciation and follow up programs for over 700

clients.

. Extensive trade show sales coordination, set-up of equipment, and

fashion show coordination.

. Designed & implemented business, marketing and financial plans for the

company.

Sanyo/Fisher Electronics, Chatsworth, CA 1982-

1986

National Sales Trainer

. Provided consistent support to all sales team throughout the 50

states.

. Conducted twice yearly sales conferences for 600+ regional sales

representatives.

. Coordinated all sales training for US sales teams.

. Coordinated trade-show participation and booth displays.

. Created and implemented sales training programs to facilitate growth

in the US market.

. Conducted regional training forums for sales staff of retailers such

as Best Buy, Circuit City, Macys, Federated Group, May Company and

many others.

. Created training programs for customer service representatives on all

products associated with Sanyo/Fisher

. Helped to develop and support the trade show marketing materials to

facilitate an orderly presentation and step-up program

. Administered a $300,000,000 co-op advertising program.

. Implemented procedures that saved the company over $500,000 in

shipping annually.

Education

University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV - General studies with music emphasis

University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas NV . Business Administration

Tom Hopkins International - Sales Boot Camp

Tony Robbins Universal Training

. Partial Conference Schedule 2008-2014

.

. CaterSource: Las Vegas, NV

. Love Mexico, Guadalajara & Leon

. Vancouver Business Association, Canada

. WMBA: Wedding MBA Las Vegas, Nevada

. Monterey Bay Wedding & Event Professionals Santa Cruz, CA

. International Formalwear Association New Orleans, LA

. DJ Association Las Vegas, NV

. Phoenix Bridal Shows, Inc. Phoenix, AZ

.

. Expo Expo Phoenix, AZ

. Special Events Convention Las Vegas, Nevada

. Orange County Wedding Association Orange, CA

. Milwaukee Wisconsin Bridal Association Milwaukee, WI

. NACE Conference (National Association of Catering Executives)

. NACE -New Orleans (Local chapter)

. National Association of Dry cleaners Las Vegas, Nevada

. NAWP, (National Association of Wedding Professionals) Florida

. AFWPI, (Association for Wedding Professionals, International) Sacramento,

CA

. BSPI Conference, (Bridal Show Producers International) Las Vegas, NV

Conducted Business Workshops 2006-2014:

Honolulu - HI, San Diego - CA, Houston - TX, Austin - TX, Denver - CO,

Richmond - VA, Boston - MA, Manchester - NH, Orlando - FL, Chicago,

Galveston, Phoenix, Reno, Golden - Co, Oklahoma City - OK, Fort Meyers -

FL, Naples - FL, Miami - FL, West Palm Beach - FL, Appleton - WI, Charlotte

- NC, Chicago - IL, Portland - OR, Seattle - WA, Las Vegas - NV, Tuscan -

AZ, Phoenix - AZ, Calgary - CA, Pittsburgh - PA, Cleveland - OH, Detroit -

MI, Newark - NJ, New York - NY, Chico - CA, Philadelphia - PA, Baltimore -

MD, Houston - TX, Los Angeles - CA, Bakersfield - CA, Atlanta - GA, Madison

- WI, Columbus - OH, Modesto - CA, and many other communities across the

world.

My Sales Philosophy

I find most businesses do not have a lack of leads. They have a lack of

follow-up and follow-through. When solid systems are implemented and the

sales team focuses on top-level customer service, while creating desire for

the product, sales excel. As a logistical thinker, sales trainer and sales

technician I have the ability to lead any team in almost any industry to

higher levels of sales success.

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