Summary of An Award winning business development & sales management
Qualificatio professional, with a diverse background. 30+ years experience in
ns account management and systems engineering and over 15 years in
Research and Development. A results-driven sales professional
with over 30 successful years developing executive level
relationships account planning, developing new and managing
existing accounts. I have an in depth technical and sales
knowledge of optical networking products, SONET, Metro Ethernet,
IP/MPLS, IP PBX, Wireless Technologies, DWDM, RF, Fixed
wireless solutions and OSP Technologies. Excellent relationship
building, analytical, problem-solving, decision-making and
communications skills. Work well under pressure in a fast-paced,
time-sensitive, mission-critical environment. Willing to travel
extensively (90
Professional Fujitsu Network Communications 2011-Present
Experience Richardson, TX
Sales Engineer III
Design DWDM / Fiber Optic, Ether, SONET,MPLS networks for Major
CLEC, ILEC, MSO and Independant Telelphone companies.
Network designs for AT&T, CenturyLInk, Windsteam, Telelpak, INS,
Principle Finanace Group and 127 indpendant Telephone companies
in the midwest.
Proposed and designed the entire product line at Fujitsu.
Professional 9500, 7500, 7420, 7120, 4500, 4100 and Microwave products.
Experience Authored White Papers on Data Storage
100% Plan 2011 & 2012
ITW Linx A Division of Illinois Tool Works 2009-2011
Glenview, IL
New Business Development Engineer at Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Building and cultivating new relationships with new customers,
Achievements as well as, interfacing with developed and maintaining
relationships with senior executives while effectively calling
on all levels of the organizations
Design quality products, solutions and technical presentations
Develop, design and manufacture custom products built to
customer specifications
Tellabs Operations, Inc., 1989-2009
Naperville, IL
Senior Systems Sales Engineer
Achieved over 100% of Target goals for the last eight years
Professional 2009 100% of Target by 3d quarter Cablevision account
Experience 2008 Top Sales Performer AT&T account
2007 Presidents Club for revenue of $130M on a $60M dollar
target at 217% of plan
2005 Captain Award winner for securing first Wireless DWDM ring
for Verizon Wireless
2003 President Club Award for revenue of $60M on a $45M target
for XO communications
21 years of service at Tellabs 10 in R&D and 11 in sales
Senior Systems Sales Engineer LEC, CLEC, CSP, Wireless, Cable,
MSO's
DWDM subject matter expert on the Verizon, Verizon Business,
AT&T, Sprint and Cablevision
Responsible for the largest and fastest DWDM ROADM deployment
for Verizon's FIOS network of more than 2000 nodes in 2007.
Accountable for ATT/Bellsouth Regional Transport Network of 1800
nodes and 40G deployment
Presented, Designed and propose optical solutions to ILEC, CLEC,
independent and MSO Telecom companies
Achieved ROI in one year for Verizon wireless by optimizing
their central offices with the newer technologies to provide
future growth with better quality and quicker services to their
customers
Modernized T-Mobiles central offices by the convergence of
various technologies into single delivery architecture to reduce
Opex and Capex
Provides a more cost effective solution to MSO's to grow core
transport capacity and keep Capex flat with the consolidation of
network elements that simplified, made more efficient, and made
more flexible architecture
Developed and maintained relationships with senior executives
while effectively calling on all levels of the organization
Positioned, sold and supported embedded base products, emerging
technologies and professional services
Assisted in sale of Tellabs largest professional support
agreement
Coached and designed training classes for customers on Tellabs
products
Present at conferences with attendances of more than 200 people
Customers have continually asked for me to present at their
private seminars and symposiums
Mentor and train new Systems Sales Engineers within Tellabs
My customers consider me a trusted adviser
R&D Member or Technical Staff 1989-1999
Hardware Designer in Research and Development for 10 years
assisting with board level design and component level
engineering
Responsible for ensuring all designs met specifications and
standards. Diagnosed and documented design issues for
resolution
Development of software to test prototypes of hardware
developments
Knowledgeable of R&D test and design equipment and computer
tools
Involved in lab trials for companies such as Hughes Aircraft
resulting in wins for Tellabs
Westell / Teltrend R&D 1983-1989
Hardware Designer in Research and Development for 7 years
assisting with board level design, component level engineering,
testing and field service.
Education BS Electrical Engineering
DeVry University
1981-1983
Chicago, Illinois
BS Computer Science
Herzing University
1996 - 1998
Madison, Wisconsin
Professional CCNA Target Account Selling
Training DWDM Certification Executive Presentation Skills
Counselor Salesperson Technical Writing
Versatile Salesperson Microsoft Office Application, SAP
Quantifiable Benefits C/DWDM design and applications
Consultative Selling Ethernet Aggregation Switch
Enterprise Selling Process Provisioning
Pipeline/Funnel Management MPLS and VPN's
Account Planning, Strategies Voice over IP
and Execution IP, VPN's, QoS and Network
SONET and other Broadband Security
Technologies
Interests Martial Arts background for 20 years. I am ranked in several
disciplines. I love to snow ski. I was a member of the Tellabs
corporate basketball team for 10 years. I Love Major league
Baseball.