Andy Purcell
Sales Professional/Business Development
Matthews, NC
aceop5@r.postjobfree.com - 704-***-****
A gifted communicator and passionate sales professional with success working with business-to-business
customers in multiple verticals demonstrating the ability to take on new challenges and learn new skills.
The drive for results combined with excellent interpersonal skills, a professional attitude, naturally curious
perspective, strong personality and leadership experience forms the foundation for success.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Business Development
Boston National Title/Transamerica Life Insurance Co - Charlotte, NC - August 2013 to Present
Daily Business Development activities to drive title insurance sales for national residential/commercial title
insurance company. Significant accomplishments: Signed up two of the top 10 national Private Wealth
Mortgage Platforms in the banking community.
Licensed NC Life Insurance Agent.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Advantage Technical Resources - Charlotte, NC - October 2012 to August 2013
Team lead for Charlotte Retail IT Team driving revenue for placements of IT consultants across the IT
consulting landscape.
• Established brand new Charlotte team October 2012 and generated over $60k in billing revenue in first 100
days.
ENGINEERING SALES
Informative Design Partners - March 2012 to July 2012
Responsible for new lead generation for outsourced computational fluid dynamic (CFD) analysis consulting
engineering services.
• Conduct needs analysis around Product Development, Product Lifecycle Management, Time to Market
and Project Management work loads to uncover how outsourced CFD simulation and modeling services will
increase customer resource efficiencies.
• Company was sold to Rand Worldwide in July 2012 and my position was eliminated.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Southscape Landscaping - Huntersville, NC - October 2009 to March 2012
Responsible for cold calling, relationship selling and generation of own leads for B2B sales of commercial
landscaping services.
• Closed > $300k in new contracts in first 12 months.
LOAN AGENT
GMAC Mortgage - Charlotte, NC - May 2009 to October 2009
Worked in the Charlotte, NC Call Center in the Home Retention Department assisting GMAC borrowers.
• Licensed in multiple states across the country to offer conventional, FHA, VA, Jumbo and short refinancing
programs as well as the new Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Government Home Affordability and Stability Plan
(H.A.S.P) options for qualified borrowers.
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
BB&T - Covington, GA - April 2007 to July 2008
Ranked top 1% on sales team in all categories for the entire sales division of 40+ A/Es.
• ALL Business Development was done by the individual A/E - 100% straight commission.
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
Fremont Investment & Loan - Tampa, FL - August 2003 to March 2007
Top producer of 6 A/Es in NC for submissions, submission sources and funded loans, helping my manager
receive promotion.
• Customer account base management identifying target accounts/decision makers/producers to penetrate
through various channels.
• Monthly pipeline management/forecasting for sales volume and targets.
• Served as a mentor for new hires during their training period.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Gevityhr - Charlotte, NC - June 2002 to March 2003
Responsible for cold calling, relationship selling and generation of own leads for B2B sales of human resource
management solution outsourcing services (workers compensation/health insurance, payroll service, legal
compliance services.)
• Position required strong analytical and sales networking skills.
• Must earn trust of C-level decision makers to obtain sensitive company financial information needed for
financial analysis proposal.
Director of Sales
North American Staffing/PRA Executive Search Consultants - Charlotte, NC - May 1996 to April 2002
Built staffing agency from ground zero in June 1996, conceptualizing and realizing a strategic plan that
generated over $800k in temporary placement revenue in the first year and achieved highest gross revenues
of $1.6MM in 1999.
• Billed over $200k in executive placements in the last 12 months of business placing IT, Finance, A&E and
Sales Professionals across the country.
• Made a significant cash and intellectual investment in a joint software venture with CareKeeper Software to
become a BETA test site for their new medical/industrial proprietary staffing software.
• Recruited by conducting outside sales calls, cold calls, various networking associations and civic clubs.
Placements required identifying and contacting Sr. Management to C-level personnel for the purposes of either
identifying them as a potential candidate or to market a current candidate to them for the purpose of hiring
within his/her company.
• Managed additional outside salespeople and internal recruiters to operate agency.
ENGINEERING SALES REPRESENTATIVE
Aerolator Systems - Monroe, NC - 1994 to 1996
Promoted to company's top territory sales region, North Carolina, in August 1995.
• Engineering design and sales of kitchen/restaurant ventilation equipment.
• Customers included Wendy's, Bojangle's, Captain D's, Krispy Kreme and many more.
MECHANICAL ENGINEER
Process Efficiency Products - Los Angeles, CA - 1993 to November 1994
Mechanical and electrical design of industrial fluid filtration systems.
• Extensive AutoCAD design and PLC programming.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte - Charlotte, NC
June 1992
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
OTHER SKILLS - Microsoft Office Suite, Salesforce.com; Jigsaw
CIVIC AFFILIATIONS - Charlotte Kiwanis Club (Board of Directors 1999-2000, Fundraising Committee
1998-2000), UNC Charlotte Chi Phi Alumni Association - Current Vice-President, Fraternity Chapter President
1991.