Michael A. Thompson

*** ******** **** *********, ** 30253

Phone: 678-***-**** Email: acfe52@r.postjobfree.com

S ALES & MARKETING MANAGER

Professional salesman with more than fifteen years experience in major account sales and marketing

business equipment. Award winning performance in sales was the catalyst for launching a state-of-the-

art start up company. Experienced in achieving sales goals and in directing and utilizing innovative

technologies for profitable business enterprise .

Sales Marketing Client Relationship Building Major Account Management

Sales Leadership Presentations Solutions Based Selling Sales Force Training

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RAINBOW GRAPHICS & DESIGN 1993-2008

Grand Forks, ND. & McDonough, GA

Owner & CIO (Chief Innovation Officer)

Directed and lead staff, as we became the go to company in attorney courtroom exhibits

a nd wide format media for company tradeshows and presentations. Created a business

c oncept and turned it into reality. Our banners hung on every street corner. Flooded out

o f offices in 1997, but we recovered and kept on growing.

Major supplier of wide format media for Ralph Engelstad Hockey Arena

P rofit for one sale made $17,000

World Curling Championships and World Junior Hockey Championships media

d esigned and printed.

U niversity of North Dakota Medical School design and print medical displays

LIBERTY BUSINESS SYSTEMS 1991-1993

Fargo, ND

M ajor Accounts Specialist

L ead sales staff in marketing copier and wide format equipment sales. Responsible

f or creation of long term relationships at Blue Cross, Marvin Windows and other major

a ccounts in Fargo Moorhead area.

Developed first computer based CRM system for company

Company ranked as one of the fastest growing companies in US by Forbes

b ased on sales revenues we generated as a team.

M ichael A. Thompson

p age 2

JACOBSON OFFICE PRODUCTS 1989-1991

Grand Forks, ND

Sales Manager

Recruited by owner to join with him in forming a new business equipment dealership.

R esponsible for training sales staff and mentoring their performance and goal

a chievements. Secured the clinic and the hospital group to sole source contracts in the

f irst 2 months. These clients helped us to place over 100 new units in the first year of

b usiness.

Spearheaded a new media division marketing wide format printers

Earned over $12,000 resulting from one sale

EDUCATION

U niversity of Minnesota Moorhead B A Political Science

Moorhead, MN BS Secondary Education

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