William B. Lyons

*****-** ****** ****** ****, Alpharetta, Ga. 30022

Phone 770-***-****

acn06h@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Entrepreneurial Executive with management experience in sales, marketing,

purchasing and operations. Diverse expertise ranging from distribution to

contract manufacturing to first tier automotive component supply to direct

consumer sales. A sales hunter that excels at new product/market

development.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Salem Steel NA, Atlanta, Georgia

Sales Representative 8/2013 - 10/2014

. Responsible for existing account maintenance and New Distribution

Account development in the Southeast and new OEM's nationally.

. National Responsibility for OEM Account identification and development

. Product focus on Indochinese DOM, CD Seamless, hydraulic line and

alloy aircraft tubing.

JIT Steel, Division of Mapes and Sprowl LBH, Chattanooga, TN 5/2011-

3/2013

. Regional Manager for startup of flat rolled steel sales division of

toll processor, JIT Steel. Covered a 12 state area that included

Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, North

Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.

. Identified and developed over $30 million in business opportunities

with sales exceeding first year business plan. Exceed sales plan for

the second year in the first 3 months of the plan year. Ending sales

were $12 million going to $15 Million.

. Extensive sales and technical expertise with Nucor's revolutionary

Castrip product with multiple customer conversions.

Pacesetter Steel Service Inc. Kennesaw, Georgia 2006 - 2010

. Consultative Sales, Senior Account Executive with responsibility for

the company's 2nd and 3rd largest customers. Secured new

business/contracts from 23 accounts

. Secured contract from one of the largest OEMs in Georgia. (Blue Bird

Bus)

. Provided marketing research and support.

. Designed and implemented New Customer onboarding procedures.

. Developed and presented Cost of Possession proposals to "C" level

management.

. Responsible for National OEM account development. Prepared and made

presentations and contract proposals to Large OEMs at the C level and

below.

Allied Crawford Steel, Greenville, South Carolina 2001-2002

General Manager Brownfield Startup

Cottman Transmission, Greenville, South Carolina 1999-2006

President, Continued to run while starting up Allied Crawford. (above).

O' Neal Steel (formerly Carolina Steel), Greenville, South Carolina 1995 -

1999

District Manager 1997-1999

Carolina Steel, Greensboro, North Carolina

Vice President 1996-1997

Product Manager 1995- 1996

Seymour Tubing, Seymour, Indiana 1994 - 1995

Sales Manager.

The Troxel Company, Memphis, Tennessee 1993 - 1994

Vice President - Sales.

LTV Corp., Cleveland, Ohio 1975 - 1993

Product Marketing Manager, Cleveland Works- Flat rolled Division 1990-

1993

Assistant Plant Manager-ERW tubing 1989-1990

Product Sales Manager-ERW Tubing 1984-1989

Salesman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1982-1984. #1 Salesman in office.

Product Sales Manager- Welded Pipe, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1980-1982

Salesman, Houston, Texas/Tulsa, Oklahoma 1975-1980

EDUCATION

BA's in Economics and Psychology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina,

1975.

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