William L. Vinson
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Tel: 707-***-****
**************@*******.***
Objective
A senior sales position in a company with strong growth that provides
leading edge, state-of-the-art products and or services.
Summary
Experienced sales professional with a record of consistent accomplishments
in creating and building profitable territories; exceeding planned revenue
and cost control goals; capturing and managing key accounts; developing and
implementing strategic plans to penetrate various markets.
Professional Experience
Evolve Guest Controls,- Portland, OR. Sales Executive 9/2011 - 6/2013
Hired as the West coast sales rep to sell energy management
systems for guest rooms to the hospitality
market. My Focus was hotel operating companies and luxury and
high-end hotel chains.
Onity, Inc. - Portland, OR. Sales Representative - 04/2005 - 10/2009
Recruited as an area sales manager to develop and manage the
NW territory for Onity's
Electronic Lock Systems, In-room Safes and Energy Management
products to the hospitality market.
Key accomplishments include:
. Top producer in the U.S. for retrofit business in 2007 and 2008
. Established relationships with the top Hospitality Companies in
the NW market
Johnson Controls - Hayward, CA., Account Executive - 08/2001 -
09/2004
Recruited as a senior major account sales executive to develop
target/key accounts for JCI's Integrated Building Control Systems that
included Energy Management, Security and Life Safety, Lighting and
other low-voltage building systems.
Enron Energy Services - San Francisco, CA., Manager, Major Accounts
- 06/97- 12/1998
Hired as a vertical market sales manager to direct major account sales
for this $800MM/yr. company. Products included energy services,
electricity and natural gas and energy management software. Key
accomplishments included:
. Created a hospitality market business plan for California's
deregulated electricity market.
. Over $45 million in booked business generated in agreements for
energy services, electricity and natural gas contracts to
major/national hospitality target accounts.
Lumatech Corp - Emeryville, CA. VP of Sales, 1988 -1997
Recruited by the president of this premiere energy efficient lighting
systems company to head up sales. Lumatech's products also included
project management and energy analysis software. Managed the
distribution network, the direct sales force and major/national
accounts. Key accomplishments included:
. Increased corporate sales by 218% in first 2 years.
. Top producer: Directly responsible for 25%+ of the company's total
revenue every year.
. New account development: United Airlines, Red Lion Hotels, Hilton
Hotels, Cushman-Wakefield, TGI Fridays, Bank of America, Nordstrom, etc.
Industry and Technical Knowledge
Hospitality, Energy Efficiency Products, Energy Software, Energy Services,
Building Control Systems, Performance Contracting, Lighting, DSM Programs,
Commodity Sales (Electricity and Natural Gas), Proficient w/ Microsoft
Office.
Education
ECPI, Portland, OR - Degree in Computer Programming
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR - Business and Marketing
References available upon request.