CLAYTON ROSS ELLIOTT
**** *** ***** **** ** ~ Atlanta, GA 30318
404-***-**** **************@*****.***
QUALIFICATIONS
Accomplished, seasoned professional with proven success in sales, sales
engineering, sales support, prospecting, marketing, market analysis,
networking, account mangement, customer support, project management, field
engineering, and technical training. Superior communication, analytical,
and problem-solving skills, with proven experience in systems sales,
support and development. Certified Wireless Networking Administrator (CWNA)
and Certified Polycom Intelligent Core Specialist, with additional
technical capabilities in:
? LANs/Wireless LANS ? PowerPoint ? UC Infrastructure
? TCP/IP ? Excel ? Polycom Real Presence
? DHCP servers ? Visio ? SIP
? Windows OS ? Siebel ? Legacy PBX Protocols
1 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AVENUE REALTY, Atlanta, GA 2011 - Present
Real Estate Sales Consultant
Leverage expert skills in prospecting, marketing, networking, presenting
and writing contracts.
Independent consultant for buyers and sellers of single-family, multi-
family and investment properties
POLYCOM CORP./SPECTRALINK CORP., Atlanta, GA 2000 - 2013
Program Manager, Strategic Accounts (2005 - 2013)
Served as Account Manager of corporate retail accounts for Polycom, the
Unified Communications systems industry's market leader.
Perform Sales Engineering and Support for accounts averaging $8 million new
product sales per year.
Provide overall service account management for Polycom's largest service
contract ($4 million).
Liaise with the customer, vendor technical, and vendor business groups to
ensure continued successful deployment and implementation of products.
Manage product hardware and software evaluations and validations.
Present account summary and data reviews to VP and C-level management of
customers.
Generate, analyze, distribute, and manage customer performance reports.
Manage, review, update and develop service procedures and processes.
Develop and document basic applications information for service and
training.
Provide technical feedback and advice to engineering and customer service
coordinators.
Initiate, research, test and manage problem escalations.
Customer Services Field Engineer (2003 - 2005)
Served as key interface with large healthcare, retail and manufacturing
customers.
Performed specialized installations, training and service visits billed at
$1,000+ per day.
Served as a technical resource for complex multi-vendor system
implementations.
Developed and documented basic applications information for field service
and internal training.
Recognized, tested and escalated design deficiencies for both hardware and
software.
Performed new product hardware & software evaluations, Beta testing, and
validations in the field.
Utilized complex diagnostic equipment such as spectrum analyzers and trace
tools.
Performed escalated trouble issue re-creation, analysis, and resolution in
support of labs on multi-vendor systems.
Provided in-depth trouble analysis and written case reports to engineering.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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POLYCOM CORP. /SPECTRALINK CORP., Greensboro, NC Continued
Customer Support Engineer (2000 - 2003)
Fulfilled service and support requirements for a multimillion dollar
purchase agreement.
Served as primary customer service liaison for major retail account, Lowe's
Companies.
Delivered sales presentations and support in pre-sales environment.
Managed deployment of Wireless VOIP Telecommunication systems for over 200
Lowe's stores.
Served as Technical Support representative in a multi-vendor technology
team.
Designed, installed, configured and tested wireless telecommunication
systems.
KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY, Atlanta, GA 2006 - 2010
Real Estate Sales Consultant
Individually listed and sold $4M in residential real estate in and around
metro Atlanta.
Developed expert skills in prospecting, marketing, networking, presenting
and writing contracts.
Independent consultant for buyers and sellers of single-family, multi-
family and investment properties
LORRILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, Greensboro, NC 1997 - 1998
Quality Systems Department Co-op (1998)
Served as team member to create and establish a new Quality Systems
Department.
Reviewed plant operations and business systems
Served as project team member initiating plant preparation for FDA
regulations.
Industrial Engineering Department Co-op (1997)
Collected, recorded, analyzed, and prepared data for presentations using
PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Lorillard database/spreadsheet software.
Analyzed operations using time studies and work sampling.
EDUCATION
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, Raleigh, NC
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, 1999
University Dean's List, GPA 3.53
BARNEY FLETCHER REALTY U
Real Estate Sales License Course, 2006
Class Completed, Exam score of 95%
GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE
Project Management Professional Course, 2010
Class Completed
AWARDS
Polycom Ten Year Anniversary Award, 2000
Second Place, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Systems Modeling
Simulation Competition, 1999
Piedmont Industrial Packaging Employee of the Summer Award, 1996