JONATHAN KEENER

****-**** ***** ****** **** Pilot Mtn, NC

Café management – retail marketing

Launched a coffee shop in our small rural town as owner operator effectively grew company.

Managed large gatherings and street concerts with a positive message for our youth.

Turned operation into a nonprofit organization to help local community with youth

events.

2002-2008 Magnegrip, Inc / J&S Solutions Somerset, NJ – Pilot Mtn. NC

Eastern Regional Territory Mgr

Created a market momentum for a patented product that we under selling in the east

coast.

Built and expanded brand exponetionally in region over 4 year period

Recruited and trained distributors in region to the level of their personal and business

success.

“Acted in the capacity of a Business Development Manager for Magnegrip and also as a

Sales and Project Management Trainer for businesses we recruited to sell the Magnegrip

Product Line as well having my own distributorship in NC”

1999-2002 Lighthouse Communications East Rutherford, NJ

Business Development Manager

Responsible to recruit new accounts in large enterprise locations.

Sold interconnect service and maintenance on large enterprise phone systems to hospitals.

Learned new techology quickly and able to communicate that technology efficiently.

Nederman, Inc

1998-1999 Dallas, TX

National Sales Manager

Highly recruited to this company due to very effective sales as a competitor

Implemented new strategy and increased sales by 30% over the period of a year.

Managed over 20 distributors and resellers nationwide.

Established a successfully branded new marketing campaign for USA.

1996-1998 PlymoVent Corporation Dallas, TX

Western Regional Manager – satellite office

Increased sales in Western USA 300% over an eighteen-month period.

PlymoVent Corporation

1992-1996 Edison, NJ

Sales Manager / Product Manager

Developed sales campaign that brought our company from a distant second in national

sales to #1 in our market over a three-year period.

Comprehensive training program to educate our sales representatives in house and on

site.

Responsible for technical and sales training of our new and existing sales

representatives.

Created a Business SOP Manual for our sales representatives to help insure quality

installs in USA.

(3) Sheet Metal Contracting Companies Parsippany, NJ & Lancaster, PA

1986-1992

Sheet Metal Mechanic, Project Management, and Sales

Received sheet metal training from 3 different sheet metal companies over a 6 yr

period.

Received training in sheet metal fabrication, installation, drafting, estimating, project

management for the HVAC industry.

Career Notes:

Installed and project managed over 2000 clean air system installations for USA market.

Noted as a pioneer in a new burgeoning industry.

Trend setting and quality assurance management.

Advertising pitch statements and wrote sales and installation training manuals.

Started a brand new venture in rural area of NC that brought much attention to needs

of area.

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