Brian Scott O'Rourke
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Delray Beach, FL 33483 mo: 561-***-****
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http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianorourke
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a challenging position that will utilize existing skills and
experience.
EDUCATION
Stetson University -- DeLand, Florida
. Master of Business Administration -- May 1999
. Class Ranking #1 (G.P.A. 4.0/4.0)
. Beta Gamma Sigma AACSB Academic Honor Society -- March 1999
. Business School Foundation Award for Outstanding Graduate Student --
April 1998
University of Florida -- Gainesville, Florida
. Bachelor of Science in Advertising -- May 1992
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ADT Security Services / Tyco International - 6931 Vista Parkway North #16,
West Palm Beach, FL 33411
Commercial Account Executive - April 2010 to Present
. Responsibilities include commercial sales of ADT offerings such as
intrusion detection, fire and life safety, access control, video
surveillance and electronic article surveillance to medium and large
businesses in Palm Beach County.
. During Q1-2011, I was >100% to sales quota and was #1 in sales on a
team of 11 CAE's for the month of February.
Nationwide Graphics / Dodd Communications -- 950 Southeast 8th Street,
Hialeah, FL 33010
Sales Executive - August 2009 to April 2010
. Nationwide Graphics consists of twelve printing facilities with
capabilities including web offset, sheetfed and digital printing.
. My primary focus was to generate sales in the South Florida region for
the company's facility in Hialeah, Florida. Product focus included
high-end marketing material, direct mail, annual reports and short-run
catalogs and publications.
. As with my previous sales positions, once a new client is attained,
coordinate all aspects of pre-production, production, fulfillment,
postal regulations and distribution to ensure timely delivery of high
quality product.
. Through consultative selling, provide additional value to clients by
utilizing existing industry and business knowledge to recommend new
ways to improve product offerings and gain efficiencies.
The MATLET Group / Central Florida Press -- 4560 LB McLeod Road, Orlando,
FL 32811
Sales Executive -- July 2007 to August 2009
. The MATLET Group (TMG) consists of two printing facilities, a
packaging plant, a marketing services company and a third party
domestic transportation expediter.
. My primary focus was to generate sales in the South Florida region for
TMG's commercial printing facility in Orlando, Florida -- Central
Florida Press. Product focus included catalogs, direct mail, annual
reports and other promotional material.
Quebecor World USA (renamed recently to World Color) -- 2300 Glades Road,
Suite 300-E, Boca Raton, FL 33431
Sales Executive -- August 2001 to July 2007
. At the time, Quebecor World was the largest commercial printer in
North America. My primary responsibility was to generate new sales by
working extensively with magazine publishers, retailers and
catalogers.
. While at Quebecor World, I generated a significant amount of new
business and realized many sales successes. For example, I sold more
new accounts in 2003 than any other sales executive in the Southeast
region.
. Cross-sell products and services from Quebecor World's other
businesses (E.g. logistics, premedia, list services).
. 2006 managed gross sales was in excess of $18M (includes sold and
transferred business).
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company -- 77 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601
Competitive Intelligence Manager (Corporate Strategy) -- March 1999 to
July 2001
. At the time, RRD was the second largest commercial printer in North
America. I served as a resource within the organization for
competitive intelligence by providing competitor-related information
to sales, marketing and corporate management.
. I performed competitive strategic analysis as necessary to better
understand and anticipate competitors' actions that impacted the
business.
. Project management responsibilities included the advancement of an
Intranet website project from beta to promotion and official rollout.
The purpose of the site was the dissemination of competitive
information throughout the organization.
. Responsibilities included the management of internal stakeholder
relationships, the coordination of development efforts, internal site
promotion and overall site administration.
Customer Account Manager (South Daytona Manufacturing Division) -- Sept
1994 to March 1999
. Led a team of three customer service representatives in managing the
division's largest print account. The account contributed greater
than 70% of the division's overall volume and generated more than $20M
in revenues annually.
. Managed relationships with key customer contacts at all levels within
their organization.
. Designed, developed and implemented a customer service application
using Microsoft Excel and VBA. The application automated job
functions such as instructions generation, run plan optimization,
invoicing, forecasting and budgeting.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS & PERSONAL INTERESTS
. Excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills. I'm
extremely comfortable working with upper management and key decision-
makers; and I'm adept at penetrating an organization at all levels.
. I possess an entrepreneurial mindset and thrive in self-managed and
team environments.
. Proficient user of many software applications including entire
Microsoft Office business suite, as well as various development
languages such as HTML and Visual Basic. I also have experience using
other applications such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver and
Apple media programs such as iMovie, iDVD and GarageBand.
. I am the President and Sole Proprietor of Sparky Software, which is a
company that I created in 1997 to market a Visual Basic computer
application that I developed. www.greenflagracing.com
. Very comfortable working with various social media tools such as
LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and Foursquare.
. Personal fitness interests include activities such as tennis,
snowboarding, golf, running, swimming and cycling.
. Professional musician, performing in South Florida as part of an
acoustic guitar duo. Also, I am the host and emcee at a weekly Open
Mic event in downtown Delray Beach. This experience makes me very
comfortable in front of large groups of people.