Chris Schmidt
**** **** **** ***** **********, Alabama 36116 334-***-****
*****.*******@*******.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
. Proven sales and marketing professional with a track record of
developing new business.
. Experienced Business Operations Professional and Business Process
Operations professional.
. Focused and highly successful training professional with ability to
train multiple levels of personnel.
. Experienced technical project manager with a successful track record
for managing IT batch cycle operations, operations teams, and customer
service teams using in-house and outsourced resources.
. Extensive experience with systems analysis and UNIX systems
administration.
. Proven success in production operations delivery, systems
implementation, and post-implementation support and maintenance.
. Seasoned leadership professional with a balanced portfolio also
comprising non-technical leadership experience.
. Focused, confident approach in team and issue management; detail-
oriented, with strong technical, communication, organizational, and
planning skills.
EXPERIENCE
Account Executive/Business Process Operations, 2008- 2010
GDIT, Montgomery, Alabama
. Responsible for marketing and sales of Maximo to State and Local
governments in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, and South
Carolina. Conducted on-site demonstrations, lead conferences,
marketing efforts, and met and identified sales contacts at various
levels.
. Managed the entire sales life cycle of multiple contract vehicles.
. Solely responsible for ten contract renewals for state education
initiative via Education Department (Total contract value $12.5
million 5 yr term)
. Transitioned projects to engagements teams.
. Managed and exceeded overall relationships and client expectations.
. Participated in weekly sales and deliverables meetings.
New Business Development Executive/Business Operations, 2007-2008
Electronic Data Systems, Montgomery, Alabama
. Responsible for marketing and sales to State and Local governments via
Education contract vehicle.
. Conducted on-site demonstrations, attended conferences, lead
marketing/promotional efforts
and qualified sales contacts within target market.
. Expanded market share via new channel sales and relationships for
vertical growth
. Managed over eighteen clients in three different contact vehicles
. Transitioned projects to Client Delivery Executives and Implementation
Teams
. Managed and exceeded overall relationships and client expectations.
. Daily interaction with multiple vendors to leverage VAR and channel
sales.
Account Executive/State and Local Government for Georgia, 2005-2007
Syscon Computers Incorporated, Northport, Alabama
. Responsible for marketing and sales for state and municipal
governments in the state of Georgia. Conducted on-site demonstrations,
lead judicial conference marketing efforts, met and identified sales
contacts at various levels of government, positioned company with
valued market share.
. Developed marketing tools to enhance visibility, marketed entire
company portfolio and developed quality sales leads and led all
efforts for statewide conferences and judicial learning symposiums.
. Developed relationships within the Georgia Legislature, Georgia
Judicial Association, Department of Driver Services, Georgia
Administrative Office of the Courts, Institute of Continuing Judicial
Education @ the University of Georgia, Constitutional Officer
Association of Georgia, Georgia State Patrol Association, Georgia
Supreme Court Committee on Court Technology, Georgia Secretary of
State Office.
New Business Development/Account Executive, 2003-2005
Electronic Data Systems, Montgomery, Alabama
. Responsible for marketing and sales to Local governments.
. Conducted on-site demonstrations, attended conferences, lead
marketing/promotional efforts and qualified sales contacts within
target market.
. Managed 2 clients for one business unit.
. Managed and exceeded overall relationships and client expectations.
. Daily interaction with vendors to increase channel sales.
Information Analyst I, 1997-2003
Electronic Data Systems, Montgomery, Alabama
. Designed and implemented production database queries and UNIX shell
scripts.
. Built test case scripts and scenarios for Systems Acceptance and
Systems Integration Testing.
. Scheduled test batch workload and processing.
. Validated first live batch production outputs.
. Performed multiple production issue resolution tasks and extensive
system documentation.
Customer Service Team Lead, 1997-1997
Electronic Data Systems, Montgomery, Alabama
. Designed, constructed, and administrated a Microsoft Access database
to track process improvements for Loan Consolidation applications and
processes.
. Worked with the Operations Manager to insure delivery of contract
requirements.
. Managed a seven member team of customer service representatives and
coordinated scheduling with other team leads.
Assistant Manager, 1994-1997
S&K Famous Brands Menswear, Montgomery, Alabama
. Supervised the store alteration department and maintained store
customer data.
. Set company record for largest single sale and most items sold to one
customer.
. Set company record for reaching the One Million Dollar Sales Circle in
the shortest period of time.
BS Finance Xavier University of Louisiana 1994