DEAN GLASSMAN
Morgantown, WV 26508
abiz7h@r.postjobfree.com
CAREER OBJECTIVE: To pursue a highly rewarding & challenging position in a
customer sales/marketing, service & support, administrative or management
capacity, utilizing my skills and abilities developed from work experience
and academic achievement, with a company offering long-term advancement.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
2006-Present DRG Retail Merchandising & Marketing Consulting
Morgantown, WV
Retail Sales & Marketing Representative
Consultant & Manufacturing Representative
Perform general & specific merchandising and performing complete selling
tasks for multiple retailing consulting firms for multiple manufactures in
multiple retailer store locations in North Central & Panhandle West
Virginia & western Maryland and southwestern Pennsylvania areas. General
merchandising consists of fronting the store, checking inventory, meeting
with store and department managers, checking expiration dates, and making
sure the proper products are on the shelves. Selling tasks includes
displays or secondary product locations, cutting-in new items, rotation of
products, acquiring additional space for existing items, and selling in
incremental products. Maintaining compliance and distribution of all
required products in assigned territories. Build and maintain rapport with
store personnel to effectively meet all company and client objectives.
Sell displays and secondary locations. Sell incremental products. Increase
share by acquiring additional facings. Effectively communicate benefits
and product information of our client's brands. Work closely with corporate
client representatives on agreed upon objectives. Maintain store shelf
standards and inventory, including rotation of products. Supply and place
point of sale materials. Set-up of demonstrations. Mystery shopping
activities. Implementation of shelf plan-o-grams (schematics, diagrams).
Retailers include, Wal-Mart, Sears, Staples, Best Buy, Circuit City, Radio
Shack, REX Electronics,Staples, Office Max, Office Depot, Dick's Sporting
Goods, GameStop, Kroger, Lowes and Dairy Queen. Exclusive manufacturer
representative for Sony, Panasonic, Virgin Mobile, Eastman Kodak, TomTom
GPS, Delta & Peerless Faucets, Kraftmaid Cabinetry, Adidas, Asics, Mars
Candy, Kimberly Clark, Smuckers, Pillsbury, Novartis Pharmaceutical and
others.
1985-Present DRG Real Estate Investments & Management
Morgantown, WV & Ft.Lauderdale, FL
Comm. R.E. Agent / Property Manager/Leasing
Consultant/Office Mgt.
Scope of responsibilities included Leasing, Property Management Operations,
Marketing/Advertising, Development, Tenant Construction, Legal/Lease
Administration, Accounting/Finance, Maintenance, and Office functions in
Florida, West Virginia, Georgia and New Mexico. Proficient in Property
Management software products. Member of National, State of Florida, South
Broward & Fort Lauderdale Board of Realtors. Member of
Commercial/Investment Committee, International Council of Shopping Centers
(ICSC), Florida Licensed Real Estate Agent
2001-2002 MoversEway.Net Professional Movers Directory Network
Hallandale, FL
Senior Marketing Director/Manager & Media Buyer
Responsible for administration, management and promotion of one of the
Internet's leading Moving and Storage directory websites. This consumer-to-
business site generates moving quote requests on behalf of several hundred
companies involved in Local, Long-Distance, International, Corporate, Boat
and Car moving/shipping businesses. Duties included telephone & Internet
sales to sign-up member moving companies/brokers/agents as advertisers from
the Moving & Storage industry to be listed in our Directory on either
national, state, metropolitan or zip code levels. Other duties included
regular submissions and reciprocal advertising deals with the major search
engines, pay-per-click & pay-per-placement sites, including other indexes,
portals, directories and I.S.P's (Internet Service Providers). Responsible
for major strategic long-term advertising partnerships, alliances and
relationships with websites related to Moving & Storage. Numerous E-mail
campaigns launched and other research related projects created. Managed
and supervised a full-time staff of six. Collections, designing of direct
mail brochures, hiring, payroll and other assorted administrative tasks
performed.
2001 WebGenius.Com
North Miami, FL
Senior Client Services Dedicated Acct.
Manager / Senior Sales & Marketing. Rep.
High-Tech Web based services company involved in search engines,
directories, indexes, and portals submissions of client's web sites.
Responsible for prospecting & canvassing for new clients, primarily through
Internet research techniques, databases, e-mail campaigns & direct
telephone contact with predictive dialer system. Received promotion into
Client Services Department where I administered & managed over 150 new and
existing accounts. My function and role was that of being the initial
contact for any billing/invoicing problems, any legal matters, collections
and any marketing or programming issues and concerns. Generated weekly &
monthly reports to clients.
1995-1998 Palm Beach Citizenship Program/Palm Beach Refugee
Services West Palm Beach, FL
President & Founder, Testing
Supervisor/Administrator
Directly involved in U.S. Citizenship Examination Testing Process at
various Testing Sites including Colleges, Churches, and Community Centers
in conjunction with the United States Department of Justice & Immigration &
Naturalization Service, and the Educational Testing Service. Duties
included marketing of program, instituting study formats, conducting
Citizenship Drives, Registering Applicants, Advertising and Public
Awareness Campaigns, Administration of Citizenship Test and Documentation.
Newspaper article written and published about the program and myself, by
the West Palm Beach Post. Appeared on Immigration USA on Public T.V. WLRN
TV-17 Dade County Public School System and Public Broadcasting System.
1987 - 1989 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Atlanta, GA
Financial Consultant, Account Executive,
Insurance Sales & Estate Planning
Sales of Mutual Funds, Retirement Accounts, Business Financing, Stocks,
Bonds, Money Markets, U.S. Treasury Obligations, Insurance Related Items,
Financial Planning, Estate Planning. Licensed Series 7 Stockbroker,
Licensed Insurance Agent. Graduate Merrill Lynch's Training University
1987, Princeton, N.J
1984 - 1987 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Atlanta, GA
Sales Representative, Customer Service &
Support, Operations Department
Built strong relationship with customers of international airfreight,
worked closely with freight personnel of other airlines and cargo agents,
freight forwarders and commercial accounts. Worked at the Cargo Reservation
Call Center in customer service/sales/support roles at Hartsfield
International Airport in Atlanta, GA. Responsible for having precise
knowledge of freight rates and insurance preparation. Compiled knowledge of
contract agreement, commission agreements, and freight manifests. Obtained
knowledge of international currency exchanges, working knowledge of telex
machines and computer systems. Ability to develop sales leads and follow
up independently both by telephone and direct contact. Handled routine
freight matters. Worked directly with top management on sales and costs
projections covering seven southeast states. Increased sales by 18% in
three years. Awarded Employee of the Year for 1985 Atlanta "gateway".
EDUCATION:
National Opinion Research Center- Interviewer Training
Chicago, IL 2010
Brenda White School of WV Real Estate
Fairmont, WV 2005
Telephony Training Certified TelephonyTraining.com
* Completed on-line 2004
Cash Flow Generator Real Estate Financing Workshop
Morgantown, WV 2004
Whitney Education Group Real Estate Workshop
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2003
Landmark Forum Education Group Workshop
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2003
Success Development Inc. Institute Workshop
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2003
Creating Wealth Workshop-Robert Allen Institute
Miami Lakes, FL 2003
Marketing Concepts Skills Assessment Certification Transcript #4391775
Brainbench.com and Monster.com Testing Center
* Completed on-line 2003
American Financial Cash Flow Workshop
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2003
Real Estate Mastery Workshop
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2003
Internet Cash Flow & Marketing Workshop
Miami, FL 2002
Comp-TIA A+ PC Technician Cert. Coursework, EduTech Institute
Plantation, FL 1999
M.B.A Graduate Business Coursework Nova Southeastern
University Ft. Lauderdale, FL 1992
M.B.A. Graduate Business Coursework Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA 1984/87
Honor Society Member
B.A. Political Science (Pre-Law)- Major University of
Georgia Athens, GA 1983
Advertising-Minor
North Miami Beach Sr. High School
N. Miami Beach, FL 1979
LICENSES:
West Virginia Real Estate License
Charleston, WV 2005
Florida Real Estate Sales License
N. Miami Beach, FL 1991
SEC/N.Y.S.E./NASD Series-7Financial Securities Sales License
Atlanta, GA 1987
Georgia Insurance Sales License
Atlanta, GA 1987
Georgia Real Estate Sales License
Atlanta, GA 1985
COMPUTING SKILLS: Proficient at Microsoft Windows 95/98,00,ME,XP, MS
Access, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Goldmine, ACT, MS Word, MS
Office Suite, Excel, MS Outlook, Word Perfect, Lotus Office Suite, Netscape
& other multiple browsers, add-ons, plug-in's, (RealPlayer, Windows Media
Player, QuickTime) etc., Quicken Quick-Books, America On Line (AOL),
Desktop Publishing, Website Marketing & Development, E-mail programs, as
well as anti-crash, anti-virus, anti-spy-ware & spam-ware and ad-ware
utilities.
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS:
1st Elected President of Royal Palm Villas Condominium Hallandale Beach,
FL 1998-99
Broward County, Fl Sheriff's Office Election Pollworker Deputy
Harrison County, WV Landlords Association Member
Maple Lake Homeowners Association Member
Bridgeport Benedum Conventions & Visitors Bureau
Harrison County, WV Republican Club
City of Bridgeport, WV Arts Council
Harrison Marion Regional County Airport Authority
Deer Park Estates Subdivision Developer Bridgeport, WV
Harrison County, WV 2004 Election Precinct Poll Worker
Habitat for Humanity WV Volunteer 2008-2009
Friends of Cheat River Watershed Conservation & Ecology Group
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Group
W.V.U. West Virginia University Museum of Art-Cultural Affairs