Sales Manager

Jimmy R. DeFord

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Amarillo, TX *****

806-***-**** Home

806-***-**** Cell Phone

OBJECTIVE Enthusiastic manager with excellent teaching, training, sales,

writing, and speaking skills seeks opportunity with dynamic

organization.

EXPERIENCE: Management/Marketing:

. Managed an active classroom on a daily basis.

. Oversaw the work of two teacher's aides and delegated

responsibilities to ensure a productive learning

environment.

. Planned effective strategies to motivate low and high

performers.

. Resolved conflicts that arose with individual

students or between angry students.

. Sold security systems to wide variety of customers

and designed marketing programs to generate new

sales.

. Planned and coordinated security system

installations.

. Administered grant funds used to operate a regional

law enforcement academy by planning for training

needs and overseeing travel expenditures.

Teaching/Training:

. Taught Special Education at a maximum security

prison.

. Received excellent performance appraisals each year

based upon teaching abilities.

. Developed lesson plans that considered students

individual learning needs.

. Demonstrated an ability to work with a diverse group

of students from all backgrounds and all ability

levels.

. Trained customers on proper techniques to operate

security systems.

Speaking/Writing:

. Presented lessons in a manner that engaged students

and ensured learning.

. Prepared and presented talks to city councils and

commissioner's courts.

. Wrote or assisted in the writing of over 50 grant

applications for funding on the part of local

government organizations.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1999 - Present, Special Education Teacher, Windham

Independent

School District, Texas Department of Criminal

Justice,

Clements Unit, Amarillo, TX

1998 - 1999, 5th Grade Teacher, Dumas Independent School

District, Dumas, TX

1998. Substitute Teacher, Amarillo Independent School

District,

Amarillo, TX

1996 - 1997, Director of Sales, Sterling Security

Services,

Amarillo, TX

1993 - 1996, Regional Criminal Justice Coordinator,

Panhandle

Regional Planning Commission, Amarillo, TX

EDUCATION

West Texas A&M University - Completed Teaching

Certification

Requirements through Alternative Certification Program,

Certified

in Special Education and Elementary Education.

University of Oklahoma

Master of Public Administration, Completed 25 hours.

BBA in Marketing, December 1986, Overall GPA 3.56/4.00.

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