JAKE D. SIMON
Valencia, CA ****5
(661) 433- 7153
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EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Highly motivated, hardworking sales person with proven success in growing
sales, market share, and profitability. Strategic thinker having strong
financial, operational and results focus orientation. Strong track record
of executing strategies and exceeding targeted goals.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Modis
Business Development Manager (BDM) (January 2010 - Present)
. Managed a territory selling IT Staffing services to companies such as
Nestle, Pharmavite, Tutor Perini, Lamps Plus, JPL (NASA) and many others.
. Recognized as top achiever
. Successfully completed the placement of new hires within first three
months of employment; this set a new record for the fastest start of a
BDM at this office.
. Gained profitable new business and expanded relationships of existing
accounts. About 90% of my business was developed through new accounts.
. Facilitated contract negotiations to fulfill new positions.
. Worked and quickly established relationships with hiring Managers,
Director's, and CIO's. This was accomplished through meetings, lunches,
and throughout the hiring process.
Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
District Manager (April 2008 - April 2009 )
. Managed two territories, selling small business services to companies
having 1-50 employees.
. Managed Bank of America, Union Bank and Chase accounts within my
territory.
. Collaborated with different divisions of ADP to cross-sell multiple
products.
. Rookie of the month award recipient.
. Achieved 103% of sales quota for the year, and 181% of sales quota during
the month of April 2009.
. Successfully completed ADP's corporate training program on value
selling.
. Successfully completed ADP's weekly training on product knowledge, and
self development.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration
Marketing Major
California State University, Northridge, CA
Dean's List
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DURING COLLEGE
American Marketing Association (AMA) CSUN Chapter
Vice President of Finance (July 2007 - June 2008)
. Authored budget proposal providing budgets for each part of AMA (i.e.
Promotions, Fundraising, Meet the Firms, etc.).
. Responsible for the Marketing Association's balance sheet and monitoring
AMA's progress in meeting goals and remaining within budget.
Director of Promotions and Finance (January - June 2007)
. Advertising- helped promote and publicize activities for the
association by creating promotional materials and making sure they
were distributed at all AMA sites across the CSUN campus.
. Worked at events such as Freshmen Orientation to Promote AMA to
incoming students.
REFERENCES
Available upon request.