David Elder

Email: abp09k@r.postjobfree.com

Address: *** ******** **** **

City: Huntsville

State: AL

Zip: 35811

Country: USA

Phone: 256-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $50,000

Willing to Relocate

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DAVID A. ELDER

213 Magnolia Glen Dr.

Huntsville, Alabama abp09k@r.postjobfree.com Cell: 256-***-****

SUMMARY

My goal is to secure a position enabling me to utilize and build on my successful background. I have worked for both multinational and national corporations, with both an MBA and BSBA degrees. Functional experiences include staff performance/training, bringing products to market, product design background, and trade show preparation / participation, documented.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CARMAX USED CAR SUPER STORE 2003 -

Sales Manager, multiple locations

Assigned to multiple CarMax locations, successfully managed multiple teams of Sales Consultants to ensure they meet and exceed sales performance goals and achieve positive execution of CarMax processes necessary to create a superior customer experience. Responsibilities included training staff to execute above goals as well as additional business strategies to achieve store's daily/monthly sales budgets.

* Lead sales teams helping develop their skills to achieve sales goals using the following methods and tools: The sales performance review, providing one-on-one training, conducting mentor debriefs, and overseeing new sales consultant training.

* Present team results to the Location General Manager by describing successful methods of doing business and providing detailed action plans that address individual sales consultant success & opportunities.

* Partners with Location General Manager on critical human resource issues. Involving communicating with corporate and regional teams on associate performance challenges. Involved in activities of other functional departments as it relate to safety, security, relationship building and teamwork including serving as a resource for problem solving.

* Minimizes company waste by adhering to the companies loss prevention asset protect policy, while remaining fair to customers in transactional and legal context.

OFS/FURUKAWA ELECTRIC (Previously Lucent Technologies), Atlanta, Georgia 2001 - 2002

Product Marketing Manager

Senior Marketing Managers team, aggressively participated in the marketing team's urgent need to create OFS's new corporate identity and brands through implementing and utilizing the following activities:

* Created and updated OFS' s new on-line product catalog for Optical Connectivity Division's (OCD) using Open Market web software and continuing through a successful launch of OFS' new e-commerce capabilities (inaugurated at the NFOEC 2002 trade show). Brought to market on time, the new web site resulted in providing the purchase of over 2000 OFS fiber optic products electronically by global customers, adding incremental revenue to the divisions existing $60 million dollar business.

DAVID A. ELDER 2

* Co-Authored published Magazine article in Cabling Business Magazine titled: Layout and Design of a Fiber Optical Distribution System, circulation of 31,000 readers.

* Designed and planned Optical Fiber Solutions (OFS) corporate trade-show participation (BICSI, ECOC, and NFOEC shows) developing product brochures, datasheets, and product samples. Trade show footprints generated customer interested and successful lead tracking information for sales F/U.

* Worked with corporate intelligence department on industry competitors' product comparison info, using (S.W.O.T.) Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat analysis.

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES/ BELL LABORATORY`S, Atlanta, Georgia 1981 - 2001

Senior Technical Design Associate

Bell Laboratory`s fiber optic R&D team. Responsibilities included product design creating both Fiber Optic cable and Fiber Optic connector equipment. Projects designed utilizing CADD 3D solid model computer software. Several projects awarded Significant Technical Achievement Awards from Lucent Bell Laboratories staff, some projects highlights included:

* Lucent`s Robust Optical Connector (ROC) for F22 Raptor fighter. F22 Raptor currently being flown

by US Air Force.

* Joint venture with Lucent Shanghai Fiber Optic Company installing two 40ft plus round fiber optic draw towers, these towers were successfully installed and are producing optical fiber cable in Shanghai, China.

* VAD preform cart design for fiber optic VAD preform production transportation. Project completed on schedule for grand opening of new production facility improving product quality and security.

* Fog-V fiber optic controlled missile system for the U.S. Navy. Successful military deployment.

CHEVROLET, Atlanta, Georgia 1978 - 1981

New Car Service Manager

* Reporting directly to New Car Sales Manager and Service Manager. Supervised seven auto technicians` additional responsibilities included directing, hiring, and training operations, with low turnover.

* Responsible for all new vehicle delivery quality control and customer service satisfaction. Customer vehicle satisfaction began in areas as vehicle shipping damage, all warranty claims associated with new car problems including damages, and installing a variety of customer requested accessories equipment. Department earned recognition by GM, Chevrolet Division Atlanta Region for significant improvement in customer service satisfaction over a period of twelve months, regional 1st place, documented.

EDUCATION

MBA

WAYNE HUIZENGA BUSINESS SCHOOL

Nova Southeastern University

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

BSBA

SHORTER UNIVERSITY

Rome, Georgia

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