Debara Aaron
Email: *********@********.***
Address: **** ***** ***** ****
City: Gainesville
State: GA
Zip: 30506
Country: USA
Phone: 770-***-****
Skill Level: Management
Salary Range: $50,000
Primary Skills/Experience:
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Educational Background:
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Job History / Details:
Debara B Aaron 6378 Shoal Creek Road Clermont GA 30527 770-***-**** ***.*****@***-******.***
Objective: Position with a progressive organization whereas my experience and talents can be fully utilized.
Profile: A flexible, self-motivated professional with twenty five plus years experience in account management, staff training, customer needs analysis, presentation, negotiation, and program development and implementation. Also have experience and excel in Customer Service, Administration, and Management capacities. Posses strong Relationship building skills.
Customer/Market Experience: Original Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, System Integrators, Electrical Contractors, Wire and Cable Houses, Fiber Optic Cable and Equipment Houses, Fiber Optic Equipment Rental Houses, Electronic Board Assembly Houses, Engineering Procurement Contractors, Original Design Manufacturers, Equipment and Board Repair Houses, Value Add Resellers, Engineering Firms, End Users and Manufacturers Representatives.
January 2003 - June 2011
Employment Experience:
Innovative Broadcast Solutions, LLC Clermont, GA; Owner; Specialization of Electronic Equipment and related Products and Services with focus on Broadcast Industry.
Responsibilities include create and develop one, three and five year marketing strategy to monitor company for short term and long term growth. Define sales quota, target markets, target customers and budgets. Supervise accounts receivable and accounts payable. Manage and direct all sales and customer service activities.
Noted Achievement: Multi-Million Dollar Fiber Cable and Equipment Contract(s) with local Major Broadcaster(s).
1999 - 2002
Anixter, Inc., Suwanee GA; Wire & Cable Specialist; A Global Distributor of Wire, Cable, and Related Products.
Duties included system sales and support to outside sales staff conducive to build new and existing accounts in Alabama and Georgia.
Major Accomplishment: Penetration of New Original Equipment Manufacturing Account and a few others from $0 ultimately producing in excess of $16 Million Sales at $3.6 Million in Gross Profit in less than three years.
1996 - 1999
Cal Switch / Sager Electronics Inc, Norcross, GA; Account Executive/Outside Sales; A Distributor of Electronic and Electro-Mechanical Components.
Entrusted with securing New Customer base in virgin East Coast Territory of Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee.
Dividends included producing sales sufficient within twenty-four months to support new Regional Office by implementing cost effective Procurement Programs and increasing visibility/print position with new/additional Products at the Engineering level simultaneously.
1992 - 1995
DNA Group, Inc., Raleigh NC; Distribution Sales Manager; United States Sales Office for a Group of Component Manufacturers located in China, Italy and Germany.
Empowered with recruiting, hiring and training a Network of Distributors in the US to maintain and insure profitability of product lines. Responsible for coordination and implementation of all Distribution procedures and training of Customer Service Team including but not limited to programming pricing reports based on material, freight, duty, competition and other market values.
The feat awarded us with a strong, diverse, Competitor rather than simply a "Source" of Distribution in the market place to compete with major suppliers such as Marquardt, Switchcraft, and Carling Switch that still stands firm today.
1987 - 1992
C & K Components, Inc., Clayton, NC; Sales Engineer II; A $100 Million plus International Manufacturer of Electronic Switches.
Assignments included the promotion of Sales and Service of Original Equipment Manufacturers and Distributors by direct contact and/or through Representatives on the West Coast.
Achievements include becoming a professional. Receiving the training that would set the bar for success for not just a job but a Career! This is where I learned the basics and foundation including but not limited to technical expertise, Salesmanship, and Customer Service that I took with me everywhere.
Education:
Gainesville College/Lanier Technical; 2 Year Data Processing/Computer Science Program; Graduated 1983
Programming with Basic, Fortran, RPG I, II, III and COBOL
Flowcharting and Logic
Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point
Various Seminars, Work Shops, Sales & Marketing and Business Law Courses