Benjamin Kohn
Cell: 706-***-****
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Professional Summary
Established Professional in the Sales Management, Analysis and IT Field with 16 Years of Experience. Comprehensive background in providing staff and organizations with the IT leadership and expertise necessary to succeed. A proven track record of successfully completing a broad range of analyses and reports to create accurate insights into staff performance, feasibility, and emerging trends. Skilled in reviewing current operations to identify and capitalize upon areas of improvement.
Skills
Microsoft Office- PowerPoint: Advanced, Excel: Intermediate, Word: Novice, 2.0, Campaign Director 4.0, Admin Manager, Vantive Billing System, Bendata HEAT, Microsoft Office Suite 2003, FrontPage 2003, Pinnacle Studio Plus Version 9.3, DavaCord Voice Recording Server 3.4, CMDS, Remedy, Open Element, Dreamweaver MX, MicroStratagy, SAP Lumira, SAS Studio and SPSS
Professional Experience
Solutions Manager Retail Sales Consultant
Verizon Wireless Incorporated - Augusta, GA, Aiken, SC & Jacksonville, FL 10/2007 to Present
Responsibilities
Creating ad hoc reports with Excel to discover yearly, monthly and daily trends
Develop proactive strategies based on consistent data analyst and reporting
Leverage team members talents to resolve minor and major challenges
Analyze team statistics and prepare reports for the General Manager and Leadership
Assist with the scheduling of store staffing via Resource Central
Manage escalated technical issues and provide direction to team members
Create and modify documents to track and measure representative daily performance
Train, motivate, and coach sales team to achieve company key performance indicators
Work in partnership with associates to establish individual Performance for Success Plans
Evaluate associates on performance reviews and annual performance appraisals
Lead B2B manager within the location
Organize and Analyst data to present to Leadership
Develop Sales tools to increase sales goals for retail personnel
Trained, motivated, and coached sales team to achieve company goals
2008 Circle of Success Winner (Georgia-Alabama)
Georgia-Alabama Career Builders "Class of 2009."
Provide total wireless solution for small business customers
Demonstrate the ability to plan and implement sales strategies to achieve plan
Held SMB Champion Role within the Evans Location 2/2009 to 10/2009
IT/IS Administrator Technical Support Specialist Sales Consultant
(Sales Outbound Call Center) Supported Staff of (60)
Comcast Communication Incorporated, Augusta GA 1/2000 to 10/2007
Responsibilities
Performed all data backups
Facilitate site closing: Packing up of all department technology
Point of contact for all technical aspects: Web portal, Voice Server, Sales Tracking Tool
Review statement of work timetable with Project Manager during weekly meetings
Setup and reimage all department computers
Managed a Predictive Dialing System
Administrator: Avaya Campaign Director and Producer application
Provide technical support to outbound call center: Departmental Applications
Work with third party vendors to resolve application conflicts: Avaya, Davacord, internal department
Facilitated Davacord installation: Changed from IP phone recording to switch based recording
Gather user requirements: Davacord Inc.
Performed feasibility study on voice recording system
Davacord implementation project lead: Software Prep and Physical Site Prep
Facilitated the installation of recording system, Davacord Recording Server
Assisted in patch down block and Ethernet cables runs to IP phones/Avaya Systems Application
Interview stakeholders: gathering business requirements and developing functional specifications
Eliciting business requirements for sales tracking system
Determine completeness and adequacy of document for functionality and design process
Lead project owner: Requirements, Development, Testing, and Implementation
Managed website sales database and wireframe mockups with Microsoft Front Page 2003
Created and manage Webform (ASP) interface with the department intranet portal.
Creation and maintenance of sales tracking system via Active Server Pages
Managed Sales Tracking Data via MS Access Database
Education
2016-2019, Master of Analytics Capella University, Minneapolis, MN
Courses Taken: Basic Apps of Analytics, Foundations in Analytics, Data Sources in Analytics
2003, Master of Information Technology American InterContinental University, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, Concentration: Information Technology
1998, Bachelor of Science Degree, Paine College Augusta, Georgia
Business: Information Systems
Certifications/Ongoing Learning
Avaya- Producer 2.0 & System Supervisor, A+ Certification COMP001020903465, Tech Skills of California A+ Program, A+ Cert Master Program, Web Development with Udmey Online Course, ZaranTech: Business Analyst Program 3/16/2016. Coursera Specializations: Data Management and Visualization by Wesleyan University, Excel to MySQL: Analytic Techniques for Business