Richard Beckman
Colorado ***** *********@*****.***
Goal driven and dedicated individual with a diverse background offering practical and progressive career success in warehouse operations, information technology, and logistics.
Professional Experience
Mill Payout Operator / Trucker Present
Working as part of a team to produce aluminum coils primarily meant for the food and beverage industry. Move, load, and ship five-ton coils.
Material Handler 2016 - 2017
Material handler within the warehousing department of Circle Graphics. Responsibilities include providing all materials to production environment, moving finished goods to shipping and readying for shipment via multipole carriers and, instructing and training new employees.
PADI Dive Instructor 2015 - 2016
Dive Instructor working at Bolongo Bay Dive Resort, USVI.
Ware House and Logistics Supervisor 2012 – 2015
This position was primarily a truck driving position delivering drilling materials to oil, gas and water drill rigs within Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota etc. I also provided training, ware house inventory management and supervision of delivery personnel.
OTR Truck Driver 2009 – 2012
OTR operator for Alpine Logistics located in Greeley, CO handling freight via a 53’ dry van.
Farming Hired Hand 2009 – 2010
Worked on two farms, one in Western Nebraska and one in Central Nebraska. Responsibilities included irrigation, cattle, and planting/harvesting duties.
IBM – Armonk, New York 1995 – 2009
Portfolio Executive, End User Services, Service Product Line 2008 – 2009
Responsibilities included constructing partnerships between clients, team IBM, vendors, and subcontractor organizations and managing the implementation of partnerships to address business opportunities for IBM. Position entailed balancing skills in five general management areas: 1. Customer Relationship Management; 2. Consultative Selling; 3. Financial / Business Management; 4. Portfolio / Program Management, and 5. Team / People Management. Serve as primary focal point for all activities on large, complex contracts; accountable for meeting revenue, profit, and growth objectives, and improving customer satisfaction targets.
Client Solution Specialist 2007 – 2008
Developed existing customers within the chemical, process, and petroleum vertical in the industrial sector, identifying potential sales opportunities and leading teams that responded to RFPs / RFQs.
Technical Sales Specialist 2001 – 2007
Supported sales personnel with technical support, technical IT consulting and analysis, both within teams as well as for stand alone opportunities. Range of responsibility included providing onsite support to the core sales team, working with customer SMEs to develop and define the customer’s environment to determine technical strategy to support the opportunity’s sales strategy based on Client Value Methodology. Specializing in UC, virtualization and consolidation via networking and infrastructure methodologies.
Client Solution Network Consultant 1999 – 2001
Provided custom network solutions for large corporate outsourcing customers and authored responses within customer RFP / RFQs. Worked closely with sales executives to define and assemble overall network and infrastructure solutions for existing and new customers.
IBM Delivery Project Executive 1998 – 1999
Managed P&L, design, and delivery of Enterprise level outsourced accounts in the Southeast Region, controlling costs and ensuring profitability with high levels of customer satisfaction on enterprise outsourced contracts.
Senior Advisory Network Engineer, IBM Global Services 1995 – 1998
Performed pre and post-sales networking design and project management strategy, and served as lead designer on custom network solutions.
Other Positions held while at IBM:
Maintenance Technician within Information Products Division (IPD)
Mechanical Design Engineer on IBM copiers and printers
Personnel 1st Line Manager (IT Manager within Pace Membership Warehouse as well)
Senior Network / Infrastructure Engineer
Education and Certifications
Master of Business Administration; (e-Business Emphasis), UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; (Minor in Economics), REGIS UNIVERSITY
Associate of Applied Science in Electronic Technology, FRONT RANGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Certified Cisco Network Associate, FRONT RANGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Certified Project Manager (CPM), PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
Certified Disaster Recovery Planner, DISASTER RECOVERY INSTITUTE
Graduate Telecomm Certificate, PACE UNIVERSITY
IT Services Consultancy, IBM