Mr. Don Westover

Sahuarita, AZ *****

Office 520-***-**** Cell 949-***-****

ac40y7@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

B.A. Business Administration 1992

Minor-Marketing & Distribution

Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

EXPERIENCE

Sales and Marketing Director Jan 2016- current

Absorbent Specialty Products, Tucson, Arizona

Absorbent Specialty Products has developed many products to fit specialty and unique applications covering the manufacturing, service, military and sports industries as well as home users. I am responsible for the distribution of our products through the establish distributors I set up and have managed from Jan 2016 to present. The distributors I manage are: Grainger, HD Supply and Fastenal and Interline. I have trained and engage roughly 400 individual distributor reps. My sales over the past 18 months has generated 2.2 Million over all our products lines through these distributors.

(www.quickdams.com)

Ranch Manager, Sept 2013-Dec 2015

Dutch Joe Ranch, Northern Arizona

Direct the breeding and raising of stock, such as cattle, poultry, or honeybees, using recognized breeding practices to ensure stock improvement. Evaluate marketing and sales alternatives for farm and ranch products. Hire, train, or supervise workers engaged in planting, cultivating, irrigating, harvesting, and marketing crops and in raising livestock. Inspect farm and ranch structures, such as buildings, fences, and roads, ordering repair and maintenance activities, as needed. Maintain financial, operational, production, and employment records for farm and ranch. Monitor activities such as irrigation, chemical application, harvesting, milking, breeding, and grading to ensure adherence to safety regulations or standards.

Lead Broker/Public Company Division, April 2010-Feb 2013 American Information Systems

Responsible to develop marketing campaigns for publicly held, (small-mid cap) NASDAQ companies through mail and opt in emails programs. Also developed retail brokers conference putting CEO’s in from 5000 retail brokers and investors. Sales and Marketing Director, November 2008-Jan 2010 Inspired Arts & Media, Inc. (www.inspired.com)

Created landing pages for digital ads and created and maintain websites for numerous clients. Created multiple reports that that outlined the effectiveness of marketing campaign that we developed. Developed and managed search engine strategies for web site marketing developments. Was responsible for the development of the DRIVE technology for dealers that were looking to have a stand-alone engine that would allow for integration of SEO, PPC, GEO Fencing with analytics.

(See Tech Skills)

Membership Sales and Marketing Director, January 2004-November 2008 Diamante del Mar, Rosario, Mexico

http://www.diamantecabosanlucas.com/

Responsible for selling and maintaining memberships for the Private Club at Diamante del Mar. Worked closely with the Developer, Project Manager and Director of Golf. Assisted with the development and implementation of membership sales and marketing strategies. Planned and designed programs to build membership and promote a positive image of the facility. Responsibilities included direct and/or telephone sales, direct marketing communications, advertising, special event promotions, public relations, media relations, and community relations, networking, etc. (Membership Initiation: 500K)

Founder/Executive Director, January 2000-March 2004, Hope for Life Foundation, Mission Viejo, CA

Responsible for managing staff and day-to-day operations of the organization. Recommended policy and program formulation where appropriate, regularly evaluated all aspects of the operations. Facilitating the ongoing development of the organization’s long-range plan. Responsibility for fundraising, accounting, and financial reporting. Represented the organization with public agencies, press/media, and other non-profit organizations. Exercised final authority on all functions within guidelines established by the budget and the Board of Directors. Private Client Investment Counselor, May 1996-Dec 1999 Millennium Capital Partners, Beverly Hills, CA

Responsible for establishing and managing private investment portfolios for high net worth clients. Worked as part of a team of Wealth Management advisors to deliver clients a diverse set of financial solutions. New business development was the primary focus of the position. Developed significant interaction with commercial, retail and mortgage bankers for the purpose of identifying target markets and investment opportunities. Raised over 200 Million on 18 different private ventures. Private Client Relationship Manager, September 1995-May 1996 Merrill Lynch and Co., Inc., Newport Beach, CA.

Responsible for assessing each client’s individual needs and goals. Customize individual portfolios accordingly. Maintained long-term relationships with the private clients. Also functioned as the liaison between our portfolio management team, research department and High Net Worth clients.

Tech Skills/Software Experience:

Cloud and Virtualization: Google Drive, Dropbox, VMware vSphere, Micorsoft Hyper- V, Oracle VirtualBox and Citrix XenServer

Big Data: Talend, Arcadia, Datameer

Online Accounting and bookkeeping: QuickBooks, Peachtree, Kashoo, Freshbooks Graphic Design: Word Press, Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, and Wix Information Security: LogicMoniter, Kaseya VSA, EventSentry Database Administration: ManageEngine, Airtable, ClusterControl Networking: physical routers, switches, gateways, firewalls, content filters, and appliances of all kinds

Help desk/technical support