Kenneth D. Kirkland

Phone 510-***-**** Email ac7f1b@r.postjobfree.com

Communication Division

Sales and Marketing

Facilitating and Teaching

Personality:

An energetic senior sales executive with a can-do attitude supported by a proven track record of accomplishments. Having a natural sense of humor coupled with a true dedication to the task at hand offers a good team player and builder. Being of reputation of a person with integrity and trustworthy I always value my word. Having a natural sense of empathy has aided me to communicate and understand a wide range of personalities and cultures. The 20 years of contact with the public through methods as broad as direct cold calling to warm sourced referral leads, has transformed me into a confident communicator. Lastly having experienced owning my own business I do understand the overview perspective as well as active participant.

Accomplishments:

1.Author and self-published the book “Chessmates”

2.Started a school (home school) and had to learn while teaching my son general education as well as specific disciplines as foreign language.

3.Creating the “5-minute quote guarantee” a concept design with CSAA cross selling effort it increased referral activities over 25% and further aided in employees confident in our Insurance business.

4.Started an internal sales sharing training that some employee’s response was I was more effective than Dale Carnegie sales course.

5.Won a 7-day cruise for three months’ sales production. GSM – Senior Sales Account Executive – 2003 to 2005 exceeded sales goals expectations by 25% in the first two years of production and maintained a retention factor of 63% in year one and 81% in year two. Success in attracting and maintaining customers is a direct reflection of the confidence clients experienced.

Experiences:

USCF Chess Instructor – 2002 to present

Teach chess and its strategies to children, adults and seniors. I have used the attributes of chess to help others specifically salesperson’s to focus specifically on the sales process.

Acceptance – 1/2016 to 6/1/2016

Acquired P&C licenses learned about brokering consolatory selling and guerilla marketing, in addition I believe at the time I past the State exam the fastest of all recruits

Home school parent-- 2012-2015

Taught all subject to help my son whom was years behind in education to become current, attend public school and currently progressing in college life.

Luso American- 2011-2012

Sold and procured certificates of membership’s mostly cold calling for the Portuguese community.

Disabled (workers comp) 2009-2011

Community services with Nova and Promatch of Sunnyvale helping others return to employment by being facilitator and it’s assistant while administrating program that were design to help the unemployed return to work.

CSAA – Life Insurance Specialist – 2005 to 2009

Primary duties include providing life insurance coverage to members and insured individuals in a high value, low pressure one-stop shopping sales environment. Successfully identify and develop prospective sales lists from direct response and referrals to maximize life insurance market penetration. Provide life sales support and training on lead development and identification for the service staff, Property and Casualty Sales Agent and other employees who encounter members or insured individuals.

Kirkland Financial Services – Founder/Owner – 1990 to 2001

Insurance Agent –

1. Started from a real estate basement office and built the business into one of top ten agency in America with Banker National life a. Had responsibility for total office operations including; fiscal management, marketing, human resources and business development.

2. Hired, trained and managed eight insurance agents in multiple lines of business.

3.Developed a seminar for self-employed business owners titled “Income Tax Zero” to help identify taxable purchases.

Education & Skills:

education

San Jose Community College – AS, Social Science & Certificate of Achievement – Real Estate Appraisal

Kent State University –College of ED.

Cuyahoga Community College – AA Liberal Arts

Life Underwriters Council – L.U.T.C.

California - Insurance and Real Estate

USCF Coach/ tournament Director

skills

1. Microsoft Offices

2. Dreamweaver

3. Html

4. Base and Salesforce CRMs

Webb presence LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter profiles

References also available

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