K. Samantha Ide

ac7z68@r.postjobfree.com

312-***-****

PROFILE SUMMARY

Successful career: Building Materials Wholesalers / Interior Design Consulting / Construction Project Management / Telecom Channel Sale Management / Telecom Construction Management & Sales

! Achieve client satisfaction with desired profit and superior customer support

! Building lasting client relationships by communicating and problem solving as a team

! Complex project management experience, maximizing budgets and meeting or exceeding timelines SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

-Ability to communicate effectively with everyone involved in the project and conduct progress meetings

-Quality control on all aspects of the project by being proficient in estimating, scheduling, billing, and reports

-Strong relationships with builders/developers by remaining cost conscious of all aspects of their projects

-PM of design review, coordination, cost reporting and proposal preparation for MDU design selections

-General Contracted and sub-contracted over 2000 projects; included plans, drawings, permits, and design

-Sub-contractor coordinating and budgeting in condos, SFHs, MDUs, Geothermal, Utilities, Wind and Solar

-Managed and completed successful construction projects, fiber deployments and network installations

-Establish a fun a creative environment for both clients and team members to achieve project goals

-Consistently exceeded monthly sales quotas and met project budget requirements within every position

-Ensure accurate and complete estimates for each project by working closely with owners and design team

-Managed more than 150 nationwide sales reps while networking to add new agent partnerships to portfolio

-Increased agent monthly residual commissions to $10K for private distributors / PM 500 construction sites

-Obtained LEED certification to gain tax credits for new builds and renovations in residential projects PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Owner akaFORM 11/01 – present

Interior Design Consultant/PM/GC, Chicago, IL

PM&CM with consulting to determined design project requirements and establish budgets Effectively communicate and educate research on project needs to guide informed decisions Work with specialized vendors to engineer unique customer solutions and/or installations Negotiate contracts and material purchases for residential and commercial clients Designed model homes for developers and penthouses in architectural award-winning buildings Utilize network of builders, investors, condo associations, Realtors, lenders to obtain new clients Established marketing materials to help attract consistent work and company growth Specializing in staging for photo shoots, branding for commercial clients and product design Designed custom furniture, commissioned art and elaborate one of a kind items and built-ins Midwest Regional Sale Manager 04/13 – 5/15

SPX Corporation FLASH Technology, Nashville, TN (Chicago home-office) 13-state territory selling FAA & FCC government regulated LED and Xenon obstruction lighting Verticals; Utilities/Mobility/Highways & Railroads/Wind & Solar Farms/Airports/Tower manufactures Develop training presentations for partners and arrangements for set up of LED demo equipment Strengthen client relationships though entertainment; meals, golf outings, events and sponsorships Travel, support and educate buyers with specs for network design, monitoring and pricing Competitive environment for Motorola and Verizon yet established new accounts in the Midwest Brought in 40% total company annual sales revenue before being in position for 4 full months Created new partnerships with companies in the Midwest that previously went with competitor Providing sales reps with pricing proposals, support for closing deals and prospect leads National Sales Director 04/11 – 4/13

Call One, Chicago, IL

Solution Sales of unified business telecom services Project and Construction Management of installations of large Data/Fiber networks Support the sales efforts of large partner agents totaling over 150 reps Submitted pricing requests and designing large data networks with Visio diagrams Provided sales reps with solid proposals and support for closing meetings with prospects Independent Contractor, Head of Telecom Sales Division 01/02 – 11/03 CCC Technologies/Avaya distributor, Elk Grove, IL

Sold PRI, T1, VoIP, Point-to-points, VPN, Local, LD and full suite of data services Active role in closing Voice & Data leads from 9 sales associates who sold Avaya and Cisco PM worked directly with carriers during provisioning and migration to PBX platform Partner Territory Manager 09/99 – 11/01

SPRINT, Chicago, IL

Recruited new voice and data distributors in the Midwest territory; Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana Trained agents to produce 2K per month quota; canceled non-producing agents Took the lead role in closing important clients (e.g., ORBITZ) to support agents Skilled up on current and new product offerings

Led weekly meetings with partners, owners and sales managers Consistently exceeded established company sales goals by an average of 120% Regional Agent Manager 10/98 – 07/99

Electric Lightwave, Vancouver, WA (Chicago home-office) Launched and implemented 3rd Party Agent Program for Midwest Region Signed on master agents with monthly quotas, direct agents and lead referral partners Met division goal to increase Midwest Region’s revenue by 30% Agent channel sold OC-3 to financial client between LA and Chicago Senior Account Executive 02/96 – 09/98

WinStar Telecommunications Inc., Chicago, IL

Sales of switched voice/data services

Determined enhanced communication service applications for small to mid-sized businesses Achieved 200% of quota 9 out of 12 months, top 4th in sales nationwide among 40+ reps in country Account Executive 12/94 – 01/96

Arista Communications / Master Agent of TCG, Chicago, IL Sales of T1 and automatic ring down service to the financial industry Cold Called in Board of Trade, Mercantile Exchange, Board of Options, World Trade Center Sold on average 2-3 T1s per month

EDUCATION

Associate of Science, Occupational Therapy Program Wilber Wright College, Chicago, IL

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