BRUCE RUTTY
Fishkill, New York
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845-***-**** (home)
917-***-**** (cell)
Business Development Director with demonstrated abilities as a leader in
establishing and growing long term relationships with C-Level decision
makers. Skilled in identifying enterprise sales opportunities, handling
negotiations and maximizing up-selling and cross-selling opportunities.
Currently, Director of Business Development with responsibility for new
business at a leading Cybersecurity Consulting firm.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
JANUS Associates, Stamford, CT - Currently
Cybersecurity, Risk/Vulnerability Assessment, Threat Analysis, LMS and
Privacy Assessment services leader offering critical infrastructure
security support and awareness training to clients in key industries
including; Utilities, Energy, Financial Services, Retail, Education,
Healthcare, Non Profit and Public Sector.
Key responsibilities include:
Establish and grow relationships at the VP and Director Level within
Information Security, Risk Assessment, Privacy, Training and Compliance
groups of large and midsize companies to increase usage of JANUS's
information security solutions.
Develop detailed proposals and presentations to drive engagement and
partnership decisions for Technology and Compliance projects including
business Risk Assessment prioritized within the scope of each business unit
needs.
Conduct webinars to demonstrate areas of possible vulnerabilities within
client's network and remediation advice and knowledge transfer that enables
clients to monitor and address vulnerabilities.
Key wins includes: McGraw Hill, Fulton Financial, Clarity Software, SUNY,
Crius Energy and University of Wisconsin.
BNA, New York, NY
Business Development Manager 2008 - 2010
Bureau of National affairs is an online publisher of B2B data for use in
Legal, Healthcare, Environmental, Consulting and Financial verticals to
identify industry trends and facilitate discussion among thought leaders in
government and business
Key responsibilities included:
Prospect for new customers in Healthcare, Consulting and Financial
verticals and expand relationships with existing customers
Develop in-depth analysis of sales and marketing objective for each major
account, revenue potential and current budget breakdown
Lead on new Healthcare conference offerings, identify areas of potential
revenue growth and create strategic solutions to penetrate major accounts
Key client wins includes: Siemens Healthcare, Roche Diagnostics, McKesson,
Mitem, Psyche Systems and ARUP (Revenue - $900,000)
INTERAKT, New York, NY
Business Development Manager, 2007- 2008
Interakt builds and maintain IT infrastructure projects for companies in
Real Estate, Entertainment, Publishing and Manufacturing using an offshore
model to reduce project cost
Key responsibilities included:
Prospect for new business within fortune 1000 companies and build
relationships with key sales, marketing and technology leaders to identify
requirements, develop technical strategies and manage their expectations
Perform in-depth technical presentations for customers and prospects and
work closely with business units on product planning and enhancements
Conduct on-site or remote demonstration and technical training workshops
for end users and internal Technology teams
Evaluate customers and territory for growth opportunities; work with
consulting delivery team to uncover target accounts business issues and
identify digital, training and e-learning needs including virtual and in
person sessions with Acrobat and Connect Pro product suite
Key customer wins include: HBO, Computer Associates, Citigroup and NYC
Economic Development Corporation (Revenue - $1.5million)
MCGRAW-HILL, New York, NY 2005 - 2007
Major Accounts Sales Manager
McGraw Hill is a worldwide publisher of business intelligence data that
enables businesses to make more informed decisions
Key responsibilities include:
Selling online data usage subscriptions to Sales and Marketing leaders in
Construction, Utilities, and Financial and Educational verticals using a
consultative sales approach to uncover to maximize enterprise sales
opportunities within key accounts.
Develop aggressive customer loyalty and referral programs to incentivize
existing customers through maintenance contracts and 24 hour online
technical support
Focus on up-selling customized database maintenance agreements, including
support and maintenance services to major financial institutions to support
business decisions.
Developed and managed a robust pipeline of opportunities that incorporated
depth and breadth of customer's organization.
Key Customers wins includes: Turner Construction, United Technology,
Autodesk and Bovis (Revenue - $1.6 million)
INFOGROUP/ IDEXEC, New York, NY 2001- 2004
National Accounts Sales Manager
IDEXEC provides Executive Contacts, Compensation, Board of Directors and
Financial data for key verticals including; Legal, Consulting, Retail and
Financial
Key responsibilities include:
Executive level prospecting for new online data usage subscription
agreements using SPIN selling techniques to build long term profitable
relationships with steak holders and user groups.
Managed the resolution of strategic data content issue relating to Real-
Time and Reference data feeds. Identified and facilitated new sales
opportunities in Healthcare and Consulting prospects
Managed work flow and online group training issues for Executive contact
database including managing on-site workshops
Key customers wins Included: Dow Jones, Autodesk, and Standard & Poor's
Federal Express and Spherion (Revenue - $1.6million)
EXPERIAN, New York, NY 1999 -2001
Business Development Manager
Experience provides businesses and consumers with credit and direct
marketing data to guide business decisions
Key responsibilities include:
Identified new business opportunities through prospecting and referrals and
network within established accounts to sell Credit, Lifestyle and Analytic
services to Financial, Publishing and Entertainment services providers.
Developed successful Work flow, Data Mining and Analytical solutions that
enable customers in Construction vertical to reduce projects management
cost by streamlining projects reporting and vendor management process.
Implemented a customer win back program targeting financial and
transportation verticals resulting in key account win at TIAA-CREF
resulting in 200k data processing wins.
Key client wins include: NASCAR, TIAA-CREF, Web MD, Madison Square Garden
and Rochester Institute of Technology.
HUMANSCALE, New York, NY 1994-1999
Strategic Accounts Manager
Humanscale manufacturers and install ergonomic and computer safety products
in key industries including; Legal, Transportation and Customer Service
Key responsibilities include:
Manage sales process for ergonomics and computer safety products within
VARS, government and key accounts markets
Establish and grow relationships with leaders in Facilities management
trades and space planning groups to secure referrals on new project
requirement
Expanded client revenue base of 550K by over 200K in 1994 by building
strong client relationships and identifying new opportunities at UNICEF,
Hughes Hubbard & Reed and The New York Times.
Cold-called and prospected new business opportunities and uncovered new
revenue opportunities with existing client base.
Key Clients wins includes: United Nations, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital,
Dow Jones and New York City Fire Department (Revenue - $1.8million)
Motorola, Glen Rock, New Jersey 1989-1994
Motorola is a worldwide manufacturer of Telecommunications and navigational
systems for businesses and consumers
Prospect for new clients of cellular products and services via networking,
referrals and telemarketing to build robust pipeline of prospects for
Motorola's suite of telecommunications solutions to C-Level executives at
fortune 1000 companies in Metro New York.
Manage repairs, training and delivery issues related to VIP products and
survey customer based to gain insight from new products launch and
competitive landscape
Top sales performer for VIP Cellular direct sales team with over $600,000
in new business in 1992.
Key client's wins included: Pepsi Co, Philips Electronics, Interpublic
Group, St Vincent's hospital and MasterCard (Revenue - over $1million)
EDUCATION:
HUNTER COLLEGE, New York, NY
Business Administration