T O D D R. M ER H I GE
Westlake, Ohio 44145
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PROFESSIONAL SALES/ TRA I N I NG MANAGER
WI T H MORE T HAN 15 YEARS OF
EXPER I ENCE AND PROVEN RESULTS
T raining Manager
American Spring Wire
Bedford Heights, Ohio
2013-Present
• Responsible for managing all aspects of t raining.
• Transforming the current t raining model to a model that is considered to be
world class.
• Managing, designing, planning, conducting, and participating in the t raining
p rograms.
• Budgetary control as well as Logistics as i t relates to organizing and
evaluating t raining programs
Cleveland Regional Coordinator 2009 - 2013
Kahala Incorporated
Lakewood, Ohio
Contracted Small Business Expert to individuals with disabilities for S tate of Ohio
Vocational Rehabili tation Services Commission, Columbus, Ohio
• Personally coached and/or t rained 40 clients to find successful and
meaningful
Self-employment and self-reliance
• Conducted exhaustive feasibility and viability studies to create 40 business
p lans that led to final funding source approvals
T O D D R. M ER H I GE
1305 Bobby Lane Apt. #305
Westlake, Ohio 44145
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• Used individually-customized benchmark monitoring to ensure client success
to minimize loss
• Managed and reported all business operations to C-level managers
• Consistently obtained and managed an average client grant of $7,000.00
Sales T raining Manager 2004 -
2009
Cornerstone Training Institute, Tampa, Florida
Professional Real Estate Seminar Sales Training Manager
• Extensively t rained and developed as many as 20 sales professionals, coaches
and mentors
• Created content and curriculum, and presented 30 - 40 “Train the Trainer”
seminars
• Controlled budgets equal to ($1,000,000.00) 1 million dollars
• Managed the group responsible for t ravel and seminar logistics necessary to
support 5 teams of sales professionals
• Personally developed national team of approximately 20 Client-
Mentors/Coaches to ensure customer success
Senior Sales T raining Manager / Platform Speaker 2000 -
2005
Whitney Education Group, Cape Coral, Florida
National / In ternational Real Estate Investment Workshop Manager
• Extensively t rained and developed as many as 25-30 sales professionals,
coaches and mentors
• Closely supervised teams of four or five sales professional during seminars
• Mentoring, t raining of professional workshop seminar platform speakers
• Developed and presented a very successful In ternational Coaching and
Mentorship Program that yielded annual sales of approximately
$5,000,000.00
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T O D D R. M ER H I GE
1305 Bobby Lane Apt. #305
Westlake, Ohio 44145
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Education:
Business Administration, Hawaii Loa College
Certified Small Business Coach
Certified Master L ife Coach
M ilita ry Experience: Hon orable discharge United States Army
Emergency Action Center Supervisor dealing in Logistics, Physical and
Communication Security at the Brigade Headquarters 22 nd Signal Brigade
F rankfurt, Germany