ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
( QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE
Dedicated, proactive, and diligent professional, offering strong
qualifications in sales, marketing, business ingenuity, and strategic
account management. Demonstrate success in enhancing program effectiveness
and efficiency by designing, recommending, and implementing new business
processes as well as program and system changes. Display unparalleled work
ethic, coupled with strong sense of urgency, keen interest, and passion in
providing quality services as key ingredient to corporate success.
Exemplify proven capability to communicate effectively, as well as
determination to achieve company's goals and objectives. Possess strategic
perspective and long-term vision, combined with commendable implementation
of initiatives.
( AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Sales and Marketing Management Business Growth and Profit Maximization
Project Management
Strategic Planning, Development, and Implementation VAR Account
Management Cross-Divisional Management
Competitive Intelligence and Integrity-Based Selling Team Management and
Leadership
( PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. (i3)
Business Development Executive Greenville, SC 2013-November 2014
. Serve as key personnel in prospecting for corporate expansion
opportunities and profitable growth engines by leveraging corporate
product and service capabilities.
. Determine prospects and negotiate strategic business-to-business
partnerships to deliver custom go-to market strategies and applicable
business services for both the private sector and the federal agencies.
. Take full responsibility in managing key accounts and sales strategy for
Value Added Resellers (VAR).
. Conduct research and assessment on state, market, and legislative
landscape and needs to ensure effective development of new clients.
. Maximize sales strategy by working with the company president to
continuously calculate high residual revenue prospects and return on
investment (ROI) criterion.
. Prepare and present weekly and monthly sales forecasts, pipeline
initiatives, and secured sales revenue from prospecting activities to the
sales director in an accurate and timely manner.
Key Highlights:
V Strengthened business partnership to present sustainable corporate
advantage to attain financial growth targets, which drove 30% increase
on service accounts and increased projected revenue by 120%.
V Provided hands-on management to 25% of the company's overall channeled
transactions, which included presenting compelling RFP deliverable and
system demonstrations; negotiating pricing; and engineering custom
solution options; consequently ensuring acquisition of the major
healthcare account.
V Successfully obtained 100% closing rate on quotes expedited from
webinars and trade show booths by managing Sales and Product
Development teams in facilitating their effective marketing and
product demos.
V Utilized Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics CRM tool to track more than
250 customer accounts' transactional volume and renewal of support and
maintenance contracts.
NATIONAL BACKGROUND CHECK, INC.
Vice President for Business Development Greenville, SC 2010-2013
. Performed numerous managerial and liaison functions for different
departments including Information Technology (IT), accounting, marketing,
operations, and sales.
. Played a vital role as the primary contact between the specialty
departments and the board of directors for optimal execution of corporate
goals, objectives, and initiatives.
. Aided the evaluation and execution of new market acquisition
opportunities for incremental revenue streams.
. Took responsibility in excavating market opportunities, segmenting target
customers, describing sales and service prospects, providing ongoing
account management, and maximizing depth of services and revenue.
. Delivered robust contribution in developing annual strategic business
plan to deliver market-based growth recommendations to the board of
directors; improving product and service leadership in industry markets;
and redesigning spend and margin improvement on products within budget.
. Utilized SWOT evaluation in administering skillful analytical preparation
that focused on organization's implementation of Independent Service
Providers (ISP) growth ingenuities.
Key Highlights:
V Expanded a small business service division from $230K to $5M through
organic channel partners, subsequent support, and aggressive
implementation plans.
V Produced $1.1M profit within two years of leadership to ISP expansion
in Florida.
V Attained 13% sales growth through robust partnership with one of
Ohio's largest hospital systems through vertical market strategies.
V Obtained bids that produced 33% revenue increase in 2012 by organizing
creative, energetic, and detailed responses to RFPs as well as
targeting new federal opportunities.
Director of Operations and Sales Columbus, OH 2005-2010
. Increased company value and business assets by providing continuing
improvement, implementing financial evaluation, and analyzing operational
activities.
. Handled and monitored the cost of goods sold in pursuing incremental and
recurring income, which resulted to improvement of financial profit
planning acumen.
. Boosted revenue through price negotiation and creative market
positioning.
Key Highlights:
V Decreased equipment distribution cost by 45% through integration and
development of customizable, turnkey fingerprint software solution;
analysis and creation of forecast model; and unified tangible business
plan objectives.
V Spearheaded the development of training curriculum for pioneered
fingerprint software, which was introduced company-wide and across
states.
V Attained monthly marketing objectives through executional management
of several business functions, which included marketing, sales
activities, and IT development to guarantee projects were on target
and within budget.
Financial Analyst Columbus, OH 2001-2005
. Researched and assessed the infant fingerprinting industry to determine
common trends in business practices, products, and industry competition.
. Developed innovative referral promotions, real-time gateway for
background check result delivery, and alternative payment options for
corporate accounts.
. Monitored new state regulations affecting the industry through attendance
of state-legislated meetings and continual industry research.
. Effectively communicated discoveries to key corporate personnel for
tactical departmental planning.
. Optimized business value through evaluation of sales, costs, and
expenses.
. Disclosed conclusions and presented recommendations to management for
accurate financial allocation of expenses.
. Mobilized management to enhance financial decision processes to realize
cost efficiencies through strategic developments.
Key Highlight:
V Evaluated and reduced account receivables by 96% with diligent
communing with tardy client accounts.
( EARLIER CAREER
THOMAS, WATHEN & ZIEGLER
Accounting Intern Warren, OH
( EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration: 2009
Top Rank, Adult MBA Education Program- Developing Adaptive and Strategic-
thinking Business Leaders
Franklin University, Columbus, OH
Bachelor of Science in Business Management, Major Accounting: 2005
Dean's List
Youngstown State University, Williamson College of Business, Youngstown, OH
( CERTIFICATIONS
Dale Carnegie Certificate of Achievement,
Certified National Air Transportation Association Fingerprint Collector
( ACTIVITIES
Hands on Greenville Habitat for Humanity
( TECHNICAL ACUMEN
Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
QuickBooks Windows 7 and 8 Microsoft Dynamics SharePoint