Sales Service

CHRISTOPHER JAY DIXON

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Houston, TX. 77095

832-***-**** cell / 832-***-**** hm.

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RECRUITING

CLOSING SKILLS

CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS

STAFF SUPERVISION

MARKETING

LEAD GENERATION

ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT

SURGICAL SALES

Twenty years of marketing experience.

Extremely motivated, results-driven strategic thinker.

Versatile, skilled marketing professional.

Client-service focused.

Strong closing and contract negotiation skills.

Adept at managing varied personalities.

Experienced in lead generation, cold-calling and prospecting to increase sales goals and create beneficial partnerships.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DI-MED MEDICAL STAFFING, LLC Houston, TX.: May. 2004 to present Owner/Director of Recruitment

Provide Turn-Key Recruiting and Staffing services to Allied Healthcare Professionals such as, Physical/Occupational/Speech Therapist or Assistants and Rehab Service Providers. Duties include: Identification and Recruitment of Therapy Professionals, Negotiation of Salary, Benefits and Rate contracts with Therapist and Service Providers.

Started Therapy staffing department from ground floor

Produce and maintain account base exceeding $200,000.00 in monthly revenue.

Consistently meet quotas and earn top commission percentage.

Retain an extensive database of potential health care professional clients

UNIVERSAL HOSPITAL SERVICES, Dallas, TX: Nov. 2002 – Apr. 2004 Account Manager

Territory included North Louisiana and East, Central and West Texas. Promoted company’s Medical Equipment Outsourcing Programs to hospitals, clinics, surgery centers and other applicable facilities. Negotiated rental and buyout lease agreements, service contracts (including Bio-Med) and equipment education for staff members.

Won most improved branch award for entire country as a team for 2003 calendar year.

Ranked #3 out of 37 sales reps in the Southern region encompassing 6 states in 2003.

Converted numerous competitive accounts generating revenue beyond quotas for 2002 and 2003.

Acquired working knowledge of various pieces of medical equipment ranging from I.V. pumps to telemetry systems.

LINVATEC/HALL SURGICAL, Dallas, TX: Sept. 1999 – Nov. 2002 Territory Manager

Responsible for selling and servicing arthroscopic, endoscopic and general surgical capital equipment under the Linvatec/Hall Surgical, 3M Fluid management and Micro-Choice brand names in the Dallas/Ft. Worth market. Also, responsible for selling all instrumentation and disposables associated with this field, along with implants, screws and anchors for procedure specifics. Represented Cryo-Life harvested tendons and other grafts to Surgeons.

Converted Metro-Plex Surgery Center from competitor Dyonics/Accufex 2001 resulting in $300,000 in new business

Converted Harris Methodist Hospital Surgery Dept. (Azle) from competitor Stryker in 2001 resulting in $175,000 in new business

Generated over $1.5 in revenue for years 2001 and 2002, after inheriting a territory that produced only $750,000 in 1999.

PELICAN HOME HEALTH, Mansfield, LA: Aug. 1993 – Aug. 1999 Director of Marketing

Responsible for building referral base from Physicians, Discharge Planners, Case Managers, etc. Acted as liaison between referral sources and company nursing staff to insure quality of care for their patients. Provide in-service training and CEU programs to our referral sources.

Grew agency from start-up to second largest in North Louisiana.

Acted solely as Marketing Director and Sales Representative for the agency throughout our ownership tenure.

Sold company for substantial gains and profited as a Minority Partner in 1999.

VENTURE MANAGEMENT GROUP, Shreveport, LA/ Austin, TX: 1989 – 1993 Director of Marketing

Business assessment firm that provided our contracted investors a referral base of viable businesses attempting to raise capital in the market for expansion, start-up, etc. Responsible for identifying, qualifying and assessing each client’s ability to achieve their projected growth and service debt based on a predetermined format of information defined by each investor group and make the appropriate match for funding. Responsible for seeking out these potential companies and performing initial evaluations to be presented for inclusion in our program.

Expanded project base 400% by 1991.

Promoted to V.P. of Project Development 1991

Produced over $1,000,000 in revenue 1990-91

EDUCATION

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY Shreveport, LA - 1989

BS Business Administration, Emphasis on Marketing

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