JAMES H. MAN
Richardson, TX 75081
512-***-**** acr4wt@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Twenty-five years plus, sales veteran. Highly astute with great attention to details. Cold call Specialist and strategic marketer. Skilled in the analysis and psychology of consumer demographics and behavior. Ability to diffuse, subdue and calm most negative client confrontations/grievance through wisdom, apathy, listening and verbal communication skills. Can create a genuine level of Trust with clients within minutes because I genuinely want to help. I sell myself along with my services. Committed to building long term relationships with clients through consistency.
WORK EXPERIENCE
ALLIANCE PETROLEUM INTERESTS: Current
VP Investor Relations: Creating new partnerships and placing them into Joint Venture oil and gas drilling projects.
SELF EMPLOYED: (Weekends) Current
Chef and BBQ Pit Master with over 30 years experience in Commercial/Private catering venues.
Have created my own cuisine called, “Texican.” Started my own line of seasonings, BBQ rubs, marinades
and sauces. I also consult in sales, marketing promotions and fund raising for Start-up companies, food enterprises, non-profit organizations and the oil industry.
USA WIRE & CABLE July 2014-March 2015
Inside sales of Industrial Wire & Cable, 660V, to NAED Distributors across the United States.
REMOTE LOGISTICS INTERNATIONAL March 2014-July 2014
Chef Manager: POB of 110 including staff.
REUNION GRILLE, Cedar Park, TX July 2013-Feb 2014
Pit Master:
Private Party Caterer: Caterer and Chef, specializing in smoked entrees and in Italian, Mexican and Asian cuisines. Create menus, pricing, and marketing plans. Purchase foods, cook and provide catering for groups of 6 – 250 people. Hire, train and supervise contract staff.
Silver Whisk Cooking School: Teaching cooking classes and preparing in store dinner parties for private clients. Owner Myrna Kallergis, past Executive Corporate Chef for Wolfe Restaurant Equipment.
HARTE-HANKS MARKETING: July 2012- April 2013
Sales & Marketing Represenative for Bazaar Voice Express: Responsible for sales/telesales of multiple software ratings and review platforms created by Bazaar Voice. SAAS and guided implementation to clients for
SEO and XML raw data feeds.
Core Health Care Services, Bastrop Texas. Jan- July 2012
Direct Care Provider and Shift Chef.
TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT Austin, Texas 2001– Present
Provide consulting and capital funding expertise to start up high tech companies.
Developed strategic alliances with major corporate resellers such as Cisco, IBM, Texas Instruments, Sony and other major technology corporations.
ENGEDI SATELLITE :
Satellite encripted technology designed for encryption of massive and highly secured files with high data rates, such as films, stock market and banking information and military operations information.
PHOTONICA
Next generation high technology company focused on scalable, flexible fiber-optic composite screen architectures, magneto-photonic chips and switches, halograhic storage.
NOWSAT
Media manager system designed to integrate satellite, cable, internet, phone into one storage component, along with pre-loaded movies and software which would track and record viewed preferences.
FILM WRITER/PRODUCER AND FOOD CONSULTANT Austin, Texas 2001- 2013
Film Writer and Producer: Spiderwood Studios, located in Bastrop, TX. 3 Comedy Dramas, 2 Reality TV Shows, 1 Food Show.
Food Product Developer: Promoting my own line of BBQ Seasonings and Rubs.
LeMAN’S COLLECTION Amarillo, TX 1987 – 2000
Owner and Sales Director
Wholesale manufacturer of pewter 54mm military figurines. Considered one of the finest manufacturers of military pewter figurines in the world.
Clients included Disney, Smithsonian Institute, Colonial Williamsburg, Touchstone Catalogue, Neiman Marcus, Scully & Scully. Sold wholesale through Dallas and Atlanta Market Center Showrooms.
EDUCATION
Multi-Line Adjusters License #973237
University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 1979-1983
Associate in Business
Attended the Culinary Institute of Dallas; Specialization in Entrees (1983)
REFERENCES:
DEE WHEATLEY
Sales Manager, USA Wire & Cable
CHARLES JAGGERS
VP Worldwide Sales, ORTHO SPINE
Dallas TX.,
acr4wt@r.postjobfree.com
MYRNA KALLERGIS
Owner, The Silver Whisk Cooking School
TOMMY WARREN
Owner, Spiderwood Studios
Bastrop, TX
BARRETT BRANNUM
Director of Operations, ReUnion Grille, Malagas & Cedar Street Bar & Grille
Austin, TX.
GREG SCHNURR
President of Schnurr Inc.,
Austin, TX