Steven Michael Shatsoff

Steven Shatsoff

**** ****** ***** ****, *******, FL 32832 Mobil 631-***-**** – *********@*******.***

Executive Profile

Experienced Senior Vice President specializing in Business Development, Strategic Planning, Operations, Mergers and Acquisitions, IT and Audio Visual Technology Solutions, Asset Management, and Marketing, Disruptive Technology

Skill Highlights

● 30+ years in Tradeshows, Corporate Events,

Corporate Training, Disaster Recovery. Customer ● Centralized sales and support for the largest

Centric Marketing, Branding Corporate Image Computer and A/V company in North America

Management, Assets, Marketing, with both

Inside and Outside sales ● Maintained a highly trained productive team

● Successful in developing business and with an average employment of 15 years

operational process' while providing cost ● All business models were approved and

reductions and eliminating internal and external executed resulting in increased profits while

redundancies reducing overall cost of sale

● Reviewed, Negotiated and Approved all Strategic ● Customized Sales and Operations training and

Alliances and Agreements development

Core Accomplishments

Business Development:

●Spearheaded the logic and development of the purchasing system.

●Co-founded a start-up organization and built it into the leading provider of Computer and Audio Visual rentals in North America

●Created a 21 branch operation with 300+ employees across 18 states

●Completed over 27 successful mergers and acquisitions

●Lead the Team in creating a strategic vision deploying the latest in technology products and services.

●Managed all corporate services from Sales, Operations, Procurement

●Developed sales and customer program strategies growing sales and market share.

Professional Experience

Senior Vice President of Interactive Technology Solutions

January 2007 to Current

SmartSource Computer & Audio Visual – Orlando, FL

Researched disruptive products and services which provided solutions in multiple markets. Created differentiation and competitive advantage by researching, identifying, procuring, and deploying the most current hardware and software offerings for everything from Tradeshow and Associations, Corporate Conferences and Events, Exhibit Houses, Legal Industry both electronic discovery and courtroom, Financial Services and Disaster Recovery.

National Vice President of Tradeshows, Lead Retrieval & Registration

Regional Sales Manager - Southeast

January 1998 to January 2007

SmartSource Computer & Audio Visual – Orlando, Fl

Introduced new technologies to create a full-service multi location leader on a national basis

Established the TradeShow organization structure from sales to service to support.

Directly Managed the Southeast Region with full P & L Responsibility

Vice President and Director

April 2005 to December 1997

SmartSource Computer & Audio Visual (Formerly Rent-a-PC, Inc.) – Hauppauge, NY

Responsible for all managerial facets of a start up organization from procurement, sales, technology, operations, marketing. Full P & L responsibility.

Arrow Electronics Inc. – Corp Headquarters, Melville, NY

1978 to April 1985

●Accounts Payable Manager

●Inventory Control Manager

●Internal Audit Manager

●Commercial Systems Manager of Administration, Operations & Finance

●Manager of Remarketing Services

●Operations and Training Manager, Acquisition Team Member

Education

Business Administration

Herbert H. Lehman College B.A.

Independent Studies and Classes

●Win-Win Negotiating

●Kepner Tregoe Problem Solving

●Merger and Acquisition

●pply Chain Management -

●Social Styles - Understanding social styles and teambuilding

●P & L Responsibility for Branch, Region and Company

●IAEE – Project Management

●Job-related trainings - Finance, productivity, product, ERP systems and data base management

References upon request

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