RICHARD PRATT
**** **** **** *****, **** Lake City, UT 84108
Home: 801-***-**** • Cell: 801-***-****
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Chief Operation Officer with company oversight, committed to cost-effective management of resources and quality performance.
Small business development
Project management
Leadership/communication skills
Product development
Business operations organization
New product delivery
Client account management
Operations Management:
Manage and raised seed capital in the amount of $300k for a startup company Rainhut, Inc . Handled all functions related to sales and marketing a new software development kit and App that is associated with photo editing and photo book printing.
Have successfully partnered with Walgreen's for printing. I have climbed all of the highest mountains in the continental United States. Avid rock climber, Skier and outdoor enthusiast.
Have Fugi Film looking at our photo book and App for approval to print thru their channels. 01/2014 to 03/2016
RAINHUT INC
Salt Lake City, UT
COO
Helped take Rainhut, Inc a startup company to a viable business. Was able to solicit and secure Walgreen's as a printing partner for our photo books and photo printing. Created new revenue streams through contacting and securing new customers. Solidified a partnership with Happee Bee gift cards which will create a new revenue stream using our technology to make greeting, birthday cards. Growing our art library by allowing artists to create new photo templates and compensate them thru a revenue sharing model.
03/2012 to 03/2016
GRAYSTONE MORTGAGE
Salt Lake City, UT
Principal lending manager
Residential Mortgage lending and management. Ran a net branch of Graystone Mortgage which included oversight of other employees, loan origination, marketing strategy, business development. 01/2003 to 01/2012
AMERICAN ELITE MORTGAGE
Salt Lake City, Ut
Owner
Owned and operated a successful residential Mortgage company. Loan origination, management, oversight, marketing, business strategy.
01/2001 to 01/2003
CELTIC BANK
Salt Lake City, UT
Residential loan manager
Residential loan arm of startup bank, Celtic Bank. Helped the bank gain traction and become profitable from the onset. BACHELOR OF ARTS: POLITICAL SCIENCE- CREATIVE WRITING MINOR 2000 University Of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
SKILL HIGHLIGHTS
CORE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
My father worked for the Reagan administration from 1980 to 1984. I followed in his footsteps with a keen interest in government. I gained a great insight into the banking world while he was in office and when I attended college I followed the political route. I also studied English with a creative writing emphasis. MBA: BUSINESS 2005
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Ut, USA
Followed up my education with an executive MBA to understand more the inner workings of banking and business administration. Internships include Merrill Lynch, Senator Jake Garn.