General Manager Vice President

John M. Clegg

** ***** **** * Chagrin Falls, OH *4022

216-***-**** (cell) * *****@*********.***

OBJECTIVE: To leverage my Vice President career in Sales & Marketing at Americhip, and General Manager role at Clegg Industries, to begin giving back to a local business or organization needing a well seasoned, think outside the box executive, creative, mentor, team leader, and manager.

CAREER SKILLS:

•Successful experience in Management, from small sales teams of 5 to large volunteer groups of 500

•Marketing Director responsible for PR, Advertising, Web Sites, Social Media, Client communications

•Creative Director for film and advertising campaigns across writing, production, editing, and sales

•Project Manager and Production Director for US-based design and Asian manufacturing teams

•Sales highlights executing a $2.4 Million account print campaign with Jeep, and an $11 million fouryear tech program with American Greetings in our family businesses of high-tech advertising

•Committee head for annual Budget & Planning decisions with Sr. VP & CEO level decision makers

•Excellent interpersonal skills with clients, colleagues, managers and community personnel

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:

*Private Business:

CLEGG Point-of-Purchase marketing Chagrin Falls, OH

General Manager

•Reinvigorated a defunct division, built to $3 million in sales in 3 years, with 3 reps

•Designed new website, trade ads, marketing materials, trade show booths and sales product kits

•Invented 5 major applications for using video and cellular technology in In-Store Advertising

•Met monthly via conference with the CEO, president, and 3 other General Managers to chart

Corporate strategies, new tech applications, Asian manufacturing, and Q/A protocols for all depts

AMERICHIP Cleveland Heights, OH & Los Angeles, CA

VP of Sales and Marketing

•Co-founded this start-up, created to sell Electronic Print to ad agencies and corporate brands

•Grew Sales to $25 million in 5 years, with a sales team of 5 regional reps

•Liaison to Chinese production facility and all production schedules and processes

•Returned to OH to run the Midwest sales office and created $2.4 million from the auto industry

•Negotiated strategic partnership with American Greetings, sold $11 million in sales in 4 years

•Initiated and ran a Print Recruiting program with UNC Chapel Hill—recruited, trained and mentored a team of 3-5 new sales reps per school year. Averaged $2-3 million in sales per year.

* Social Services:

Hamilton County Board of MR/DD, Support Care & Melrose House Cincinnati, OH

Case Manager

•3 different programs and populations, in DD, mental health and at-risk youths

•Wrote treatment plans for a caseload of 40 clients, oversaw services, billing, housing, meds

•Weekly client/clinic appointments to meet with doctors and social workers, executed clinical plans • Mentor clients in supported living, group home, vocational and hospital environments

•Community integration for socialization, recreation, art and farming therapies.

Geauga Activity Center, Geauga Board of Mental Health Chardon, OH

Activity Director

•Socialization and Recreation program for developmentally disabled adults

•Integrate clients into all Geauga County programs—housing, day treatment, vocational, clinical

•Focus on transportation for jobs, field trips, museums, community business, medical appts, shopping

•Created art therapies for painting, writing, singing, dance, sculpture; ran annual Art Show

*Public Service:

New York State Assemblyman John C. Dearie Office The Bronx, NY

District Office Manager and Campaign Director

•Managed a staff of 8 in the assemblyman’s district office in the Bronx for all constituent issues

•Photographer and writer for press releases, community relations and legislative briefs

•Fundraiser and Campaign Director for two re-election campaigns and one Congressional primary race

•Co-directed with county leaders the two democratic clubs and 500 person volunteer election crews

•Coordinated all local political organizations and community programs, with legislative office in Albany

•Managed a 10 person, neighborhood security center for this Bronx community of 50 apartment buildings, 12,000 families and 30,000 residents after the local police precinct moved headquarters

*Education: University of Notre Dame

Bachelor of Arts degree, Communication

Various trainings in health and safety, medical compliance, federal, state and local updates, provider partnerships, County Boards, disability housing, and client advocacy

*Interests: Coaching youth sports, mentoring at risk teens, photography, writing, the arts,

local farming, permaculture and sustainability programs

*References: Chris Lapetina, NY City Politics, 40 year Friend / 202-***-**** / *********@********.***

Mary Brosnahan, Coalition for the Homeless / 917-***-**** / *************@*****.***

Kevin Clegg, Colleague, & President of Americhip / 310-***-**** / ******@*********.***

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