Sales Manager

Taki Athanasios Pappas

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CAREER SUMMARY

Multilingual technology executive with extensive sales and management experience. Helps organizations and consumers improve efficiencies utilizing some of today’s most exciting and innovative integrated solutions in residential and business applications. Proven track record of delivering solutions on time and within budget. Strong background in network design, automation and programming implementation. Respected team builder, manager, mentor and instructor.

OBJECTIVE

Transitioning into consulting, leadership or account management role after ten-years in the trenches building a successful integration company among a field of hundreds of local and national competitors. Through consistent practice of dedication, resolve and sheer determination, wish to lend exceptional communications skills as a national trainer or mentor for new sales associates. ENTREPRENUERIAL EXPERIENCE

President & Founder / Wave Integration, Denver, Colorado April, 2009 – Dec., 2019

Successfully founded new custom residential and commercial automation company in 2009 during our country’s second most difficult economic period.

Formed and cultivated countless business relationships with local custom builders, interior designers and a broad network of real estate professionals throughout the state of Colorado.

Hired, trained, mentored and arranged for all field staff including technicians and programmers to be o low voltage certified including home automation, Lutron, URC and other integration training in order to adhere to the Wave Integration’s high standards and by meeting city and state regulatory specifications.

Served as Wave Integration’s primary business development and consulting expert along with managing client expectations, surveys, evaluations and client retention.

Responsible for new and existing construction system design and configuration, drawings, labor estimations, project schedules including timelines, logistics encompassing in the residential and commercial sector.

Singlehandedly supervised over 500 custom new and existing construction projects from inception to completion along with client training and approval.

Managed all phases of shipment and receiving of proposed project equipment along with inventory management, custom orders and delivery timelines.

Developed home-grown client financing options, warranties including extended support for large-scale projects, company accounting and payroll while adhering to local, state and national taxation standards.

Quickly evolved from a exceptionally skilled sales professional into a Lutron, Savant and URC home automation systems designer and programmer.

In less than 30 days in business, secured new custom home project totaling over $30,000 and which grew to over $55,000 within 90 days.

Grew annual revenue to over $800,000 including the closing of several $100,000 plus dedicated home cinemas, Smart Homes, distributed audiovisual projects competing against more established, national integration companies while consistently surpassing customer expectations and remaining within client budgets.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

Senior Home Technology Consultant / ListenUp, Inc. April, 2001– March, 2009

Responsible for the sale and design, configuration and client training of custom dedicated cinemas, distributed audiovisual, 2-channel stereo as well as centralized IP Smart Home solutions.

Sourced, closed and managed the largest scale integrated Crestron Smart Home in 2004 totaling over

$235,000 and branch record.

Was the first and only branch salesperson to close over $100,000 in new business four consecutive months in a round in 2007.

During free time, became a certified programmer and designer of home control systems.

Consistently ranked as top monthly, quarterly and annual salesperson of luxury home audiovisual systems throughout entire eight-year tenure.

Eventually mastered system design software platforms including Microsoft Visio drawing software as well also, MS Office, Adobe and other industry-specific proposal software. Senior Account Manager / Siemens Information & Communications Network Dec., 1998 – Dec., 2000

Responsible for maintaining and growing existing call center enterprise level client base vertical market along with creating new business development opportunities of Siemens telephony hardware.

Emerged as Sieble CRM and Salesforce Automation expert and as a result, became one of the national support centers’ new sales staff mentor and trainer of software platform.

Consistently surpassed annual sales targets and quotas of software call center hardware and Resume- routing software solutions.

Closed $950,000 project during last year with company and one of the largest in branch history. Commercial Real Estate Broker / Liberty Partners June, 1995 – Oct., 1998

Responsible for business development of office vertical market as a tenant commercial leasing expert.

Began in the trenches by walking every single building in downtown Denver’s Central Business District and in less than one year developed strong market penetration strategies, commercial tenant database for our office along with closing one of the office’s largest tenant leases which that included office expansion and updating for Prime Sports which eventually became Fox Sports.

In a short time, grew expertise reviewing, understand and negotiating commercial leases with existing local business tenants and landlords.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

Central Piedmont Community College General Business Studies, Charlotte, North Carolina Georgia State University Business Administration, Atlanta, Georgia University of Colorado at Denver Information Systems, Denver, Colorado ACTIVE CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Lutron Automation Programmer

Certified URC Automation Programmer

Certified Savant Systems Programmer

Certified Home Network Luxul System Designer

Certified USPTA Professional Tennis Coach

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