Real Estate General Manager

Dave Wigfield

**** **** *** ****, *******, NC ***09

704-***-**** • ************@*****.***

Decisive and results-driven Leader with expertise building, motivating and transforming small or large teams. Seeking a supervisory role in the construction industry to leverage my General Contractors Experience and Real Estate License.

•Knowledgeable in all phases of residential home building and process.

•Expertise in construction project management with strong work ethic.

•Respected by local market by clients, subcontractors, and vendors for always approaching problems with workable solutions.

•Trusted by employees, customers and prospects for being transparent and willing to have difficult conversations.

•Business Philosophy: “There are 3 criteria for building trust: (1) Do the right thing (2) Do the best job possible with the time allotted (3) Care about others and try to help them.” – Lou Holtz

•Have led organizations of over 3,000 people and achieved sales targets of $1.2B.

•Have lived and worked internationally.

EXPERIENCE

Dock Remodels, Service, and Lift Systems, Troutman, NC, August 2024 – Present

Started small construction company working with Local sub-contractors to accommodate client requests

Lake Country Custom Construction, Mooresville, NC February 2023 – July 2024

•Started small construction company working with Local sub-contractors to accommodate client requests for building larger scale projects. Two residential homes and 2 major remodels completed.

Ace Handyman Services, Mooresville, NC, (Division of Ace Hardware) 2019 – July 2024

Franchise Owner

•Built a small local business serving the Lake Norman region with a 3-5 Craftsmen Crew, average revenue of $700,000 per year.

EFI (Electronics for Imaging) [NASDAQ: EFI], Pittsburgh, PA January 2018 – May 2019

General Manager, Enterprise Print & Applications

•Lead the Enterprise Print & Applications business unit.

Xerox Corp [NYSE: XRX], Charlotte, NC December 2012 – January 2018

VP, Sales, Major Accounts, Graphic Communications, 2016 – 2018

•Managed a portfolio of 20 major accounts totaling nearly $150M in revenue ($240M business unit).

VP, Field Sales, Graphic Communications, 2012 – 2016

Recruited by this unit’s SVP of North America to bring industry expertise and help build the newly formed sales organization as Xerox expanded into the industrial, digital printing space. Led a team of 60+ field sales professionals. Exceeded gross profit targets in 2013 and 2014.

Applied DNA Sciences, Inc., Stony Brook, NY December 2011 – November 2012

VP, Sales and Marketing

•Partnered with the CEO and the CFO to secure a new capital investment ($5M).

Eastman Kodak Company [NYSE: KODK], Rochester, NY May 1998 – November 2011

VP, Worldwide Sales & Business Development, Business Solutions & Services Group, 2009 – 2011

•Reported to the Business Unit COO. Interfaced between the worldwide sales and executive teams to kick-start the Kodak Software Consulting Services business and establish global best practices.

•VP, General Manager, Kodak Graphics Communications, U.S. & Canada, 2008 – 2009 Reporting to the Business Unit COO, led Kodak’s largest region. Oversaw P&L, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Service and Support, Finance, and HR Teams with nine direct reports.

VP, General Manager, Kodak Graphics Communications, U.K. & Ireland, 2006 – 2008

•General Manager for a $300M P&L and 900 staff covering Sales, Marketing, Operations, Supply Chain, Service and Support, Finance and HR.

VP, Sales, Kodak Graphics Communications, EMEA, Waterloo, Belgium, 2004 – 2006

VP, Sales, EMEA, CREO Products/ Creoscitex Ltd, Waterloo, Belgium, 2002 – 2006

Director, Business Development, EMEA, Creoscitex Ltd., Waterloo, Belgium, 2001 – 2002

Regional Sales Manager, South Central Region and Midwest Region, 1998 – 2001

Primesource Corporation, Branch Manager, Des Moines, IA and St. Louis, MO 1994 – 1998

E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, Senior Sales Rep, Wilmington, DE 1987 – 1994

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Bachelor of Arts in Cartography

Executive Education Course - Digital Marketing, Harvard Business School

North Carolina Real Estate License, 2016 to present

North Carolina General Contractor Licensed Limited, North Carolina, 2020 to present

PROFESSIONAL BOARDS & OTHER INTERESTS

•Board Member, PIA, Printing Industry of America 2016 – 2017

•Board Member, Graphic Users Association, 2008 – 2011

•Woodworking and remodeling

•Session Member at Sherrills Ford Presbyterian Church

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