Project Manager Sales

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Galveston, Tx ***** Phone # 409-***-****

Email *********@****.***

Bret Leonard

Professional Goals As your sales engineer, my goals to you and the customer are to 1) increase sales and promote business, 2) identify the customer’s needs, 3) demonstrate our products and educate our customers of the cost savings, 4) help our customers select the best products, 5) be the liaison when customizing a product , and 6) complete sales in a professional manner.

Experience Currently Caribbean Breeze Boat Rentals & Charters Galveston, TX

Senior Sales Associate

• Doubled sales in two weeks.

• Trained sales employees and lead day to day operations including contracts, scheduling charters, payments, and sales.

• Advertised and sold sunset cruises, fishing trips, jet-ski rentals, and sailing cruises.

• Promoted pricing with repeat customers to generate additional income.

2011-2012 Buck Shot Saloon Galveston, TX

Food Manager/Owner of Restaurant

• Built and designed club and restaurant from ground up with club owner, including pulling all necessary permits and city planning.

• Restaurant produced profit in first two months.

• Average number of customers was 500 per night on weekends.

• Made the best pizza in town and introduced Galveston to their very own breakfast pizza.

2008-2009 Technip USA, Inc. / KTI Inc. Houston, TX

Business Development / Technical Sales

• Worked directly under the business development director & CFO to plan future business ventures, research buy out targets and possible acquisitions, and generate new sales leads for Technip USA, Inc.

• Solely initiated, and set up a sales team to pursue a $1.3 billion dollar Costa Rican sub-sea, offshore, and onshore job I found while on vacation in Costa Rica for Technip USA. Became main point of contact for Technip USA, Inc. and RECOPE’s project director. (RECOPE : Costa Rica’s national oil and gas company)

• Attended all client dinner/lunch meetings, onsite project walks, evening outings, ball games, and clay shooting contests.

• Worked directly under the VP of Sales of Capital Projects at KTI, and personally initiated & received the only contract during the economic recession with first time client, Mustang Engineering.

• Developed new marketing and sales tactics for KTI to acquire potential customers’ employee contacts by hosting raffle lunch and learns at client offices. Their raffle number was the one next to their contact info on a sign-in sheet, and they had to stay to win. We were received projects to bid on immediately.

• Attended product conferences and worked KTI Inc.’s booths.

Education 2003-2008 Texas A&M University Galveston, TX

• B.S., Maritime Systems Engineering

• Focus on project management & business

2009-2010 Galveston College Galveston, TX

• Diesel Technology Certificate

• Business law & economics

Internships 2008 Gulf Copper Shipyard Galveston, TX

Assistant Project Manager

• Worked for project manager to keep projects on time, budget, and within scope.

• Negotiated with clients on an on-going basis.

• Worked for business manager & CFO to implement new business operations flowchart and presented to key leaders of company.

2007 Helix Energy Solutions Group Houston, TX

Project Engineer

• Worked on Murphy Thunder Hawk project for Murphy Oil & Gas as main project engineer directly under project manager.

• Wrote all installation procedures and worked closely with drafting department to develop installation diagrams.

• Attended meetings with project group at Murphy’s office and kept client up to date on project status with subcontractor’s scheduling and task completions.

• Presented the company’s sales presentation, and prepared quotes for future clients with help of lead engineer.

• Trained new engineers to use our pipeline installation software and briefed them on our project operations.

2006 MMI Engineering Houston, TX

Installation/Design Engineer

• Developed mooring system design for upright wave energy converter located off the coast of France.

• Ran calculations and simulations using Orca Flex software (3-D rendering offshore mooring software)

Interests • Every few months I volunteer at the Ronald McDonald House by cooking for the families and guest.

• Water sports are my favorite including sailing, surfing, and skiing.

• I am a dedicated photographer and chef in my spare time and enjoy helping others.

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