AE Position

PAUL NORDLUND

**** ******* ******, ***** ****, CA

Cell: 323-***-****; Email: **********@*****.***

Summary

Over 10 years of sales experience in Los Angeles and Orange County, CA. Expertise includes:

• Outside sales. Proven ability to build business-to-business outside sales pipeline from scratch.

• Communication. Superior phone and speaking skills with proven ability to set meetings and close with potential clients.

• Marketing. Use of previous experience to identify and grow client base.

Experience

New Century/Home123 Lending, Irvine, CA

2001 –2007

Senior Account Executive

• Sold wholesale loan services to national accounts.

• Built and maintained a multi-million dollar pipeline from scratch.

• Repeatedly closed over $8 million in loans per month.

• Maintained a 65% pull-through ratio on submitted files.

• Cold-called on prospective clients to set-up sales meetings.

• Aggressively followed up on all prospects to increase sales pipeline on a month-to month basis.

• Represented New Century at various trade events.

Infinilink Corporation, Irvine, CA

1998 – 2001

Account Representative

• Handpicked by company founders to create and implement national and international sales strategy.

• Closed deals with Nokia and Kingston Technologies to increase sales of company products by 150%.

• Established relationships with overseas retailers to market and sell Infinilink products, creating international sales channel.

KDS USA Computer Monitors, Garden Grove, CA

1996 - 1998

Marketing Communications Manager

• Increased sales by 30% through submission of company products for magazine reviews and awards.

• Worked closely with sales division to sell company’s products to Best Buy, the Good Guys, Wal-Mart and Comp USA.

• Wrote all marketing, sales and public relations materials.

• Arranged, planned and conducted all press tours to New York, Boston, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco for the first time in company’s history.

Education

Menlo College, Atherton, CA

B.A., Mass Communication

Other

Interests include sports, travel and writing. Optioned screenplay to Fox Studios.

Contact Information

Cellular phone: 323-***-****

E-mail: **********@*****.***

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