Marketing Professional with 24+ years Experience

Vance D. Ezell

**** **** **** ****** 559-***-****

Fresno, CA 93722 *******@*********.***

Executive Profile

Confident, results-driven individual seeking a Marketing Management position. Multi-faceted experience in several industries and markets, at a local level, as well as at Regional and National levels. Financial expertise in start-up, turn-around and existing operations. Career highlighted by a consistent ability to increase management team collaboration and productivity. True leader with strong marketing, sales management, operations and budget development experience.

Professional Background

● Complete P&L Responsibility, Multi-Million Dollar Budgets ● Public and Private Company Experience

● Negotiated Mergers and Acquisitions ● Long Range Planning Experience

● Orchestrated Major Change, Re-Engineered Processes ● Experienced in Growth Firms

● Directed Start-Ups and Opened New Markets ● Led Major Expansions

● Succeeded In Declining Markets ● Served on Key Corporate Committees

● Successful at “Turn-Around” of Deficient Operations ● Managed Multi-Branch & State Operations

● 24+ Years Experience in Operations, Sales & Marketing ● Negotiated Multi-Million Dollar Deals

Accomplishments

● Increased overall market share from 35% to 80+% in a 5 year period.

● Increased revenues 65.0% ($8.4m to $12.9m) and increased EBITDA 73.1% ($3.4m to $5.8m).

● Recognized multiple times as a top territory in the Company.

● Completed acquisition of small container company in Arizona with less than 200 containers on rent and

increased the units on rent to 750 in less than one year.

● Put sales and marketing strategies in place that assisted a Central California operation to increase market share

by 30% and revenues by 45%.

● Created and implemented the procedures to increase market awareness through “agency accounts” allowing the

Company to rent containers in markets without the expense of setting up a branch operation.

● Created the successful strategy to turn-around a struggling So. California operation that is still in place today.

● Increased revenues from $2m to $6m and net profits from $400k to $1.8m in a 6 year period.

● Involved in several acquisitions of apartment communities, including one which netted the Company

$7.8m in just 180 days.

Professional Experience

Independent Contractor (Sales & Marketing), Flashco Inc., 2008, Central California

Territory Manager, Williams Scotsman, Inc., 1999 to 2008, Central California

Area Manager, Mobile Storage Group, 1998 to 1999, Western United States

Independent Consultant, Ezell Consulting, 1994 to 1998, Northern California

District Director, Haas Publishing Companies, Inc., 1986 to 1994, Western United States

Marketing Director, FPI Management, Inc., 1984 to 1986, Western United States

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Communications, California State University, Sacramento, 1984.

Lettered in Football and Baseball.

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