leadership

THOMAS PROBEN

SALES AND PROJECT EXECUTIVE

**** ****** **************@*****.***

Redford, MI. 48239 407-***-****

SUMMARY

Accomplished, decisive, and knowledgeable project executive with 15-plus-year track record of successful strategic leadership within the water and construction business. Excellent understanding of what produces results with the critical relationships between operations of sales, both wholesalers & retailers, service techs, vendors, and contractors. Enterprising ability to produce results!

• Water Knowledge --- Softeners, R.O., D.I., Ozone, Pumps, Cooling Towers

• Profit and Loss Management – Six Sigma

• Teambuilding and Leadership - Welchlike

• Sales --- Noted Powerful Presenter

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Sales & Marketing V.P.- 13 years / $400M

Established a strong market share, competitors’ top sales people-walkins, growth rate at 30% per year - for three consecutive years, managed 60 direct reports – office, sales, marketing & service mgrs., wholesalers & retailers - , executed bid proposals, finance dept., three different store locations. Clients: Brunswick Defense, Marriott, Hilton, Embassy S., Bennigans, Golden Corral.

• Developed weekly sales planners

Wrote several programs addressing & promoting company’s values and mission statement. Fortune 500 Co. G.M. uses the same planner.

• Awarded by: Fortune 500 Company / $3.6M

Successfully opened a new storefront, sales person of the month - $350K, developed a sales program that has been used by dealership for years.

• Won: private water treatment plant / $100K

General Contractor - $100K, responsibilities: performance bond, 10”well/ 10H.P pump, chl- room, 4” ductile iron piping, 3K gal hydro-pneumatic tank.

• Engineered and constructed 20 buildings / Hosp. $40M

Performed all on-site control lines (elevations, center lines, etc.) for all sub-contractors, using mechanical & structural drawings, from the infrastructure until project completion. Clients: Disney Animal-Kingdom, Universal Studios, Florida Hospital - $40M, and Morton Plant Outpatient Center.

THOMAS PROBEN

SALES AND PROJECT EXECUTIVE

9573 Berwyn **************@*****.***

Redford, MI. 48239 407-***-****

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sales & Marketing, V.P.

H2O Depot, Water Store, & Purest WAE.

Sales Manager

Culligan

Sales Executive

Marriott, Metro Business Brokers,

Harley-Davidson, Culligan

Construction Engineer

EBY, Beers/Urban, Brassfield/Gorrie

Professional Golfer

Nike Tour

2009 ReMax World Long Drive Champion – 7th

EDUCATION

Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, Michigan

Bachelor of Science – Mathematics / physics

Schoolcraft Community College Livonia, Michigan

Associates of Arts – General Studies / people skills

Valencia Community College Orlando, Florida

Civil Engineer Surveying / GPA-4.0

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