distinguished career building organizations, developing management teams and significantly improving operational performance. Demonstrated exceptional leadership abilities with the capacity to build, train and mentor highly productive sales, marketing and operational management teams. Change agent with outstanding strategic vision, leadership, communication and organizational skills, which have proven to be critical assets in developing a positive work environment, managing people, and exceeding company goals. Possesses a unique blend of cross matrix expertise in technical knowledge, growth strategy development, strategic business planning, coordinating operations and establishing/leveraging existing partnerships.

COMPANY	POSITION HELD	DATES WORKED
CPC Enterprises	(Confidential)	2/2006 - 6/2007
CHEP USA	(Confidential)	4/2002 - 1/2006
Image Technology Solutions	(Confidential)	5/2000 - 3/2002
US Office Products	(Confidential)	9/1999 - 5/2000
Staples Business Advantage	(Confidential)	9/1998 - 9/1999

SCHOOL	MAJOR	YEAR	DEGREE
Miller Heimann Strategic Selling	Sales Training	2004	Specialist Degree
Sandler Sales Institute	Sales training	1998	Specialist Degree
DePaul Univ	Direct Marketing	1997	Specialist Degree
Xerox Psst I & II	Sales Training	1987	Specialist Degree
Northern Illinois University	Business Management	1979	Bachelor Degree

Highlights:

? Being able to transition myself successfully from manufacturing to distribution/warehousing/logistics to product development to sales and marketing in diverse industries of industrial and consumer products, electronics, IT systems and services, supply chain and logistics services in both domestic and global markets. ? Managing a turnaround of both manufacturing and distribution bottlenecks for Verizon ? Design and development of one of the first true MRO asset management systems ? Managing an 85 person sales force taking a company to the number 1 position in its marketplace against a competitor holding the number one position in the industry nationally ? Managing the design, manufacture and marketing of the first American made electronic copy board. ? Opening a Greenfield operation for Staples ? Creating a new paradigm for the selling of products and services to small and medium sized business as a founder and partner in Cornerstone Business Products ? Developing strategic partnerships with brand name companies such as Xerox, IBM, HP, Dell, Insight, Siebel and others ? Opening a $25 million (annualized revenue) new market channel beating the targeted time frame by 6 months ? Never failing to meet or exceed revenue and operational targets

Companies I like:

Staples, Office Depot, Office Max, Acco, Avery, Sanford, Imation, 3M, International Paper, Unisource, Kimberly Clark, Kraft, Sears, Home Depot, United Stationers, SP Richards

P&L responsibilities
Presentation
Ecommerce Strategy and digital marketing channels optimization - SEO, SEM, email, affiliates - for high-profile accounts.
Technology Solutions
Sales Support
Software Implementation
Requirements Analysis & Specification
Leadership

• Sales management
• Marketing
• Business Development
• National Accounts Management
• Account Management

Operations Management, Sales Management, Business Development, Marketing and Advertising. Staff of 1 VP of B2B Sales, 1 telemarketing rep., 5 retail store managers, 5 retail sales reps.