A high energy,talented, experienced sales professional with exceptional interpersonal skills, and a wealth of innovative marketing and promotional ideas.I'm a strong closer, and have decades of marketing, executive, management, and business experience. I am a team player, and a tireless worker. I want to help a company grow, and grow along with the company. I will give one hundred and ten percent efort to do this. I want my company to finish number one, and I want to finish number one.

COMPANY	POSITION HELD	DATES WORKED
(Confidential)	(Confidential)	2/2006 - Present
Promotion Management Inc.	(Confidential)	1/1985 - 11/2005
Creative Loafing Inc	(Confidential)	3/1979 - 11/1983
various autmobile dealerships	(Confidential)	8/1974 - 3/1979

SCHOOL	MAJOR	YEAR	DEGREE
Mather	General	1974	High School/GED Degree
Southern Illinois University	Business Administration	1974	Bachelor Degree

Highlights:

highly successful in sales, and "closing the deal", management,marketing, public relations, business to business, business management, excellent interpersonal business skills, innovative ideas, project management, team player, unique and original promotional and marketing ideas. grew the company or department wherever I have worked

Companies I like:

ADP, General Motors, convention show companies, cox, abc, clear channel, automotive dealer groups

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

• supervisor
• promotions director
• sales manager
• marketing and public relations
• business development
• project manager
• vice president marketing and promotions
• vice president sales
• public relations

I was general manager of a mall show company, hired, trained, and mentored a large sales staff, negotiated contracts with major malls to produce shows, in charge of the company operations, and grew the company tenfold during my tenure. Advertising and promotions of a newspaper in Atlanta, managed and drove sales, came up with new and innovative ways to promote and market the paper, put together numerous successful promotions, and produced the largest one day event ever in Piedmont park in Atlanta. I help the paper grow from sixten pages to over one hundred eighty during my time there. I helped the company grow, and they give me credit for helping them grow.