Vice President | Executive Director

Industry:	Sales & Sales Management
Occupation:	Sales Manager
Education level:	Bachelor
Will Relocate:	Yes
Location:	Spring Grove, IL

2/2003 - Present

(private)

Director / VP

•  Managed services portfolio as Strategic Facilitator  Account Executive and Sales Unit Director, developing relationships with clients and managing area expertise.  Ambassador to the corporate clients and private audiences, performance-centric, seasoned professional adept at accelerated business development; leveraging tactical business groups; training and support; high-impact communication and executive presentation; and, client relationship management.  Possess extensive experience in general project development, financing, marketing, and ultimate physical construction of commercial development projects ranging in size to over $300 million.

12/1989 - 1/2003

Legendary Construction Company

Executive

•  Extensive experience in developing, financing, marketing, and ultimate physical construction of single family homes ranging in value from $260,000 to more than $850,000, as well as apartment and condominium development. Manufacturer’s Representative for pre-engineered, panelized building systems, and modular homes.

7/1987 - 11/1988

CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT CORP.

Manager

•  Handled all facets of new home construction for homes priced from $300,000 to $750,000.  Oversaw the areas of sales, advertising, estimating, project management, general closing agent for homes sold and closed.

3/1986 - 7/1987

Sterling Building Systems

Manager

•  Responsible for territory development, marketing, and construction of panelized and modular homes, apartments, and commercial buildings.  Developed and instructed both new and established dealer companies the methods of implementing Sterling Buildings Systems’ marketing program in their particular organization.

9/1982 - 2/1986

Mariner Grop Ltd.

Director / VP

•  Responsible for the management and maintenance of company owned apartment projects and other rental properties.  Responsibilities also included evaluating, selecting, and packaging of commercial loan applications. Involved in funding projects totaling more than $75,000,000.

5/1981 - 8/1982

Data Systems Sales, Inc.

Manager

•  Established and developed local sales centers for the purpose of marketing computers and peripheral equipment, handling up to five basic computer equipment lines in a six-state territory.  Developed three statewide distributors for the handling of the state’s marketing, warehousing, and support teams for the local dealer network.

7/1979 - 4/1981

Lane Clear Span Building Corp.

Manager

• Managed sales associate staff of 50+ representatives, and 20+ telephone solicitors.  Position involved various jobs from that of "closer" assisting the sales associates to make the sale in the field via the telephone, to the administrator handling the functions of initializing orders for processing, shipping, and delivery.  Led sales staff to more than $21,000,000 (average sale of $4,995) in gross sales annually.

1/1974 - 6/1979

Richmond Investment Company, Inc.

Director / VP

•  Trained and managed staff of 12 sales associates involved in the listing and sale of pre-owned homes.  Responsible for the build-out and development of more than 120 lots ranging in size from one-third acre to five-acre home sites in three different subdivisions, and the building of 53 homes priced from $50,000 to more than $350,000

5/1971 - 1/1974

Lincoln Realty and Investment Corp.

Manager

•  Developed office in Schaumburg, IL, continuing to individually sell more than two hundred new and used homes annually.  Sales Managerial responsibility involved hiring, training, overseeing the activities of twenty-five full and part time salespeople.  Able to lead the new sales office, while in competition with thirty-six other offices, and build the new office’s sales volume average to more than $2,000,000 per month (average sale price per home-$27,000) within first five months of operations.

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