American Computer Resources, Inc.

Founded with $1,000. Pioneered international trading of IBM PC products, selling an aggregate of nearly $1 billion of IBM PC Computer equipment to resellers, distributors, PC manufacturers and Fortune 1000 businesses in over 50 countries through a network of 5 company-owned sales/warehouse operations in the U.S, Germany, Denmark, Australia and the United Kingdom through 2001. Achievements included: • Ramped sales from zero to $50m per year in less than 10 years. • 5,000 customers and trading partners across 50 countries and 6 continents. • Reduced inventory to 10 day turns and accounts receivables to 7 days for 7 consecutive years. • Reduced bad debt to zero for seven straight years. • Negotiated and managed over $50m of asset-based loans with 5 banks over an 18 year span. • Created novel international shipping terms and conditions still in use today. • Awarded Connecticut Governor's Award for International Trade in 1994. • Sold ACR’s corporate entities in Germany, Denmark and Australia. ACR is now focused on sales training, international sales and business development consulting, eCommerce, digital marketing solutions and market / product intelligence systems. See https://www.linkedin.com/in/buffbowen for more information. Contact: Buff Bowen | (203) 513-9338 | buffbowen@gmail.com