Adam Shanks Email & Phone Number

Neuss, Germany

• Manage company’s exportation of meteorological radars to meteorological departments and civil aviation organizations in the Americas, Spain, Portugal, and South Korea.
• Understanding of European Union trade pacts export goods and service both within the European Union and to the Americas including Canada and the United States of America.
• Use knowledge of meteorological radars and meteorology in general to measure weather and and the environment.
• Work with multi-national institutions such as the United Nations World Meteorological Organization, the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank.
• Arrange and attend international conferences where meteorological concerns and the importation and exportation of those solutions are discussed.

Mexico City, Mexico & Tucson, Arizona

• Integral part of the LatAm/Caribe team responsible for tripling meteorological, environmental and air quality sales of equipment and software from 2005 to 2018. Major focus in non-traditional markets where Vaisala had.
• Drove business exceeding expectations in Latin America and the Caribbean meeting with high level officials in civil aviation, meteorological departments, military, utility companies and mines to provision high-end.
• Conducted effective campaigns of government officials such as prime ministers, ministers, governors and political appointees to help secure budgets for meteorological infrastructure projects.
• Employed cultural and leadership skills to manage a team of representatives and agents stationed in different countries to set goals and manage in-country business.
• Responded to and submitted public tenders for meteorological solutions for the various private and public entities in the Caribbean and Latin America.
• Developed low growth markets from a few hundred thousands of dollars per year to millions of dollars per year in Central America and the Caribbean by creating effective marketing strategies.

Quito, Ecuador

• Assisted in fulfilling the mission of the United States Commercial Service by promoting US companies and exports to foreign countries by working with the Ecuadorian public, government and business community. Performed.
• Researched trade journals to find potential export opportunities. The summation of these would be used to write IMI’s (Insight Market Investigation) published online at the Commercial Service website.
• Met with Ecuadorian executives and businesspersons to facilitate the exportation of American goods.
• Translated official communiqué and documents between English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Glendale, Arizona

• Worked closely with the professor of microeconomics of Thunderbird’s Executive MBA program. Attended and prepared for all classes in addition to my normal graduate course work. Utilized knowledge of microeconomic.
• Taught discussion classes composed of material from previous lectures focused on difficult concepts taught in class.
• Maintained office hours for students to give one-on-one attention to focus on their weak areas.

Irvine, California

• Founding member of the Sales and Marketing team instrumental in building and increasing sales revenue for a startup Internet Service Provider (ISP) increasing the channel division’s sales revenue by more than 250%.
• Performed market analysis based on such parameters as demographics, income and ISP availability to target specific markets in the United States, Canada and Latin America to create marketing strategies.
• Cultivated and maintained customer base of approximately 250 clients in the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America.
• Composed company solicitations, marketing documents and publications for advertising and lead generation.
• Managed Reseller Program and leveraged channel partner relationships to attain new business increasing monthly recurring revenue by over 150%. Responsible for the managing, hiring and training of up to 4 direct reports.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), International Management (With Honors)

Activities and Societies: Phi Sigma Iota Academic Honor Society Pi Sigma Alpha Academic Honor Society

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Negocios Internacionales

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics (Emphasis In Data Analysis), Political Science And Spanish

Activities and Societies: Scholarship athlete in Cross Country and Track & Field Phi Delta Theta Fraternity

High School Diploma, College Prep

Activities and Societies: Covina Cross Country and Track & Field