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Tukwila, Wa

Manage all aspects of student lending products, from product design to implementation to day-to-day operations to ensure surpassing goals. While administering successful programs, always with forward, agile view, work to develop new products and services that fill member and community needs.

Burien

Working in two of highest producing, highest trafficked branches, consistently top producer in consumer lending while conducting day to day transactional duties.

2Nd & Marion- Seattle

Business development for small business customers. Ranked consistently in top tier nationwide for both business and consumer lending.

Des Moines, Wa

Manage and administer all aspects of branch campus for private university. Administer all aspects of the site including budget, scheduling, maintenance. Hire, on-board and manage administrative staff and faculty. Business and community development through partnerships, events, marketing presentations, conferences, to develop awareness, partnerships, and develop recruiting pipelines. Recruit candidates as well as advise and mentor through program.

Pacific Northwest

Business development and building partnerships within various industries including business, healthcare, non-profit administration, education. Recruit, engage and advise candidates into doctoral programs aligned with career/industry. Market university to community through events, conferences, presentations, one-on-one meetings.

In charge of managing lead prospecting, client relationship building, deal negotiations and account retention involving sales of student loan servicing, originations & financing products to colleges and universities for this full-service higher education finance company, currently managing a $1 billion portfolio. Coordinated office support, staff training, and report generation. Worked with industry associations on event and conference planning and presentations on topics such as ethics, product differentiation, default prevention, and mentoring.Top 1% of sales force year over year, including top sales person 2 years running (2009-10) when recovered and grew volume to $35.5mm (doubling lost base) after a period of no new loan originations., resulting in highest direct revenue to company.Regularly exceeded sales goal by over 12% or higher year-over-year in a highly regulated and competitive marketplace, with combination of long-time, loyal, satisfied customers and continual prospecting and on-boarding new accounts.Continued to deploy a positive industry reputation, bringing on-board new accounts worth over $6 million in loan volume and growing volume to $17.5mm upon hire in first sales cycle.Progressively given greater territories during tenure, from working with colleges in 2 states to handling a national client base.Chosen to train and orient staff on new products and services; assisted in new product design as needed.

Responsible for driving all aspects of student loan finance & origination process sales to clients throughout the Western US as part of the $4 billion Student Banking Division of this world-class financial institution. Regularly volunteered for important workshops and committees with industry-related associations.Top 5% of sales force year over yearSucceeded in expanding sales by 9% year-over-year in a mature market with minimal differentiation.Instrumental in identifying and correcting systemic processing issues, retaining over $30 million in annual loan volume in assigned territory. Worked for continual process improvement in a Six Sigma environment.Earned a positive reputation in the industry and region, resulting in recruiting efforts by competitors.Effectively handled critical print projects and met every delivery deadline; produced marketing collateral for such major clients as Stanford University, USC, CSU-Monterey Bay and others. Promoted through positions of increasing accountability and impact because of outstanding skills in sales, territory growth and client satisfaction.

Acted as primary contact with external clients, including both lenders and colleges, while piloting the design process for new and innovative products that could electronically modify loans, for this guarantor of student loans. Trained and oriented staff on operating policies and processes.Always met deadlines on refunding weekly funds from school to lenders, representing over $4 million in annual volume.Played an integral role on the team tasked with designing a process that later became the standard used by most US colleges to transact electronic business.Earned rapid promotion to handle all business operations and resolve systemic problems to retain customers in a fast-paced environment.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

B.S. Degree, Psychology

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