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Eureka,Ca

La Mirada, Ca

Upon being hired I was tasked with managing the reseller side of the business at Caravan by rebuilding, managing, training and recruiting a quality sales team to work in the company’s state of the art call center. The mission of the call center is to seek out and build relationships with large marketing companies who purchase Caravan product and then resell that product at a markup to their customers. The call center was resructured by inhancing the team by adding outbound representatives to the team of inbound sales representatives along with supporting personnel. Additionally, an organic and paid internet presence was developed to drive phone calls to the queue via email blasts and increasing the company website placement through SEO and Google Adwords. The group sales have increased by as much as 168% over last year.

South Pac Region

Participated in a fast track program to take over managing an off airport location. Worked intially at the Torrance HLE which was the #2 profit center in the South Bay area and a top 30 location in CA. Transitioned to the Gardena HLE which was the #1 profit center in the South Bay and a top 5 location in CA. Duties included generating retail rentals as well as insurance claim rentals. Prospected for new insurance claim sources for the Torrance branch.

Greater Los Angeles Area

The focus of this position is to capture immediate and significant market share through it's Mass Markets call center. eKomi, a global Google partner is an industry leader in the design and delivery of unique and cutting-edge SaaS technology and other Cloud based platforms. eKomis' state of the art technology generates authentic, unique user generated content through the integration of Customer and Product reviews. The unique information gathered by eKomi drives higher rankings across Google, Bing and Yahoo search engines. An eKomi solution optimizes Google Adwords budgets and significantly boosts Organic search placement. eKomi does business globally with over 14,000 clients in 14 different countries and includes brands Truecar, Edmunds, DHL, BMW and Allianz.

Rancho Dominguez, Ca

Cold-called national brands Walmart, Disney World, Chevron, Shell, IZOD, Crystal Cruises, Texas de Brazil and Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group. Built sales team by hiring Regional and District Managers creating an outbound call center. Developed a Sales Program for regional managers, educating 25-30 sales staff in strategic selling techniques, such as how to constantly create new contacts, build and maintain relationships and identifying multiple opportunities within one prospective client. Developed and Implemented successful hybrid courses for strategic and consultative sales. On the manufacturing side of the business I synced manufacturing capacities with sales while increasing prices and creating uniformity of product. Worked closely with candy makers and apprentices to increase Quality Assurance (such as; the taste, appearance, safety, and freshness of product) at highest level. Fostered financial prudence by increasing automation and production lowering costs. Increased direct and wholesale accounts by 10 percent as well as tonnage capacity 300%.

Pasadena, Ca

Managed and created a new sales department consisting of six inside sales people to sell Earthlink memberships through the reseller channel utilizing an outbound call center. The Channel Sales Group developed partnerships with manufacturers of large modem and internet equipment bundling Earthlink memberships.

M.B.A., Business Administration And Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English

Diploma, General Education