Denise Pierce Email & Phone Number

New Jersey, United States

Great Meadows, Nj

TRADE SHOW COORDINATOR• Plan, manage, and evaluate the organization’s appearance at trade shows and events. • Responsible for choosing which meetings/trade shows the organization will attend, develop and carry out the trade show/event plan.• Arrange lodging, transportation, and trade show-related services • Demonstrate and answer questions about products at trade shows and events.SALES REPRESENTATIVE• Receive requests and inquiries from customers and provides product and price information, including quotations (bids). • Identify prospective customers to drive additional sales opportunities, following leads from existing clients, lead generation campaigns and attending trade shows and conferences.• Increase sales in existing accounts by cross-selling to all sports at all levels • Utilize data-driven business intelligence on prospects to identify new trends and opportunities• Help customers select products based on the customers’ needs, product specifications, and regulations.• Receive requests by telephone, fax or mail for price quotations, purchase orders, government bids, and changes or cancellations directly from customers.• Respond to customer inquiries/information needs and provides positive, courteous service to customers; answers questions regarding product line, prices, delivery times, warranty periods, customer service, and credit/financing arrangements.• Maintains ongoing relations, post-sale, with each customer (relationship management) and maintains the company’s customer files & customer database.• Notifies plant production of the customer’s intent to purchase materials and coordinates delivery of materials.Additional Responsibilities in the following areas:PROCUREMENT/PURCHASINGHELP DESK TECHNICIAN/COMPUTER SUPPORT SPECIALISTMARKETING

Duties included assisting the superintendent of schools with all aspects of operation of the county vocational-technical high school. Responsibilities included:• Evaluating academic records and maintaining personnel files on school employees.• Compiling budget estimates and preparing budget reports.• Reviewing applications of teaching, administrative and clerical personnel. • Determining that educational and experience qualifications match state requirements.• Preparing correspondence and answering inquiries as requested.• Compiling reports for various boards of education and other officials.• Compiling statistical data from questionnaires and surveys requested by local, state and national organizations.• Studying new regulations and applying them in preparing reports and maintaining records.• Maintaining voice mail and e-mail accounts for all district employees• Utilizing word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and database software on a daily basis. • Assisting with confidential negotiations and grievance procedures and documents.• Assisting with the implementation of a wide array of discretionary grants, including submission of program and fiscal reports to US and NJ Departments of Education. • Recorded & maintained staff attendance/substitute teacher records.• Acted as Board meeting minute recorder, typed meeting minutes as well as prepared & typed monthly Board meeting agenda and packets.• Demonstrated ability to take direction for the Superintendent, Business Administrator, Principal and Board of Education• Required the continuous balancing of multiple projects with a many partners

Stipend position beyond normal contracted hours to develop and maintain a web site for a consortium of 23 school and government organizations that obtained their Internet, Email, and/or Web Hosting access from the technical school. The position also required the coordination of an annual technology based project shared by all partners including special event coordination. The project required facilitation of county wide meetings, the identification of outside contractors, the creation of Power Point presentations and other products. The position also led to presentations at national and state educational conferences.

This stipend position requires the development and maintenance of district web sites that included links to federal and state Departments of Education. Multi-layered pages summarized a wide array of grant programs, adult education programs, parent resources and more.

Hourly position involved training teachers in the Warren County Educational Technology Training Center to utilize software, the Internet and distance learning equipment to attain educational goals. Trained teachers on use of various educational software applications, how to create individual web sites, and to their share lesson plans with peers and parents. Through a grant funded program, served as a weekly technology coach for several elementary schools for purpose of incorporating technology into their daily lesson plans.

Owner of web development company that has created and maintains web sites for many non-profit and for-profit organizations including school districts, police departments, county agencies, and businesses.

Responsibilities included:• coordination of assignments for the Human Resources Office• maintained personnel records• provided high level of confidentiality for the Director of Personnel• assisted with the preparation of agenda items for the Board of Education• prepared employment contracts/follow-up correspondence• created/maintained various databases; generated reports as needed• processed paperwork for Criminal History Background Checks

Responsibilities included:• managed departmental work assignments• established / maintained personal trust and estate records• reviewed trust & estate documents with regard to distributions and completed accordingly • completed security / stock purchases and sales• developed / maintained detailed monthly income spreadsheets • assisted with the development of departmental Disaster Recovery Plan• maintain telephone/voice mail system• performed numerous clerical tasks for Reg. Vice President and other bank executives