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HERE Technologies, the Location Platform company, enables people, enterprises and cities to harness the power of location. By making sense of the world through the lens of location we empower our customers to achieve better outcomes – from helping a city manage its infrastructure or an enterprise optimize its assets to delivering drivers to their destination safely.

HERE Technologies, the Location Platform company, enables people, enterprises and cities to harness the power of location. By making sense of the world through the lens of location we empower our customers to achieve better outcomes – from helping a city manage its infrastructure or an enterprise optimize its assets to delivering drivers to their destination safely. Responsible for bookings and revenue, sales development, engineering, product management, product validation and after-sales and profitability at Automotive OEM's in the US and Canada. Accounts include BMW , Volvo Cars and Volvo/Mack Trucks , Jaguar LandRover , Mercedes Benz and Subaru. Awarded 100% Sales Achievement in 2014, 94%(not acceptable) Sales Achievement in 2015, 109% Sales Achievement in 2016, 96% Sales Achievement in 2017 (again, not acceptable)107% Sales Achievement in 2018, Presidents Club Award, 110% Sales Achievement in 2019, 108% Sales Achievement in 2020 ,100% Sales Achievement in 2021,94% Sales Achievement in 2022 and 101% Sales Achievement in 2023.

Responsible for all aspect of the North American Channel Sales activities at 15 Automotive OEM's and managed a staff of 9 with office locations in Chicago, Detroit, California and Mexico. YOY Growth 2012-2013 was 24% and YOY Growth from 2013-2014 was 6%. Generated +$50M in company revenue

Currently responsible for all Sales, Engineering and Managing of 6 Manufacture Representative groups, 6 Distributor branches and 3 Territory FAE's on the East Coast for Laird Technologies. (worlds leader in EMI, Thermal, TIM and SIP Products) Laird competes with companies like Berquist, Chomerics, Leadertech, Tech Etch, Murata, TDA, BiLink and Schegel. Laird has over $1.0Billion of Sales, Worldwide mfg and over 10,000 employees. Current Territory Sales of $26M have exceed year to year growth in excess of 9% in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Awarded 2011 Sales Manager of the Year

Northeast Area Manager serving New England, Upstate NY and Eastern Canada. Territory Sales exceed $6MM. Value add LCD manufacturer, LED backlighting, Custom Assemblies and Digital Signage. Company went out of business in December 2008.

President Manufacturing Representative firm specializing in semiconductors, I P and E products. Product concentrations in Cirrus Logic, Murata, LG Philips Displays, Silicon Image, San Disk Memory and Ampro Single Board Computers. Direct Sales Responsibility and over all company responsibility for 8 direct employees and over $40MM in Sales

Area Sales Manager for Eastern half of the United States, Managed 8 Manufacturer representative firms selling Commerical, Military switch products and assemblies to the Telecom, Consumer, Military, Medical, Industrial and Automotive industries. Sales Growth exceed 20% for each of the 6 years with the company

All aspects of managing a 6 person technical sales team while maintaining a individual sales territory. Grew company sales from $15M in 1988 to over $25M in 1992.