As a Manager of Business Development for American Express Global Corporate Payments, I serve as a trusted business consultant to C-Level Executives and Business Owners. My focus is to help these businesses achieve their company goals by increasing top-line revenue, identifying cost-savings opportunities and increasing control and compliance within their organizations. This is most often achieved by: * Providing a return on business transactions via various reward & revenue sharing programs. * Reducing expenses related to the traditional check-writing process via electronic processing. * Ensuring employee spend compliance and driving spend to preferred suppliers. Positioning companies for growth in a continually changing market is my main objective.

As a Major Accounts District Manager at ADP, I help companies become more profitable by lowering their employee Total Cost of Ownership. I do this by consulting with business owners, C-level executives, and HR Professionals to provide HR outsourcing and technology solutions that equip companies to manage their workforce throughout all aspects of the employee lifecycle-- from recruitment to retirement.I am fortunate to work for the industry leader in business outsourcing and human capital management systems as ADP currently serves more than 800,000 businesses of all types and sizes in over 100 countries. I illustrate to business executives the positive ROI that ADP has on their organization through solutions for human resources, payroll, talent management, tax, and benefits administration.Partnering with us means you can get industry leading solutions that allow you to focus your limited time and resources on your business, not back-office administration.• FY20 - 258% YTD, ADP Leader Development Program Graduate• FY21 - 134% Logo Attainment - COVID-Impacted Fiscal Year• FY22 - 148.1% YTD, 166.6% Logo Attainment (10), President's Club Qualifier

Comcast Spotlight is the advertising sales division of Comcast Cable, helping local, regional and national advertisers efficiently and effectively reach their ideal audiences. We’re leading the industry with advanced technologies and innovative products and delivering more impressions for marketers on multiple screens. Our mission is to take what can be complex about local and multi-market advertising and make it simple. We’ve made it easy to pinpoint the right audience and deliver the right message at the right time. With an average of 50 or more distinct networks available in every market we serve, Spotlight can tap into the greater purchasing power of cable viewers and precisely segment audiences based on demographic, psychographic and geographic criteria. Spotlight links customers directly to businesses with interactive, on-demand and digital advertising. Knowledge is power, and Spotlight’s research team provides the insights that identify not just who a company’s best customers are, but what, when and where they’re watching​.​​ Core Responsibilities: - Develops advertising campaigns aligned with customer marketing objectives.- Meets and exceeds sales activities and revenue goals.- Seeks new clients by continuously prospecting and building relationships in the market and assists the new clients with their campaigns from start to finish.- Coordinates various functions with other areas to carry out client requirements such as scheduling advertising; monitor account activities, and monitor and manage collections.- Consistent monitoring of market activity.- Networking with business owners, local agencies, chambers and community organizations.

As a media account executive with Cumulus Media, I was responsible for partnering local business and local/regional agencies with Cumulus' three stations in Knoxville:● 107.7 WIVK, a legendary country powerhouse responsible for the careers of Dolly Parton, Kenny Chesney and many other country superstars. Also, the flagship station of the Tennessee Volunteers.● Sports Radio WNML 99.1, the market's first sports formatted talk station and also partnered with The Vol Network as the flagship station of the Tennessee Volunteers.● NewsTalk 98.7, the news and talk of East Tennessee featuring local staples Hallerin Hilton Hill and Phil Williams.I lent in a hand in our client's marketing strategies from start to finish with my duties including: - Building and maintaining an advertising portfolio featuring our market's top advertisers- Researching and obtaining new clientele- Negotiation of local client and agency rates - Integrating on-air and digital opportunities- Commercial copy writing and production- Local/regional/national consumer research- Musical imaging/jingles- Event marketing opportunities- Promotional ideas and elements- Managing client digital strategies including SEO/SEM, interactive video ads, banner/cube advertising, retargeting, geo-fencing and geo-targeting.

-Developed a high level of accountability for all retail store functions and responsible for communicating and implementing the company vision through directing the day-to-day activities of the entire store staff.-Drove for high-performance results within a extremely fast-paced, demanding a solution-based selling environment and focused on optimizing customer and employee experience.-Leveraged exceptional leadership skills to not only build my staff of 38 direct reports but also developed and coached my team to a Top-10 (of 4,800) finish in the USA Verizon Wireless retail location.-Provided ongoing sales training by empowering and supporting my team as they met and exceeded sales goals, retention, quality and service objectives.-Engaged in dynamic sales strategy development to ensure that VZW products and services are effectively showcased throughout the store and that customers had the best store experience possible.-Leveraged creativity, critical thinking and decision-making skills to develop and implement sales tools and initiatives that further established Verizon Wireless as not only the local choice but the market leader in technology solutions industry.-Responsible for the overall health and performance of my retail location by supporting employee relations, encouraging recognition of exceptional employees, managing retail inventory in compliance with company standards, engaging in important business operations including: budgeting, forecasting, managing appropriate inventory levels, analyzing inventory turns, providing financial and budget reports.Accolades: Verizon Wireless Winner's Circle (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015), 5x recipient Verizon Wireless Director's Cut for best in region performance as an individual, 4x Captain's Choice for best in operational performance as a store, other countless awards and recognition as an individual contributor and leader.