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F1 Technology Solutions is a cutting edge IT firm based in New Orleans, Louisiana with clients throughout the Gulf South providing sales and support of cloud computing, data protection/storage, and network services.As Vice President of Business Development, I am responsible for generating exposure and revenue for the company through direct sales, marketing, client retention and brand management. In a short period of time, I have been able to more than double the annual revenue of the company from the highest year prior to my hire. F1 is truly about "team" and when everyone is putting their best foot forward, it makes it easy for the team to succeed.

I was responsible for generating exposure and revenue for the company through marketing, brand management and an aggressive sales outreach program. This involved working closely with city, state and national leaders on pilot programs and enhanced applications. My responsibilities included building and supporting a national sales representative network, the development of a nationwide contact base, and the continued capitalization of the company. I was successful in a short period of time in generating sales to several state entities, as well as, many area schools such as St Martin’s Episcopal School, Jesuit High School, Louise McGehee School and Isidore Newman School. I was also able to create awareness of Active Solutions surveillance cameras such that cities like New York, Chicago, Dallas, Indianapolis, Peoria and Milwaukee. I was also able to navigate the guidelines within the state purchasing regulations and have Active Solutions product line included on the State of Louisiana approved purchasing list.

As Director of Sales and Marketing, I was responsible for every facet of revenue production, marketing and promotion at the TPC while implementing and energizing the PGA TOUR brand in the region.

As the Director of Sales, I was responsible for all aspects of sales including the sales and promotion of the Foundation endeavors to include the HP Classic of New Orleans, formerly the Compaq Classic of New Orleans (now the Zurich Classic of New Orleans) and all other fundraising ventures sponsored by the Foundation, to include all corporate sponsorships, ticket and suite sales, vendor contracts, charity golf tournaments and Junior Tour program.

As Director of Sales and Marketing, I was responsible for all aspects of marketing the laser surgical practice including television, radio, newspaper and developing the practice’s Internet website. My responsibilities also included converting leads generated by the marketing efforts into surgical cases for the LASIK procedure which at the time costs $3,000 per eye. I also instituted a sales lead tracking program to monitor the success of advertising and surgical conversion statistics. Laser surgery was and is a very competitive business and I regularly performed competitive market analysis (CMA) for purposes of adjusting our marketing and sales strategies. By the end of the first year I was in charge of the program, the volume of surgical cases had quadrupled with the program being a more efficient and streamlined operation.

Honorable Discharge, January 1988