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Naples, Florida Area

• Coordinating project completion with home owners, designers, custom installers and electricians to provide custom programming for smart homes, utilizing Crestron and Savant (audio video and lighting) and Lutron (lighting) programming.• Responsible for the integration of audio video equipment, lighting, climate control, security, shading, pool/spa control, and cameras via touch panels, handheld remote controls, and web-based interfaces.• Creating custom programming including the code and graphical interface for whole home automation. • Setting up home networking to integrate audio video processors, lighting processors, touchpanels with computer network, and providing ability to remotely manage the client’s home automation.• Focused on providing mentoring for new employees and helping to bring them up to a high level of knowledge and efficiency in all aspects of the business.

• Held key responsibility in this online company by managing the day to day activities of the website including customer service, inventory management, website maintenance, and marketing for website with annual revenue of over $500,000.• Maintained daily inventory of all producsts, responsible for ordering products, ensuring delivery and shipment tracking, payment of vendors, and new product selection.• Created daily reports to track sales, product costs, inventory, marketing costs, and operating expenses.• Focused on driving sales through the website through email marketing, keyword searches, and online pay-per-click marketing.

• Established business relationships with IT managers, CIOs, CFOs, HR Managers, and business owners who are the decision makers in the training of their employees.• Focused on direct sales and marketing via inside/outside sales position, with average sales of $30,000 monthly in computer training.• Account Executive of the Month for July 2004, Second in sales for July 2004 and Third in sales for August 2004 among all Level 1 AE’s in Southeast region.

• Closed over $4,000,000 in sales and leasing transactions.• Created all marketing materials for business development and property marketing—including postcards, sales letters, newsletters, flyers, and marketing packages• Established database of over 2,000 property owners and investors in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties.• Created personal business plan utilizing forecasting, market research, budgeting, marketing targets and expenses, and operational methods.

Mba, Business Administration

Concentrated on Management, Marketing, Economics, Finance, and Entrepeneurship graduated with 3.7 G.P.A.

Ba, Biology

Graduated with 3.5 G.P.A.

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