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Chicago, IL, US

Greater Chicago Area

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

• Assumed responsibility of company CEO, managing general oversight of the organization from Profit and Loss (P&L) management to operations, new business development, and directing large teams of employees.
• Directed all financial management and budgeting in addition to public relations and marketing initiatives, developing strategies that influenced every aspect of daily operations within the company.
• Oversaw all change management for the company, assuming full responsibility for leadership team formation and daily operations implementation.

Greater Chicago Area

Assumed responsibility of company Executive Director, managing general oversight of the organization from Profit and Loss (P&L) management to operations, new business development, and directing large teams of employees. Direct all financial management and budgeting in addition to public relations and marketing initiatives, developing strategies that.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

• Assumed responsibility of company CEO, developing business strategies and operations aimed toward increasing revenue through strategic partner development and client retention campaigns.
• Developed and implemented a series forecasting and content-generation processes with emphasis on sustained profitability and revenue growth.

Greater Chicago Area

• Assumed responsibility of Executive Director, executing change management processes while communicating with company executives to develop improved business strategies.
• Instituted membership expansion, retention, and engagement strategies, growing Annual Conference participation and growing Community Platform membership.

Greater Chicago Area

• Led change management towards the multi-million-dollar services-centric business model, overseeing the development of marketing and product strategies.
• Created feature mapping and requirements definition for products in addition to developing trend analysis processes designed to identify low performing products.
• Implemented internal processes that transitioned several procedures from manual to automated.
• Provided oversight management for the channel distribution network, focusing on distributor account maintenance and process improvement to resolve conflicts and facilitate product pull through.
• Administered all recruiting, hiring, and training of new employees, effectively implementing best practices while growing the staff.

Greater Chicago Area

• Directed senior leadership staff of five in developing long-term global marketing and operations plans for the Global Private Networks division.
• Managed North American dealer network in identifying and supporting new partners, optimizing the use of third party channels, and developing complex direct and indirect go-to-market strategies.
• Oversaw extensive training for employees in sales, promotions, industry and pricing analysis, and customer service, leading change from product mentality to services mentality among the sales team.
• Revised life-cycle management planning, value propositions, and pricing strategies to demonstrate the relationship between software and hardware sales.
• Assumed responsibility for all marketing initiatives, activities, and policies including research, digital advertising, market development, and brand strategy.

Greater Chicago Area

• Developed and launched the Data Applications and Network business for Motorola, designing marketing campaigns, conducting sales training, and managing project leaders.
• Collaborated with independent software vendors to identify potential new market segments and implementing strategies resulting in increased in business over 18 months.
• Facilitated annual revenue growth by dramatically increasing sales pipelines while reducing costs.
• Spearheaded data and trend analysis to develop financial projects and sales strategies to ensure sustainable revenue and product line growth.

Greater Chicago Area

• Oversaw emerging technologies products from concept and development to life-cycle management and end-of-life processes, creating concept proposals, resource prioritization, and roadmaps for each product.
• Created and implemented marketing strategies including positioning, brand presence, collateral development, and public relations to foster financial growth and new market penetration.
• Implemented inventory processes that reduced costs.

Greater Chicago Area

• Conducted Business to Business (B2B) management and worldwide market planning for two-way voice and data platforms, collaborating with international sales teams as an independent contributor.
• Managed development of product marketing, feature roadmaps, and product lifecycle planning for voice and data platforms.
• Maintained a global portfolio of clients and identified key customer requirements and necessary product features based on characteristics of the customer's region.

I provided strategic product marketing, feature road mapping and product lifecycle planning for Motorola’s call processing computer telephony platform. My team and I worked closely with worldwide sales teams, engineers and customers to identify and then integrate key customer requirements into new product features. We also produced a third-party supplier.

Schaumburg, IL

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Theta

Masters Business Administration (Mba), Marketing