Cecil Thomas Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

South Portland, ME, US

Huntington Station, New York, US

• Hired to drive enterprise-level channel sales for Teq’s cloud-based SaaS professional development platform, a project-based learning (PBL) solution, interactive flat panels (IFPs) from SMART Technologies, and various.
• Worked a book of business that covered K-12 schools and school districts across 17 states through solution selling, relationship management, lead generation/prospecting, pipeline management, and virtual product.
• Partnered exclusively with CDW-G for all sales transactions as well as provided them consultative sales strategies and content expertise for STEM solutions and classroom technology integration.
• Specialized in Teq’s cloud-based SaaS professional development platform and grew my book of business as it relates to sales by over 50% year to year.
• Closed numerous STEM device and IFP deals worth over $500K through Teq’s partnership with CDW-G and SMART Technologies.
• Collaborated with Teq’s Customer Success, Product Specialist, and Curriculum Teams throughout the sales cycle to leverage Teq’s K-12 internal resources and expertise to provide turnkey solutions that met the customer’s.

Vernon Hills, US

• Hired to develop business partnerships and drive enterprise-level sales solutions for K-12 schools and school districts throughout Texas. Collaborated with educational technology partners to help assess, identify, and.
• Grew a $3 million dollar book of business by more than 40% in two years through lead generation/prospecting, pipeline management, category penetration, and solution selling.
• Leveraged both internal and external resources as well as CDW-G partners to help provide customers with turnkey K-12 solutions that addressed their specific pain points.
• Became a member of the CDW K-12 Cloud Solutions Team that participated in trainings, partner meetings, and helped in strategizing how to sell cloud solutions to K-12 customers. CDW is a leading multi-brand technology.

Chicago, IL, US

• Hired to support the Partnerships Team with lead generation and prospecting of potential business partners to help support Pearachute's business model.
• Worked with the Partnerships Team to conduct cold calls to help recruit and convert B2B partners through lead generation, prospecting, and inside sales to help expand into both the Dallas and Kansas City markets.
• Utilized discovery calls and qualitative research to qualify new leads for Dallas and Kansas City markets as well as maintain and update all information through the Salesforce database.

Chicago, IL, US

• Hired to develop all institutional policies and procedures as well as lead all strategic planning efforts in the creation of the Office of Global Affairs (OGA) to help facilitate the institution’s comprehensive.
• Established partnerships with 3 universities and 22 non-governmental organizations in Uganda, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic through in-country site visits, risk assessments, and feasibility studies.
• Served on Adler’s Diversity Committee to assist with the development of a peer-based student mentoring program for 1st year graduate students of color and the institution’s Difficult Dialogues program to help support.
• Managed an annual budget of $300K that accounted for all in-country site visits, marketing materials for student recruitment, faculty travel costs, student training costs, and all OGA on-campus events.
• Developed, marketed, and facilitated 6 OGA on-campus events with 200+ attendees that examined international human rights, global mental health, career development, and cross-cultural perspectives on psychology.
• Hired and supervised 2 work-study students that assisted with administrative tasks to ensure successful on-campus and off-campus OGA programming.

Chicago, IL, US

• Hired to provide strategic direction and partnership development efforts for Adler’s Community Service Practicum (CSP) and Community Engagement Practicum (CEP). Managed Adler’s CEP for all students in the Masters of.
• Organized, recruited, and sustained high impact partnerships with 250+ non-profit organizations throughout Chicago to support the CSP required for all 1st year Adler students.
• Identified, recruited, and sustained high impact partnerships with 50+ non-profit organizations across North America to support the CEP required for all Adler students in the MAO program.
• Designed and taught the CEP online course for all MAO students that utilized asset-based community development to examine the social, cultural, and political factors that empowers communities to strive for.
• Hired and supervised 2 AmeriCorps*VISTA members to help support the department’s community engagement programming efforts.
• Served as a 3-year member of Adler’s Practicum Training Committee where we evaluated and provided recommendations on student comportment issues that occurred at the student’s clinical/non-clinical training practicum.

US

• Hired to support the Mayor’s Office for Workforce Development’s (MOWD) Policy Department through research, policy analysis, and strategic planning.
• Utilized various research methods to help generate bi-weekly policy reports to examine partnership opportunities between Chicago’s workforce development, adult education & training, microenterprise development, and.
• Assisted with MOWD’s strategic planning process through the creation of 6 workforce policy briefs that examined workforce development trends both regionally and nationally.
• Developed partnerships with both Chicago-based workforce development organizations and regional workforce development entities to help identify ways to collaborate in the creation of a Midwest workforce development.

Chicago, IL, US

• Hired to provide oversight and supervision of a team of individuals that assisted in the data collection process for a tri-city research project as well as helped facilitate communication with the variety of local.
• Supervised and assisted a team of 3 individuals in the data collection process for a research project and report entitled "Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers: Violations of Employment and Labor Laws in America’s Cities".

• Hired to conduct research on immigration reform and provide administrative support for a congressional liaison of Illinois Senator Dick Durban through IADO.
• Conducted internet-based research and leveraged congressional resources in support of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 that was discussed during the 110th United States Congress.
• Collaborated with IADO to help learn and understand the issues that directly impacted the broader South Asian community within Illinois as it relates to immigration and education.

Chicago, IL, US

• Hired to organize, distribute, and manage the caseloads of the firm's 15 attorneys through the utilization of a web-based case management software platform.
• Trained the firm’s attorneys and paralegals on a web-based case management system to equitably allocate and manage all new immigration-based cases.
• Assigned and monitored all new immigration-based cases based to both attorneys and paralegals based on rank, skill, expertise, and workload.
• Assisted in the digitization of old immigration-based case files that were still open cases.
• Managed the firm’s docket calendars and facilitated the firm’s weekly docket meeting to ensure that all of the firm’s court cases and interviews were properly allocated and attended.

Masters Of Arts, International Education (Intercultural Communication)

Master Of Arts, Urban Planning & Policy (Economic Development)

Bachelor Of Arts, Communication And Media Studies