Chip Knowles Email & Phone Number

Savannah, Ga

Managed Raleigh territory for current and new acquisition sales in the architectural, engineering and construction industries for reprographics and large format printing equipment/supplies including media and paper.Increased territory sales from $35,000 to $65,000 average per month.Working knowledge of large/small format printers, Hi-Res scanners and media manufactured by Xerox,Hewlett Packard, Canon, Colorspan, Toshiba, Ricoh, Widecom, KIP and Rexam.Won back several large accounts that had been lost to competitors.

Managed territory for sales and installation of converged PBX/DK phone systems, voice mail systems, VoIP solutions, full and fractional T1 circuits, hosted PBX, HD video conferencing, HD video surveillance, LAN/WAN networks including routers, firewalls and switches.Initiated contact with customers and prospects to discuss business solutions that would enhance productivity and increase net profits.Coordinated complete projects from installation of Cat5 cabling to training on equipment.Maintained and developed maintenance agreements.Recent KIA of Greer accomplishment.Consistently maintained 40% to 50% gross profit margin.

Managed three vertical markets including manufacturing, government and enterprise for document imaging solutions.Created document storage solutions by acquiring existing and hard copy content (microfilm, microfiche, aperture cards, engineering/architectural drawings) then scanning or filming this data into a digital format for easy archiving and retrieving.Set appointments with C-level officers of major manufacturing and governmental organizations.Subject matter expert of capturing, managing, storing, preserving and delivering organizations valuable data content.

As owner of start-up Knowco, managed Raleigh territory for new acquisition sales for digital imaging and offset printing.Established territory sales from $0.00 to $30,000.00 per month. ($360,000 yr)Maintained average profit margin of 30% to 50% per project.Created print solutions for clients from small business packages to billboard sized print work.Secured NC Museum of Art account for fine art reproduction.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Marketing

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Marketing

Certification

Canon iPF Large Format, Hewlett Packard Large Format, OCE’ Large Format, Toshiba Platinum, NEC, Adtran, Bogen, Valcom, Chamber of Commerce.