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Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Streamlined decision support reporting process by tailoring methodologies and meeting compliance requirements through implementation of business process improvement initiatives.
• Managed vendor relations and contracts through strategic partnerships which saved costs and delivered premium contract pricing on products resulting in 12% increase in profit margin.
• Analyzed financial data, developed budget and managed expenditures for technology services.
• Obtained quotes from various suppliers to determine most cost-effective purchasing options.
• Negotiated new and existing agreements or statements of work of greatest complexity, including requests for information or requests for proposal and reverse auction generation and facilitation.
• Tracked and approved procurement plans and inventory levels.

San Rafael, California, United States

• Managed mobile IT vendor and asset management operations team consisting of 45 vendors and 5000 devices worldwide, a $6MM annual spend.
• Managed vendor relations and contracts through strategic partnerships saving costs and delivered premium contract pricing.
• Conducted service optimizations, quarterly business reviews, and implemented vendor management strategies to ensure optimal savings and cost avoidance of $1MM+ annually.
• Collaborated with procurement partners and cross-functional teams to develop and execute negotiation strategies to achieve optimal pricing, service and quality.
• Performed annual reviews of vendor activities, policies and procedures.
• Delivered monthly, quarterly and annual departmental wireless summaries, metrics and savings analysis to upper management.

San Rafael, CA

• Successfully managed all aspects of US and Canada $3M (annual) corporate mobile program by providing customer support, vendor management, quarterly business reviews, optimization and developed a process to ensure.
• Delivered monthly, quarterly and annual departmental wireless summaries, metrics and savings analysis to upper management
• Lead quarterly business reviews and maintained a close relationship with wireless carriers to ensure goals were met ahead of expectations.
• Documented research findings and prepared polished reports highlighting results and potential improvement strategies.
• Used ServiceNow to track and monitor vendor performance and progress against goals.
• Performed extensive annual reviews of vendor activities, policies and procedures.

San Francisco Bay Area

Made 150+ cold calls a day to business owners and company decision makersSuccessfully recruited executives to donate $2400 Dollars to causeMaintained a donor retention rate of 27% (National average is 20%)Maintained an average donation amount of $1,218.66 (National average is $600)

Potomac, MD

• Identified and implemented technologies and methods of using existing technology to help users work more efficiently, including system upgrades, system restore, updated BIOS and application installation.
• Monitored equipment functionality to verify optimal performance and adjust system controls.
• Coordinated system installations, testing and code corrections.
• Communicated with and gathered feedback from customers about progress updates and worked to resolve specific concerns.
• Provided technology consultation for business units, making recommendations and upgrading existing systems.
• Streamlined established processes by implementing client and employee feedback.

Greater Atlanta Area

Performed face to face sales of telecommunication services providing product information, customer service and direct sales/marketing to negotiate and close sales to residential prospects. Prepared team presentations to train account representatives in sales techniques and methods in order to meet sales quotas in a fast-paced sales and marketing environment.

Greater Atlanta Area

In charge of training new sales staff representatives; worked in Electronics Department and helped close sales with customers; met daily sales targets and provided reliable customer service; provided information on rebates and product warranties to customers; performed end-of-day sales close out reporting.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Performed daily sales tasks including fielding customer ticket sales questions; closed sales on single and group tickets; calling customers to notify them of event/ticket specials; maintained efficient sales and tracking data providing detailed reports to management on sales activities; monitored cash, credit card reports to ensure correct financial.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

* Wrote 160+ car descriptions for insertion in Gillis Car Book; Gillis Car Book is sold to over 50,000 consumers every year & is available at major online bookstores; car descriptions written provided general information on car, automobile background, gas mileage, horsepower etc. * Maintained and manipulated spreadsheet data to ensure Gillis received.

Mexico City Area, Mexico

Researched & analyzed publishing software for upgrade of library database; tasked with examining potential publishing software platforms & examining feasibility/ease for ECLAC library convertibility to new platforms.Examined ECLAC website's strategies for customer targeting; assessed alternatives & pros/cons to existing ECLAC website format; created the.

Mexico City Area, Mexico

Personally reformatted 200 obsolete computers, which enabled shipment to and usage by a Mexico City orphanage. Installed 300 new model computers; updated BIOS and information systems; proof tested software throughout the office ensuring efficient and thorough transfer of sensitive employee computer files during office upgrade.Provided assistance in Bank.

Bachelors, Liberal Arts, Communications

High School, 11-12

Activities and Societies: Soccer Team

High School, 6-11

Activities and Societies: Soccer Team