Independent Manufacturer Sales Professional. Named OCA Sales Manager of the Year for 2023.I support many aspects of the construction industry as a collaborating partner, I encourage the future of construction by linking Project Designers to Project Builders. My established community of professionals and I are determined to enhance our whole industry from manufacturer to end-user.I have the privileged to travel the US/Canada and discover new and exciting technologies in Building Materials and introduce new products into Midwest markets.I penetrate markets by selling into several building segments and by driving architectural specifications via a developed channel network.I have established relationships in the Midwest with one and two-step distribution partners which allows me to create quick interest and demand for the products and promotions I represent.

• Kwik Business Solutions is a marketing firm that specializes in: commercial printing, graphic design, web design, digital marketing and SEO, social media management, fulfillment, E-Mail services, ad-specialty, and bulk mail services. • Primary responsibilities: Sales and marketing manager, production management, operations and administration, problem solving, cash flow analysis and budgeting. • Successfully built a quality organization by managing employee acquisition, training of new personnel and creating a client-centric culture of teamwork and personal responsibility.• Managed the design and implementation of several web sites including E-Commerce, Blog, YouTube channels, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram pages, Amazon FBA, RSS feeds and all aspects of SEO including Google Analytics, and Google Adwords.• Successfully navigated the company to be the largest Kwik Kopy Business Center in Illinois for the franchise exceeding one million in sales, joining the "Prime Million Club". • Purchased daily consumables as well as strategic large strategic capital purchases, contract negotiations with vendors and clients.• Helped execute financial and accounting analysis and process improvements associated with financial management functional areas such as budgeting and forecasting.

Chair of Marketing Committee

Sales Manager: Custom Publishing Division (2001-2003)• Organized and managed all aspects of an eight person sales team to achieve and exceed the required sales targets; which included individual sales forecasting, sales strategy, review of sales pipeline, and accountability for set goals.• Created an initiated a plan to help customers define the purpose and goals of marketing campaigns and how to quantify results including periodic follow up. In order to ascertain goal achievement in order to maintain current business and provide data for prospects.• Hired and trained new members of the sales force – Monitored their performance as well as different personnel associated with a projects and compare it to the month’s objectives.• Communicated with clients and merchants to improve and develop business relationships cordially, in addition to maintaining constant follow-up on their feedback.• Identified resource requirements and assigned responsibilities to different sales staff through proper coordination.• Worked closely with our marketing department in the creation of new products as well as creating a system for the development of more polished sales presentations and proposals for my sales team.• Helped in resolving critical issues related to sales, and escalated important matters to upper management.• Extensive travel within the United States for ongoing training with my regional sales staff as well as attending important sales presentations and trade shows.

Sales Representative - Custom Publishing/Promotional Products Division Jan 1999 to Jan 2001Rand McNally and Company － Skokie, ILSpecialized in sales to large corporations. My largest clients were: Harley Davidson,Firestone, Abbott Laboratories, Marlboro, and McDonalds. Frequently worked with myclient's advertising agencies to brainstorm product ideas, formulate plans for marketresearch, implementation including production schedules, and monitoring results.

Software sales of MileMaker, a product designed to calculate and log mileage for truckingcompanies, as well as corporations that transport their own goods. Product ran on allplatforms from PC, LAN to mainframe computers.