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Overland Park, Ks, Us

Olathe, Ks

Drexel, Mo

Prepared sermons and preached.

Basehor, Mo

Preached, gave oversight and built relationships.

Lenexa

I managed 7 account excutives who sell Business Solutions, (hardware, software, cloud based applications, etc.) to medium sized companies in the Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka, and Johnson County area.Our entire Commercial Market Sales Force was laid off coast to coast in May. (approx 2,000 employees)

Olathe Ks

Pastor to Youth and families, Bible study leader, preacher, Coordinator for 20 Work and Witness trips. Despite success and monetary gain in the Corporate world, I am still a pastor at heart.

Overland Park, Ks

Designed, analyzed, maintained and administered compensation plans and budget development for business markets salespeople and management. • Revamped Sprint’s compensation plan from revenue based to profit margin based, increasing the profitability of the business unit. Received the Business Markets MVP Award, the highest honor in the business unit. .

Orlando, Florida

One of two people hired to start a new Sprint subsidiary in serving Fortune 500 companies. Played key role in recruiting, hiring, and training first and second level operations managers. Researched an analyzed competitor’s strengths and weaknesses and adjusted our pricing to maximize profits.• Managed rapid growth to over 1,400 employees, six sites, and significant international contracts. Initiated and designed the company’s first advertising and trade show campaign and recruited and trained the national sales force. Grew revenues from zero to a $70 million revenue stream in five years. • Developed new sales channels and partnered with National Account teams to co- market to their customers to increase our profits and their client’s profits. • Created and gave sales presentations to existing and new senior executives of Fortune 500 companies. • Selected targeted trade shows, designed booth space, attended and coordinated trade shows.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Managed regional Sales and Customer Service Center with 80-person staff and 60 field salespeople. Responsible for maintenance and growth of a $180 million dollar annual revenue stream. Coordinated inside sales efforts with premise based account executive team of 72 people to service national corporate accounts. Hired, trained, managed projects and strategy development, and execution of sales plan.• Managed the AT& T National Call Center, which was ranked 15th in the country upon arrival. Within a year, the call center was named the top performing telecenter in the corporation, increasing revenues by $30 million.

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Marketed and developed sales proposals and contract negotiations for the nation's second largest telemarketing service bureau. Coordinated sales and marketing efforts with numerous national account teams throughout the Midwest and directed high-level negotiations with several Fortune 500 companies.• Received the Vice President Award for outstanding customer service, the only member of the national sales force recognized that year.• Monitored pricing of our competitors and adjusted pricing and proposals to increase profitability.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Promoted after six months as Systems Consultant on the Yellow Freight National account team to Account Executive and quickly advanced to AE Industry Consultant. Directed and collaborated with a team of four systems consultants and ten support employees, sold full spectrum of AT&T voice, data, and long distance products to 660 Yellow Freight locations nationwide.• Awarded the Far Exceeded Expectations rating and sold a 600 location Software Defined Network that was, at that time, one of the largest in the country. Revenue stream for this project - $7 million annually. Exceeded sales quota by 200%.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Collaborated with three managers in building a nationwide sales and customer service center, trained new employees, developed marketing collateral and direct mail/direct response programs, and presented at the National Telemarketing Association Conference.• Top Sales Performer for 3 consecutive years, exceeding objectives by an average of 50%. Received Intermediary Marketing's highest honor: National Directors Award.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Sold network services to commercial accounts and trained and consulted with them on how to use telemarketing to improve profitability and improve customer service.• Top Sales performer (broke the all-time sales record for that organization), Most Valuable Performer Award (elected by 80-person peer group), published article in Telemarketing Magazine, featured in Successful Telemarketing, a book by Bob Stone and John Wyman, exceeded sales objective by 700%.

Bachelors Of Arts, Double Major In Business And Public Relations, Masters In Counseling, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Valedictorian 4.0 GPA, Captain of the Baseball team, NAIA Academic All American Baseball team, Vice President.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Counseling, 3.7

Activities and Societies: Interned at the UMKC community counseling center