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United States

Formed government contracting business providing products and services to local, state and federal governmental agencies. Products provided include any agricultural and forestry product and service ( fertilizers, pesticides, tractors, marking paints, tapes and flagging, GPS equipment, timber cruising and sales, etc.) recreational vehicles ( four-wheeler, golf carts, snowmobiles, boats, motors and trailers) and many others. Clients include U.S. Dept of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Reclamation Bureau, State Dept., Federal Prison Bureau, Ga. Dept. of Transportation, Fort Benning, Fort Hood etc.I am proud to say we won the very first contract we bid on in our 3rd day of being open as a company. In the first month we did $350.000 in contract sales and have not looked back since.We have continued to improve and expand by adding skilled reps, with in depth knowledge of their particular industry and are well on our way to becoming a leader in the Government Contracting Sales industry.

Ga, Fla. And Alabama

Formed real estate and timber acquisition and residential development firm. Coastal Land and Timber purchases, sales, and manages timber and timberland holdings and develops residential properties. Identify and then arrange the purchase of suitable residential development properties. Secure financing through plan development and presentation. Obtain plan approval through negotiation with appropriate governmental agencies. Oversee execution of site development. Coordinate marketing and sale of properties and timber. . With Pioneer Forest Mgt. I act as a Consultant to private sector landholders negotiating with local and international Forestry Corporations such as Ga. Pacific, Weyerhauser and International Paper in the sale of there timber products.Provided timber services such as cruising, burn control, wildlife mgt. and overall forestry planning and management.

Se United States

My major task at both Pioneer Forest Mgt. and Coastal Land and Timber was acquiring and keeping clients, the lifeblood of all service companies and I guess the thing I am most proud to state after looking back is that I was quite good at doing that. I can honestly say that we had over 500 satisfied clients from CEO's at large international corporations like Weyerhauser, Ga. Pacific and International Paper to local timber dealers, large plantation owners and small family farm operators that I now call friends.When I came on board at Pioneer Forest Mgt. they were doing around $250,000 annually in timber sales with about 10 or 12 clients, the majority of the income was made doing contract cruising work at $20 an hour. Within one year of my taking over sales and client acquisition we had reached $1.5 million in sales adding 50-60 clients. Through 5 years, sales grew to $3.5 million with approx. 300 clients and by year 10 we had leveled out at 500 clients and $5-7 million in annual sales. By 1998 our partnership was one of the leading forestry consulting businesses in the SE. In our area of SW GA., SE Al. and North Fla. we were 2nd to only Multi-state, 1000+ employee F& W Forestry Services. In our 3rd year I began Coastal Land and Timber a land and timber acquisition and residential development business. Our first year was around $500,000 in annual sales and we steadily grew to average around $ 5 million in annual sales, with our biest year 2001 being $11,750,000. .

Atlanta Ga.

Recruiter / Director of AdmissionsEducational Medical Inc Atlanta, GA 1990-1994 Responsible for maintaining profitability through the recruitment of new students Due to constantly being one of the top producers for a nationwide business and medical school system, with over 50 schools and maintaining a lead to close ratio of over 40% in an industry where 20% is exceptional, I was continuously promoted until becoming S.E. Director of Admissions, overseeing enrollment for 13 schools. Other responsibilities included creating and maintaining an effective advertising and marketing campaign utilizing a combination of print, radio, T.V. and direct mail. I also assisted with job placement by building positive relations within the community, business establishments and governmental and civic organizations.

Maintained and increased profitability by marketing to new accounts and servicing existing ones personally contacting school systems, daycare centers, government municipalities, churches and local businesses to sale photography services. Increased sales by 70% and was promoted to Territory Sales Manager in 1st year responsible for sales and management of 24 county territory directly supervising 15+ employees