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High quality offset printed products, Custom Embroidered or Screen Printed apparrel, bags, caps, and selected promotional products, other marketing related services at Online comparable pricing! I provide the same level of individual, professional personal customer service to small to medium size businesses as I did with customers at Xerox Corporation (29 years) and Staples Contract and Commercial (6 years)! I would also like to be of service to non-profit organizations, social clubs, PTA's.

Provide solutions to companies/organizations who need high quality printed products and promotional marketing material items. Lincoln Press is a full service commercial printer with state of the art equipment both offset and high speed digital. With a highly skilled and tenured staff, we deliver the highest level of quality. We are large enough to print any size projects any size and type. However, we are lean enough to be flexible enough to get the job done in a timely and quality manner.We are able to serve customers anywhere in the country. I report directly to the owner/president. With a history of high quality customer service, I pledge to serve any customer with excellence. Several former customers will provide written references.From business stationary, marketing collateral (catalogs, flyers, ad sheets, postcards, brochures}, forms, checks, receipts, signage (indoor and outdoor), anything with ink on a substrate! We provide documents to communicate, motivate, and deliver your messages!In addition, we offer a full line of promotional marketing products. We are a member of the Advertising Specialty Institute.

Completed four years in the Commercial and Enterprise Division.Served as Print Subject Matter Expert teaming with 12 Strategic Account Leaders covering Commercial and Enterprise level accounts in North Texas in the sale of print projects. Fiscal period 2016, February through January, closed/sold print projects and programs totally in excess of $1,000,000. Billings for the year totaled $906,200 at a 41% margin.Impacted by company-wide Reduction in Force. Pipeline was $460,000 upon departure.Achieved/overachieved sales metrics for customer appointments, pipeline level and close ratio.Impacted by company-wide reduction in force.

- Secure new print and promotional prioducts clients. Grow revenue in existing clients, - Finished Staples' fiscal year 2012, 10% greater than the national performance of the program.- Delivered $180,851 in revenue.- 113.6 % of plan in December, 2012- 146.2 % of plan in January, 2013- Left the position at 125.3% of plan year to date.

• Delivered five–day headquarters orientation and sales skill training to sales professionals • Conducted ten “Headquarters New Sales Professional seminars” in 2005 touching cumulatively 100 individuals • Conducted 24 field sales and technical training sessions • Formalized national New Sales Manager Onboarding Program which resulted in a documented process providing consistency throughout the field sales organization• Developed/coordinated the national delivery of Sexual Harassment to field sales managers* Traveled 80% of the time.

Liscensed Realtor. Completed all activities required to help homeowners sell their home and/or individuals purchase a new home. Conducted marketing, prospecting, administrative and professional responsibilities necessary to effectively complete these responsibilities. I elected to make my liscense inactive for a period of time.

• Manager responsible for leading the activities of up to 21 Customer Relations Representatives who utilized a documented, systematic process to facilitate appropriate resolutions to customer complaints • Customer Relations interface with field VP’s and managers in Sales, Service operations and Administrative organizations covering 26 states in the central section of the country providing “voice of the customer” to identify systematic inhibitors to customer satisfaction and develop actions to addressAccomplishments: Overachieved targets and 10% promotion rate

• Senior Staff manager acting as Human Resources consultant for the operations senior staff and line managers in two outsourcing operations with over 500 and 800 employees • Responsible for P&L for the operation as member of Senior Staff with focus on manpower • Developed and/or deployed learning initiatives for all positions to improve employee productivity, retention, learning, change strategy, recognition • Responsible to source appropriate personnel to implement managed services contracts. Collaborated with managers to gain skills requirements needed. Accomplishment: President’s Club, 2001, Was selected as 1 of 15 out of 15,000 to attend Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award ceremony where President Clinton and Secretary of Commerce Daley presented the award

Xerox Corporation, local, regional and national locations (August ‘76 – April ‘04) Sales, and Sales Management, overachieved sales quotas, Par /President’s Clubs, #1 SM in region out of @ 25.  Market Development Sales Executive, launched new electronic product line; training sales reps, major accounts.  Staffing and People Development Manager, senior staff position, HR conduit, staffing, new hire orientation; Selected as one of 50 nationally to attend National Malcolm Baldrige Award Ceremony, met President Clinton Regional Marketing Manager, support role/brand representative for Southern Region VP. National Channel Manager, supported transition of two product lines from direct or alternate channels. Central Regional Customer Relations Manager, supported national centralization of customer relations. Over 28 years, upward progression via promotions. Many local and regional sales and other awards