Cristofer Gore Email & Phone Number

--Manage new construction K12 projects in Western US territory, AK, CA, HI, OR, UT, and WA, requiring music and athletic equipment --Quote, design equipment solutions for spaces (CAD) and coordinate with school administration for recommending the best equipment --Coordinate placing orders and inputting all pertinent information for standard and installation orders--Conduct in-market meetings with district and school personnel 30% of time --Attend trade shows and conventions for meeting school personnel

Owatonna, Minnesota

• Managed music and athletic sales territory (12 states) activities involving new construction (bond) in the K-12 and college/university markets. • Tracked sales pipeline using SalesForce (CRM): documented sales calls, updated/amended contacts, completed quotes, contracts/bids and orders, processed custom projects, managed margin levels, and applied probability classification to open quotes. • Maintained technical and solution-based product knowledge, while prioritizing simultaneous projects with competing scope/breadth requirements and deadlines. Adhered to designing, quoting, ordering, and delivery/installation policies and procedures. • Completed customer quotation, bidding and ordering requests in a timely manner by providing consultative sales support that reviewed and recommended the appropriate music, athletics and performing arts products. • Teamed with other departments-applications design, customer service, manufacturing and shipping-to ensure optimal flow of the order-to-delivery process for maintaining high-customer satisfaction rates. • Planned and conducted strategic field visits with territory reps for presenting to key decision makers, including school administration, facility planners, contractors and designers requesting solution-based products. • Developed comprehensive quoting and bidding documents, incorporating company products into complete package at competitive pricing for achieving vendor specification. • Provided post-order, customer-centric sales support by dealing directly with customer inquiries or triaging them through the appropriate channels.• Prioritized the collection and management of new construction blueprints, CAD files and related layouts for building products into designated space, ensuring appropriate solutions and adhering to spacing requirements. Designed storage and staging layouts into existing space.• Attended conventions for building relationships, promoting products and developing leads.

Owatonna, Minnesota

-Achieved monthly, quarterly and annual sales plan by managing sales territory activities for K-12, college/university and performing arts markets. -Maintained technical and solution-based product knowledge, while prioritizing simultaneous projects with competing scope/breadth requirements and deadlines. Adhered to designing, quoting, ordering, and delivery/installation policies and procedures. -Completed customer quotation and ordering requests in a timely manner by providing consultative sales support that reviewed and recommended the appropriate music and performing arts products. Negotiated most competitive quote/order pricing for enhancing sales while maintaining strong margins. -Teamed with other departments-applications design, customer service, manufacturing and shipping-to ensure optimal flow of the order-to-delivery process for maintaining high-customer satisfaction rates and brand loyalty. -Planned and conducted strategic field visits with key decision makers, including school administration, facility planners and designers, requesting solution-based products for new construction and major remodel bids; developed comprehensive quote, incorporating company products into complete package.-Provided post-order, customer-centric sales support by dealing directly with customer inquiries or triaging them through the appropriate channels, ensuring appropriate resolution. -Prioritized the collection and management of new construction blueprints, CAD files and related layouts for building products into designated space, ensuring appropriate solutions and spacing requirements are addressed. Designed storage and staging layouts into existing space(s). -Attended conventions for building relationships, promoting products and developing leads; coordinated input of leads into CRM (Sales Force) database and conducted follow-up activities for enhancing new sales opportunities and strengthening existing relationships.

Owatonna, Minnesota

-Coordinated and attended international trade shows in Latin America, Asia, and Europe; navigated local environment using all forms of transportation and adjusted to local customs. -Scheduled and conducted international school business development meetings with school leadership for enhancing international sales.-Strengthened database by qualifying and adding new international schools and contacts; completed outgoing lead generation via email and phone.-Facilitated quotes and orders by providing detailed pricing and coordinating processes from initial inquiry to final order, including shipping, installation and relevant customs documents. -Project managed custom orders by working with customers, technical staff and key influencers. -Provided post-order customer service support by dealing directly with the customers or triaging them through the appropriate channels, ensuring appropriate resolution. -Consulted as liaison between customer and technical personnel regarding product technical specifications and communicated this to customers in laymen terms.-Coordinated distributor quotes and orders; collaborated with shipping department for filling containers to maximize both container space and profitability for distributors.

Rochester, Minnesota Area

-Developed professional relationships with hundreds of local businesses by attending sponsored networking events in order to cultivate and maintain professional relationships.-Conducted hundreds of employer visits annually to promote a positive campus image by delivering presentations to community organizations and business leaders. -Accurately project managed students’ graduation process, including completing documents, updating CRM software communication, and complying with all accreditation standards. -Actively prioritized departmental goals in order to attain monthly, quarterly, and annual goals; 2011 and 2012 award recipient as top department for achieving prescribed goals.-Seamlessly coordinated and executed quarterly graduations, including ordering graduation regalia and diplomas for hundreds of students.-Coordinated and hosted quarterly career fairs by working with dozens of local employers.

Rochester, Minnesota Area

-Taught courses in the Business program, including Sales and Marketing, Customer Service Strategies, Internet Marketing, and Supervisory Management.-Presented course material using PowerPoint lectures, in-class exercises, group projects, and writing assignments.

Rochester, Minnesota Area

Communications/Marketing:-Managed Minnesota School of Business-Rochester’s campus communications, including: daily, weekly, monthly publication of current and upcoming events via Facebook, Twitter, Word Press, and Google Calendar.-Created campus service-learning stories for publication in local media, corporate flagship website, and career colleges websites and publications.-Fostered relationships with local media for submitting press releases and facilitating news coverage for highlighting campus achievements involving students, staff, and faculty.-Developed promotional videos-http://www.youtube.com/user/MSBROCommRelations-of campus events to share with the greater public via Facebook and YouTube.Community Relations:-Created community engagement best practices as the pilot campus for newly created communications and community relations specialist position in 2009; best practices adopted by all Globe Education Network campuses (26).-Extensive networking connections created via Rochester Chamber of Commerce Ambassador position: support chamber activities, attend new member and existing member events, and promote continual business-to-business collaboration.-Developed and maintained hundreds of working relationships for career services and service-learning partners (campus-community relationships) for employment and project opportunities, respectively.-Recipient of 2009 Rochester Campus Staff Person of the Year Award and Minnesota Campus Compact 2010 President’s Civic Engagement Steward Award.-Accepted 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Award on behalf of the Minnesota School of Business-Rochester campus.

Rochester, Minnesota Area

-Conducted classroom and field training of 10-14 squad members to maintain proficient level of readiness-Evaluated squad members' skill levels as per battle drill tactics and standard operating procedures -Conducted periodic inspections of equipment and uniforms to ensure adherence to prescribed standards-Disseminated upper-level information to squad members for training exercises

Ma, International Business (Abt)

Ba, History (Latin American Emphasis)

Aa, Generals