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Building, motivating, and leading a team of high performing sales managers who are focused on selling American Express payment solutions to prospects and customers in the Ohio/Western Pennsylvania market.

Responsible for promoting American Express’ suite of business solutions and financing to small & medium sized businesses in the greater Chicago area. Overall focus is to introduce the right products and services that make it easier, safer, and more rewarding for business to purchase and pay for business expenses. Business Card Products include Business Charge Cards, Corporate Cards , Corporate Purchasing and several B2B payment solutions.

Leading a team of Client Managers who are responsible for developing and executing strategic direction to drive profitable growth within a portfolio of 2200 U.S. Small Merchants. These merchants represent over $4 billion in annual charge volume. Developing and leveraging relationships with internal stakeholders to help support strategic initiatives to drive increased revenue and to ensure merchant and partner satisfaction. Driving results through real-time coaching and feedback and putting employee development at a premium.

The Centralized Client Management (CCLM) team is a critical component of the U.S. Small Merchants organization and is responsible for expanding relationships with key proprietary merchants. As part of the CCLM growth strategy, the Centralized Merchant Team (CMT) launched in 2013. The mission of this team is to “call the right merchant, at the right time, with the right message.” Day to day, this team collectively manages, retains, and drives profitable growth with a portfolio base of ~23K merchants on the Blue Box proprietary platform.•Demonstrate American Express’ value proposition to merchants directly and through my leadership contributions to the organization•Lead and coach my team to have quality account development consultations that uncover opportunities for growth and drive expansion of AMEX card acceptance with merchants •Lead the team to consistently exceed consultation targets, quality and DBV targets •Collaborate with key business partners and stakeholders •Work closely with the CMT Director and CCLM VP to take an active role in the evolution and future development of CMT

- Managing a team of Business Consultants who focus on "Top Client" business prospects with annual revenues ranging from $1-10 million.- Coaching consultants to drive results in both customer acquisition and billed business spending on a variety of OPEN products.- Leading consultants to help successful business owners grow their businesses, manage their money, and find new customers.

Sunnyslope High SchoolVarsity Quarterbacks Coach - Asst. Offensive Coordinator - 2020 & 2021Moon Valley High School - Glendale, AZVarsity Offensive Coordinator - Quarterbacks Coach - 2017 & 2018-Directly involved with weekly Game Plans and Offensive Strategy and Implementation-Position Coach - QB and Skill PositionsJV Head Coach - Offensive Coordinator - 2012, 2013, & 2014

- Led two teams of admissions counselors, who recruited students as Inside and Outside counselors. - Responsible for leading Inside counselors to effectively recruit and retain working-adult students through effective database and pipeline management. - Helped lead Outside counselors to develop new business partnerships that would increase exposure to targeted sectors of students, such as Education and Nursing/Healthcare. - Developed territory plans to penetrate geographic markets and effectively recruit and retain new students.- Directly responsible for Colorado, Idaho, and Metro Phoenix/Tucson markets. Both groups were recruiting and advising potential students in need of Bachelors, Masters, and Doctoral programs in disciplines such as Nursing/Healthcare, Business, and Education.