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Washington, United States

Greater Chicago Area

Beginning in 2014 I returned to my home of Chicago to assist in the care of a seriously ill family member. While providing necessary care and support I was hired by a number of companies to provide short-term Sales and Management consulting services. These companies were in a variety of industries including the Radio Broadcasting, Law, Printing Services.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Spokane, Washington Area

I led the team that achieved a complete turnaround of Clear Channel's six radio stations and digital properties in the Spokane market. The condition of the cluster was broken in many ways following a long period of neglect. My team and I rebuilt the entire Sales Department, the entire Programming Department, established accountability systems, established.

Chicago

I was the Sales Leader for the nation's top AAA format radio station - Chicago's legendary WXRT-FM. Responsible for record revenues in excess of $25 million. Consistently grew revenue share and consistently outpaced the Chicago Radio market. Responsible for leading the WXRT-FM Sales team to become Chicago's #2 billing FM Radio station and CBS Radio's Top.

Chicago, Illinois

I was the General Sales Manager of WZZN-FM following its format change from Active Rock to Oldies, and during its transition from the Walt Disney Company to its new owner, Citadel Broadcasting. During this time I led a staff of 10 Account Executives, recruited and hired six new AE's while leading c complete turnaround of the staff. Verifiable results.

This was a three year contracted position that was successfully completed far ahead of schedule with all objectives and goals attained. In a special turnaround assignment I was hired by the investors of New Wave Broadcasting to reverse a trend of negative cash flow, improve operations, reduce unnecessary operating expenses, and position the cluster of.

Provided audio reports and actualities while covering professional and NCAA athletic events. Regular clients ranged from major Radio networks to sports rightsholders and team flagship stations to individual Sports Talk Radio stations such as KMPC-AM in Los Angeles and WFAN in New York.

As the the first General Manager of the newly formed Milwaukee Radio Alliance I led the operation through the initial transition effectively combining the operations of three Radio stations. Consistently delivered record revenues and targeted cash flow on each of the three Radio stations. Responsible for a staff of 70 employees and the overall management.

In my first management position I was responsible for the revenue of one of Milwaukee's top radio stations - WLUM-FM. I led the Sales Department to record revenues and participated in the team that launched New Rock 102 One in 1995. Overall responsibilities included the recruitment, hiring, training, and management of a team of 9 Account Executives. During.

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