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Chicago, Il

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Chicago, Il

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Chicago, Il

Engage2Serve, Inc. is an award-winning full-service provider of innovative technology solutions and services for the Higher Education sector. As Vice President of Business Development, I was responsible for building partner and client relationships in the U.S. market through a combination of direct sales outreach, marketing initiatives, webinars, whitepapers, trade show participation, etc. • Closed deals for products supporting student recruiting and success at 40 university and college campuses, including University of Florida, University of Nebraska, University of Mary, National American University and Ancilla College. • Closed deals to provide recruiting and lead generation services to more that 30 schools nationwide. • Led the implementation and adoption of high-impact sales practices within the organization, including CRM utilization, standardized sales reporting, online sales presentations and webinars, and "click-to-call" technologies.

Cappex.com is the leading site in the education space for college-bound students to use to find schools that are a great fit. The site was launched in February of 2007, and now has 8 million registered users and reaches more than 25% of college-bound high school students.• Joined the company in soon after the site launch to develop and execute the first revenue model for the organization. • Created a student recruitment product for traditional colleges and universities that became the core offering of the company. Developed product specs, pricing, and sales materials, and closed the first several sales before hiring a team to take on the sales role. • Generated multi-million dollar annual revenues by building strategic partnership relationships with organizations in several categories, including colleges/universities, student loans, military, test preparation, athletic recruitment, scholarships, and market research. • Closed deals with more than 100 organizations, including Discover Student Loans, Kaplan Test Prep, University of Illinois, Petersons, the DeVry University, Tribeca Flashpoint Academy, Harris Research, beRecruited, and the U.S. Air Force.

Led a team of sales professionals in developing new business across Monster’s portfolio of properties (Monster, FastWeb, Military, Tickle, etc). Led sales of all consumer advertising programs of any type within the Financial Services sector, and all Lead Generation programs across industries. • Delivered $45MM in revenue in 5 years, with average year-over-year revenue growth of 186%. Grew sales revenues from $2.8MM in 2002 to $24MM in 2006. • Consistently a top-performing consumer advertising salesperson in the company. Achieved over 140% of goal in each of the final 4 years.• Prospected and closed additional sponsorship and pay-for-performance deals with companies that included Bank of America, Chase, Discover, Lending Tree, Educational Direct, College Loan Corporation, Ameriprise, LowerMyBills, RE/MAX, and HSBC.

Responsible for new business development in this leading scholarship site that reaches 1 in 3 college students.• Independently closed a program with Bank of America that became the largest advertising program on the site, generating more than $200,000 in monthly revenues.• Developed a $600K/year line of business in the market research category in first 3 months with the company.• Created a custom sponsorship program for Citibank on the company’s FinAid.com web site that generated $150K+ in annual revenues.• Consistently ranked as the top revenue-producing salesperson in the company.

Part of a small group of sales professionals charged with developing new client accounts for this consumer market research company, now a unit of Omnicom Group, Inc. • Responsible for generating $3.5MM+ of new business annually.• One of the strongest early advocates of online research within the company. Sold online research studies to major clients including S.C. Johnson and Warner-Lambert Pharmaceuticals.

Chicago, Il

Managed all sales and marketing activities for this regional not-for-profit market research consulting firm. Grew revenues 300% during my tenure with the organization. Developed strong lines of business in the Banking, Health Care, Arts & Culture, and Not-For-Profit/Foundation sectors. Managed a staff of 3.Appeared on NBC Nightly News and in the Chicago Tribune commenting on research findings.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Concentration in Marketing

Bachelor'S, Marketing And Finance

Activities and Societies: Varsity Sailing Team, National ChampionGraduated Cum Laude Winner of the Kessler Award for Outstanding Student.