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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.
• 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.
• 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".

• 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.
• 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.
• Generated multi-million dollar annual revenues by building strategic partnership relationships with organizations in several categories, including colleges/universities, student loans, military, test preparation.
• 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.

• 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.
• 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.

• 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.

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.