Entrepreneur ► Sales & Marketing ★ Branding ★ Product Development ★ Trainer ★ Project Management
Onset Of Career Path Leading Up To Co-Founder – Bashert Enterprises, Llc
Each of the following positions provided and enhanced multiple skills sets, and in particular, cultivated the ability to influence, motivate, mentor, coach and lead. The foundation was always one in which I found myself deriving satisfaction from setting and achieving ambitious goals, individually and through staff leadership. A few key benchmarks are illustrated below.2005 – 2010: Consultant; Daphne Keute – St. Paul, MN:★ Designed “Giraffrican Mix” wine label and raised capital for the non-profit business organization, "Assumption Sisters of Nairobi" to build a nursing college in Kenya, Africa.★ Created, developed and represented a line of holistic and natural products for CIMA (Complimentary and Integrative Medicinal Arts).★ Performed as outside sales consultant on behalf of a magazine; for skin correctors, personally tailored treatments destined to equilibrate cutaneous imbalances of varying skin types; and as Sales & Marketing Director for a homebuilder/developer.1996 – 2004: Sales & Marketing Director; Sprint Publishing & Advertising – Overland Park, KS:★ Recipient of multiple awards spanning an 8-year period in recognition of Customer Service; Creative Ads; and Sales Leadership, Mentorship and Guidance.★ Achieved over 430% of quota in year 1 and subsequently promoted to Senior Account Manager where I performed at or above quota each consecutive year.★ Account management consisted of acquiring 20% new business annually, and 80% client retention by renewing, upselling or cross-selling.1992 – 1996: Marketing Assistant to Director of R & D; 3M – St. Paul, MN:★ Started my career experience in the roll out of new products; and★ Management of data for presentation to chief investors located in Sumitomo, Japan.