Speedwork provides B2B marketing and lead generation via LinkedIn.

Word Towing Solutions manages towing service websites in the United States.

Physical Therapy Near Me makes it easy for new patients to find the best physical therapists in the US.

Sales Catalyst, LLC provides fractional sales executive services for tech start-ups.

ICS provides phone systems and IT services for small to mid-sized businesses that need help getting the most out of their technology.

Malaika Consultants specializes in developing eCommerce websites and mobile apps for small business eRetailers.

Code A Site provides custom SharePoint development services for SMB and Enterprise companies.

Penny a Mile is a not for profit organization dedicated to helping endurance athletes, adventurers, and other "edge runners" use their perseverance, dedication, and adrenaline to raise money for charity! Penny a Mile started with the idea of people donating 1 cent per mile for hiking the Appalachian Trail (2180 miles).

CloudFuze provides cloud to cloud data migrations for enterprise businesses.

Exinent provides Magento development for SMB eCommerce merchants.

The Sixth Flag is a unique desktop as a service solution designed for user groups that require the highest level of security to protect highly valuable proprietary data.

Co-Host of a bi-weekly “invite only” networking social for local small business owners, innovative consultants / professionals and power networkers.Built invite / attendee list from 0 to 200+, created the “Pay It Forward” social impact mission and built a networking event brand that is known throughout “The Triangle” Small Business Owner and Entrepreneur community.

The Small Business Council (SBC) is an extension of the Durham Chamber of Commerce made up of local small business owners and professionals. The role of the SBC is to extend the resources of the Chamber to develop and deliver programs that will be bring more value to the Chamber’s small business membership base to allow them to get the most out of their investment. The SBC also has development and direction oversight for the following chamber programs.- Business Roundtables- Executive Lunch Series- Chamber U - New Curriculum Launch on 9/17/12- Meet the Buyers - Event Date 10/3/12- Networking Certification Program - Coming Soon- Small Business Spotlight Newsletter - Coming SoonThere are many exciting programs that the SBC has been developing and improving over the past 4 months designed to improve the quality of the Chamber's brand and member value.If you have suggestions on new programs that would benefit your business and the small business community as a whole I want to hear about them so please contact me so we can discuss your ideas.

This patented fitness product has been featured on “The Today Show” and in “Shape Magazine” in its first year of existence. Set Starter is a unique fitness device designed to dramatically improve the effectiveness of workouts involving timed intervals between activity and rest. The interval training market is desperate for a better alternative to stop watches and cell phone timers. Set Starter is the answer. Darren was recruited by Set Starters founder to help him build a value business that would be attractive to investors and acquiring companies.

Working for the world’s largest search engine companies analyzing websites with 1st Page search rankings to identify black hat ranking strategies.

Reset is a small business growth enablement firm.

Recruited by the CEO to assist him in developing and deploying a go to market strategy on an interim basis for the 3 months following the launch of the HypeStarter platform.HypeStarter is a unique platform designed for venue owners and event promoters. It creates greater visibility to their target audiences and provides them with valuable patron / attendee data that is not obtainable in any other way.

Lead consultant and business development professional responsible for aligning Insperity's business performance technology and service offerings with growth oriented small businesses.Leverage subject matter expertise in human resources, finance, sales, operations, employee benefits, training & development, outsourcing, operations, agile business models, service delivery, technology and change management to educate executive teams on the best practices within the small business community that are delivering greater outcomes.

Founded in 1987 to address the needs of Orange County citizens living with mental illness, Club Nova provides a holistic, caring environment designed to promote rehabilitation and reintegration into the community. Club Nova follows the successful Clubhouse Model pioneered by Fountain House in New York City. Club Nova focuses on members' strengths and potential rather than their illness.If you would like to learn more about Club Nova please let me know.

Corporate Technologies provides IT consulting services, project staffing, and systems integration to clients seeking continual transformation and optimization of their IT and Data infrastructures. Through the effective use of Virtualization, Cloud Computing, and High Impact Business Intelligence, we help our clients reduce operational costs, protect critical IT assets, and position themselves for growth.Strategic Partners include: Commvault, F5, IBM, Microsoft, NetApp, Oracle, Oracle/Sun, SAP, Symantec & VMware

Strategic advisor to the CEO for 6 months prior to the initial product launch of the company's proprietary enterprise class web solutions.Developed the company's consultative sales process & presentations, initial market penetration strategy, corporate rebranding strategy for both traditional & interactive mediums and sales candidate interview process.I delivered the initial market penetration to and project engagement with Fortune 1,000 companies including: UPS, Toys R Us, Novartis, Johnson & Johnson and Diageo.

Utilized a consultative selling approach to C-Level executives aligning ADP's workforce management solutions to the business needs and challenges of my clients and prospects.Consistently had the highest profit margins and client retention rates in the northeast division which my clients told me was because of the quality of my sales process, the depth of understanding I had of their business and my business and that fact that I would help them realize and validate the full ROI that I presented.Completed ADP's value based sales training program. (ADP was ranked #2 globally in sales training and development by Training Magazine at that time.)Achieved 100% or greater of yearly quota in 4 of 5 years as a sales representative.Promoted twice in my first two years from a hunter in the 50-99 employee market space to a hunter in the 50-500 employee market space and then to a hunter in the 100 - 1,000 employee market space.Selected as the representative for corporate sales organization technology pilot programs for the North NJ major accounts sales organization and worked with the sales operations team on 7 pilots during my tenure.Mentored 6 sales representatives through couching and a shadowing program designed for new hires.

Managed a four producer sales team and grew revenue by 25% from $4 million to $5 million in my first year as sales manager for a department that experienced no growth over the previous 5 years.Developed and implemented strategic changes in market focus away from low profit single product regional clients to large national distributors for our entire product line which resulted in higher profits, a reduction in overhead costs and accelerated growth for the department. Conducted a market analysis and recommend a strategic acquisition target to the CEO designed to open new revenue streams via emerging products, improve distribution costs & effectiveness and accelerate market penetration into strategic geographies. The company that I recommended was acquired 2 weeks later by a large national competitor. Recommended to the CEO that based on the commoditized nature of our products that the company should shift its focus to hiring young, intelligent, aggressive sales representatives which was implemented and resulted in record corporate growth over the next 3 years. Developed the new corporate messaging during the sales interview process highlighting the benefits of the position as a first outside sales role for candidates which resulted in the hiring of 9 recent college graduate over 2 years who drove the company's annual revenue from $30 million to $40 million over the same time frame.

Served as lead sales person for all laminating equipment and supplies targeting national school and office distributors.Achieved 100% or greater of yearly quota in both years as a sales representative.Expanded business of my product line by 35% in my first year and 85% in my second year. Was the top sales rep in the company in my 1st year and was ranked #2 the 2nd year at the time of my promotion to management.

I was hired by the newly hired president of this 2nd stage startup who knew me from Merrimac Industries (below) to create and implement the initial business process infrastructure needed to support the planned growth of the business.Created and implemented business policies, processes, technology and vendor relationships in the areas of: business operations, procurement, quality control, inventory, project management, shipping / receiving, product testing and sales administration / communication.Microwave Concepts was acquired 2 months after I left the organization.

Coordinated the reporting, negotiating and collection of freight claim reimbursements from national freight carriers for product that was damaged in transit.Leveraged relationship building with carrier contacts, organized & regular communication and the creation of an internal claim tracking system to improve financial KPI's for freight claim collections.After 1 year I reduced average monthly open freight claims from $500k / month to $100 / month and improved the average days outstanding on claims from 73 days to 38 days.

Over an 18 month engagement as the point person for a 3 person turnaround team with the task of getting entrenched in a business unit for 30-45 days to map out each departments business processes which were heavily paper driven, redundant and inefficient.My job was to be hands on in each department and create business process workflows that were then used by the senior consultants to streamline each department's business processes.I worked in the following departments of the core business unit over the first 12 months of my tenure: sales, finance, pick/pack, shipping/receiving, manufacturing, operations, quality control, inventory, procurement, engineering and HR.Over the final 6 months of my tenure I was put in charge of implementing the same business processes for Merrimac's emerging products business unit as had been done in the core business unit.The emerging products business unit was acquired by Qualcomm 1 month after I completed the business process improvement plan.