David Perkins Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, NC United States

• Leadership - fostered a culture of teamwork and collaboration.
• Morale - Transformed a toxic culture into a positive work environment
• Coach - Trained employees in operations, sales, and customer service
• Service - Accelerated high-touch customer service
• Focus - on strategic and operational objectives
• Connection – Resolved conflicts, and built relationships

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Selling: Promoting products, explaining features, making recommendations, and closing sales Customer service: Greeting customers, understanding their needs, and providing personalized suggestions Negotiating: Negotiating offers and payment plans Processing paperwork: Completing paperwork and entering fabric change requests Delivering: Scheduling home.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

• Trained nonprofit leaders in development and event planning.
• Presided over all phases of both large and small events logistics—technology, contracts, cash flow management, planning, food & beverage, registration, room blocks, and budgets.
• Business plan development, strategy, planning, and client cultivation.
• Helped pivot the company to focus on virtual events to increase our market share in the COVID era.
• Consulted with nonprofit leaders to access needs.
• Assisted in pioneering webcasting capability.

Orlando, Florida Area

• Oversaw smooth running of a national office for a multinational company. Developed a high-morale environment where people wanted to work.
• Spearheaded a project reducing office space and rent by 30% while increasing the productivity of employees. Optimized office space planning implemented reconfigurations of Steelcase and Herman Miller furniture systems.
• Mentored new employees in operations, detail focus, and customer service.
• Implemented new norms for how people worked and related to space and technology.
• Piloted safety protocols and safety training including fire drills to mitigate risk.
• Managed allocation of technology to our staff and served as the first line of tech support—Apple Software, Microsoft Office, Publisher, Google Products, AutoCAD.

Orlando, Florida, United States

• Presided over all phases of both large and small events/conferences logistics—technology, contracts, cash flow management, planning.
• Managing food & beverage, registration, room blocks, budgets, transportation.
• Administered a student conference with a $950,000 budget.
• Multitasking—Led national events and ran 25-30 meetings a year.
• Organized—Assisted with running operations for a $2.5 million staff conference.
• Cultivated relationships with clients providing great customer service

Orlando, Florida, United States

See Responsibilities listed above in office manager role.

• I was selected from over 100 employees by our Supervisor of Elections to coach and mentor elections officials in Orange County, FL. I traveled throughout the County problem-solving on election days.ESSENTIAL DUTIES /.
• Train election clerks with procedural problems: ballot control, vote tabulation, media relations, Equipment Issues
• Assist in preparing voting boxes and supply boxes for all elections conducted by the Elections Office.
• Test and prepare voting equipment
• Assist voters during voting.
• Assist in training volunteer deputies, judges and poll workers.