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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Area Director NW South Eastern Operations managed 6 Regional Managers and 54 store locations with Revenues of $52,000,000 annually and 15% Net Operating Profits. Increased New customer sales and growth while company trends were in decline. Successfully turned around poor-performing stores and regions and implemented strategic changes to improve store performance, sales, and profits. Ranked in the Top 5 of Area Directors.

Houston, Texas, United States

Senior Regional Manager for Homesmart a division of Aaron's Inc. I was responsible for 20 stores from Houston Texas to Albuquerque New Mexico. Took poor performing stores from negative 15% store net profits to 18% store net profits in 3 years.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Regional Manager for NE Atlanta area managing 10-14 stores. Responsible for all daily operations, staffing, sales, collections, and performance management. Took the region from 106th to#16 by December 2010.Promoted two Regional Managers, and hired, trained, and developed high-performing managers which improved overall store operations, profits, and sales. Was asked by the COO Ken Butler to go to Houston to work on the Homesmart division and was promoted and transferred in November 2012.

Duluth, Georgia, United States

Manage the day-to-day activities and P/L operations of the Home Mortgage lending office. Primary duties include recruiting and training top loan officers to originate Prime and subprime mortgages.I started as a sub-prime Home Mortgage Consultant and, within a year was promoted to Sales Manager and then to Branch Manager. In May 2007 converted from Sub-prime to Prime Loan officer.• Customer Service Star Award 100% 2004, 2006 and 2008• Top 10% National Producer September 2005, January 2006, April 2008• Ranked #23 out of 330 Sub Prime HMC’s 2005 • Top 5 2006 HCS SE Region Branch office Volume and Profit• Prime and FHA certified May 2007• Renovation Certified October 2007• 2006 Sub Prime Branch Volume $30,454,000 / NOI $202,000 66.27 BPS• 2007 Branch Volume 43 Million 651,000 NOI 152 BPS• 2008 Personal Production 56 loans for $15,264,826 August 2007 to July 2008

Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States

Owner of start-up staffing company for contract and permanent placement of Information Technology and Senior Executive candidates. I create Career Match Consulting from the ground up. This position required new Business development, recruiting, and placement of candidates throughout the United States.• Outside Sales New Business Development/Solicited clients/on-site visits/company presentations• Recruiting/Interviewing/background investigations• Specialized in JAVA, Oracle, Top Secret Full Scope Poly and CI Poly, Quality Assurance, Remedy, Hardware Technicians, Software Development, Executive IT, Web Developers, Business Analyst, Help Desk, Mainframe DB2’s, IT Architects and many other IT consulting positions.• Established Company Funding for Payroll and expenses• Set up all banking and payroll procedures• Collected receivables and managed cash flow• Set up all company contracts and recruited and submitted all qualified candidates to clients• Set up large long-term consulting projects for clients in Georgia and National Accounts.

Lithonia, Georgia, United States

Managed the daily operations of 43 rental stores generating 24 million dollars in revenues annually. Supervised a staff of 214 employees including 7 District Managers. Instrumental in growing revenues from 12 million to 24 million in 2.5 years. Directly responsible for budgeting, forecasting, capital management, P/L management, analysis, support staff, incentives, inventory, H/R recruiting and retention, site selection, vehicle maintenance, training, policy and procedures, collections, and employee counseling and terminations.• Successfully turned around 10 stores in Northeast Georgia to top performers exceeding budgeted revenues 800K and profits by 300K. • Planned, implemented and launched 6 new stores in 18 months which exceeded budgeted revenues and profits.• Promoted to Director of Operations in December 1998.• Received the President Award in 1997 for demonstrating the best example of company values, culture and generating the highest results.• Repeat performance on exceeding budgeted revenues by 700K and profits by 350K in 1998.• Instrumental in creating up-to-date training classes.• Improved gross margins by 1.5% and decreased inventory losses by 1% in 1999.• Instituted strategic development plans for 7 District Managers on how to run their stores profitably and efficiently.• Taught monthly manager meetings and management trainee training courses.• Conducted BI-monthly District manager meetings and financial P/L reviews.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Multi-Unit manager for up to 13 stores throughout the Southeast with revenues of 12 Million annually and profits of 27%. Strong experience in operations, P/L management, team building, recruiting, budgeting, forecasting, inventory control, marketing, training, employee development, collections, and attention to store merchandising and details. • Turn-around specialist, with a history of taking over failing stores and turning them into success.• Taskforce Manager, a group of experts designated to impact failing stores and improve their revenue, debt collections, and operating procedures.• Was selected as the marketing team leader, which reviewed, critiqued, and approved all advertising and promotional plans for the company.• Selected to the merger and acquisition team, a group of regions designated by the operations team to conduct due diligence, audits, and store operating plans for acquired companies.• Top Performer for 1987.• Consistently one of the top four Regional Managers for 10+ years.• Flawless execution of company training sessions and programs.• Opened 3 new stores, which exceeded budgeted expectations.• Received numerous awards, incentive trips, and acknowledgments for exceeding expectations.