De'Andre Hardy, Mba Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Greater Chicago/Il/In/Wi/Mn/Mo/Ms/Va

Goosehead is one of the largest and fastest growing independent insurance agencies in the US. We are a national agency serving clients in 42 states. Our service-based culture and alignment with 50+ A-rated insurance carriers allows us to offer comprehensive coverage, affordable rates, and the best client experience in the industry. We are passionate about our mission to protect families, having won exclusive awards from our carrier partners as well as having been featured in the Insurance Journal Magazine 3 times in the past two years for "Best Places to Work" and "Largest Personal Lines Independent Agency". Locations: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, and Virginia

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

For over 150 years, Commerce Bank has built a strong reputation as a “Super Community” bank and is recognized as an industry leader. In today's growing and competitive financial services industry, we provide creative and innovative solutions to meet the needs of our customers. Commerce consistently ranks among the top issuers of commercial cards, and was recently recognized as the 7th largest purchasing card issuer and the 16th largest commercial card provider in the US. With one of the fastest-growing commercial portfolios among Visa's top-issuing banks, we expect to continue our ascension up the commercial card ladder nationwide. Commerce delivers cutting-edge invoice and payment management programs combined with high-touch service. Our success in innovating technologies and tailoring solutions is built on our customer promise: We ask, listen and solve!As VP, Senior Account Executive - Commercial Card, I serve as an ambassador of Commerce Bank to our customer, crafting and selling customized Automated A/P Solutions and Card Payment Services to targeted companies in the Greater Chicago area. I am responsible for developing and cultivating high-level relationships and effective partnerships within public and private sector businesses, government and educational entities via relentless prospecting, effective listening, problem solving and consultation. I provide insights and solutions to my clients to help them do the following:Manage Payments with more Efficiency and Effectiveness via AP AutomationImprove Cash Flow and ForecastingSimplify AP, Expense, and Billing Processes while Reducing CostsEnjoy Industry-leading Commercial Payments Program Implementation, Program Adoption, Supplier Enablement and SupportGenerate and Maximize new Revenue Streams

Greater Chicago Area

Titan Business Consulting provides strategic advisory services to small market businesses, start-ups and non-profits in almost every stage of the business life-cycle. We service the greater Chicago area, and assist clients with strategic planning, problem solving, and business skills development. As Principal Business Consultant, I collaborate with business owners to identify and resolve issues and challenges that may be preventing them from achieving desired business results. My latest engagement involved assisting a finance team with the design and implementation of a commercial card payments program that maximized working capital for the client. The project included an in-depth analysis of their supplier relationships and accounts payable processes, and implementation of new card and electronic payment solutions.

Greater Chicago Area

American Express Global Commercial Payments (GCP) are innovators in the payments industry, at the forefront of creating solutions for mid-sized and large companies that help them leverage their purchasing power, eliminate labor-intensive operations in expense management, and broaden the use of cards and electronic payments to replace cash and checks. The GCP US Large Market Client Group manages strategic corporate payment relationships with clients, including many multi-national organizations and acquires new corporate payments customers with revenue over $500M.Strategic Account Management professional in the Global Commercial Payments business of American Express, charged with the formulation and execution of targeted payment strategies within global Fortune 500 book of business. Generated revenue growth while delivering value to retain and deepen relationships. Developed and executed a portfolio strategy to drive adoption, entrenchment, and growth of payment solutions (up-sell) while expanding share of wallet (cross-sell). Used consultative, client-centric approach, internal teaming, and Challenger sales methodology to influence change with external partners, while strengthening AMEX GCP value proposition for client base. Quota attainment: 109% and 103% of growth targets for 2015 and 2016, respectively

Greater Chicago Area

Iron Mountain Incorporated provides information management services that help organizations lower the costs, risks and inefficiencies of managing their physical and digital data. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain manages billions of information assets, including business records, electronic files, medical data, emails and more for organizations around the world.Corporate Account Manager responsible for developing, implementing and managing growth strategies for national accounts to ensure overall portfolio profitability, revenue growth, customer loyalty and business retention. Identified and assessed current and potential customer needs within a base of named enterprise accounts, and positioned Iron Mountain services to satisfy those needs and exceed stated client objectives. Quota attainment: 204% of growth target overall, 153% specifically for closed lead revenue generation in 2012

Lincolnshire, Il

As the leading provider of benefits administration for large and mid-sized organizations, Aon Hewitt provides a comprehensive suite of outsourcing solutions focused on the things their clients need the most. They apply more than 70 years of human resources expertise to drive better outcomes for their clients, helping them manage costs, drive participant outcomes and satisfaction, reduce risk and improve compliance. Benefits Operations Manager accountable for client management, operational performance, requirements, and delivery team project plan. Managed team of six Benefits Analysts, and provided quality assurance training and people leadership. Responsible for planning, managing, and monitoring work activities and measuring project schedules, capacity, and overall utilization. Owned client requirements and lead efforts to translate them into system capabilities. Identified process improvements that lead to year-over-year revenue gains and improvements in client operational workloads. Also served as key contact for Third-Party Administrators, and internal Shared Services. Accomplishments: Successfully managed health and welfare benefits delivery projects impacting 175,000 plan participants and $1 million in revenues. Coaching associates on operational effectiveness produced over $10K in service delivery cost savings in 2006.

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

As an Agency Resources Intern at State Farm's Illinois Regional Office I worked to develop and support the major marketing campaigns for State Farm Agents. This included the introduction of the State Farm Bank and other financial tools that were added to the suite of offerings to consumers. I also developed the reports used to track agent progress related to State Farm's promotions at that time.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Professional Mba Program

Professional MBA Program

Bachelor Of Arts, Business Administration, Sociology

Activities and Societies: *Varsity Football* *NCAA Committee* *NAACP* *Black Men In Action* *Anti-Discrimination Coalition*.

High School Diploma, Accelerated College Prep

Activities and Societies: *Varsity Football* *4H* *INROADS* *African American Club* *SOMOS* *ASPIRA*- Varsity Football Team Captain (1995).