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Greater Los Angeles Area

Greater Los Angeles Area

Sales Consultant -- broadcast media and post production -- for manufacturer and reseller organizations

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Western U.S. and Key Account Management
• With merger in place, responsible for managing growth of broader product portfolio throughout the Western Region and Key Accounts in Western U.S.
• Greater developed and influenced reseller sales and relationships with broader product portfolio.
• Further strengthened & expanded product portfolio into strategic, leading national sports & cable broadcasters.

Western U.S.

• Responsible for implementing new broadcast news/sports production system into Key Cable and Sports Networks throughout North America & Mexico.
• Successfully sold new generation, high-end sports highlights systems into major Cable, Sports Networks.
• Augmented and accelerated post-production sales in LA and other key cities in N. America. Maintained and increase solution dominance in LA marketplace & other key post-production regions of North America & Mexico.

Western U.S. - Mexico/Central America

• Managed overall regional broadcast, cable and post production sales efforts.
• Responsible and successfully increased broadcast and post-production business in Mexico.
• Greater developed/improved reseller/agent relationship and performance in Mexico.
• Increased business 175% in Mexico over 2 years into large scale broadcast networks and broadened post- production sales into new accounts.
• Successfully managed new post-production platform release into largest worldwide post market (LA) with Key Accounts and Film Studios.

Northwest U.S. And Western Canada

-Responsible for accelerating revenue generation throughout region accomplished through key account manager hiring and driving deeper market penetration and vertical product placement.-Developed and managed regional marketing initiatives to implement new product introductions and growth.-Exceeded Regional Quota on a consistent basis.

Mid-Atlantic Region (Northern Virginia)

• Responsible for all Broadcast, Post Production, Print and Government Sales:
• Formally established Mid-Atlantic Region within U.S. Sales Operations.
• Staffed sales and product support personnel and provided strategic direction/planning to effectively grow andsupport region.
• Substantially grew broadcast, post production, print and government sales on annual basis.
• Developed key Integrator/reseller business to augment both government and high-end corporate salesopportunities.
• Nationally recognized as fastest growing region two years in a row for Broadcast, Post and High End Print.

Northwest U.S./Western Canada

• Responsible for all Broadcast Station and Post Production Sales:
• Managed and consistently achieved sales targets and expanded new customer base within Region: California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Western Canada.
• Expanded sales in Region with healthy product mix and geographic distribution of both broadcast and high-end post products.
• New Product line positioning in the region; in charge of marketing and sales for the area.
• Increased sales in Northwest Region by 30% on recurring yearly basis.

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