Erica is part of a husband-and-wife entrepreneur team with 3 wonderful kids and is a member of several local business networking organizations. In her free time, Erica is involved in Girl Scouts and the Parent Teacher Association (PTA). Erica and Matt chose College H.U.N.K.S. because of the culture and how they truly live by their core values. Our favorite core values are Building Leaders and Create a Fun Enthusiastic Environment. We proudly serve Arlington Heights, Park Ridge, Des Plaines, Palatine, Mount Prospect, Niles, Morton Grove, Skokie, Lincolnwood, Jefferson Park, Norridge, Harwood Heights, Golf, and Hoffman Estates. We serve the future home of the Chicago Bears, Arlington Racetrack, Oakton Community College, Harper College, and Roosevelt University. We have donation relationships with WINGS, Local refugee groups including RCC Refugee Community Connection, Goodwill, Habitat For Humanity ReStore®, PickUpMyDonation.com, Catholic Charities, Smash Rooms, Home of the Sparrow, and care about recycling and helping the environment.

Erica spent 13 years working to optimize customers' commercial vehicle fleets. She understands both strategic and tactical challenges that Fleet Leaders face and has worked across a fleet vehicle's entire lifecycle to find optimization solutions. Working with Erica feels like working with a consultant that puts your needs first, which is further exemplified by her strong brand within the fleet industry and leadership roles within key industry organizations NAFA & AFLA. With an additional 9 years of banking and finance experience prior to commercial fleet, Erica is comfortable engaging with everyone from CXOs to fleet drivers. - Highest revenue-generating salesperson in company’s 25-year history @ $15 Million booked business- Closed company’s first ever Software As A Service contract @ $4.5 Million- Represented Derive at 25+ trade shows and conferences, including several presenting roles- Responsibility for the entire deal lifecycle, target identification, outreach, gaining initial interest, moving deal through pipeline, test pilots, executive buy-in, creating and negotiating contracts, leading the implementation and rollout projects. Continuously executed with limited resources. - Utilized a variety of tools, including LinkedIN Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo, HubSpot, Bronto, NetSuite- New product Go To Market experience with Derive VQ, a cutting-edge automotive technology

Business Moves Better with WheelsFor over 78 years, Wheels, Inc. has provided sophisticated business-to-business services to Fortune 1000 Companies. As one of the most respected companies in the industry, Wheels offers a full spectrum of fleet management services including automobile and truck leasing, maintenance, and remarketing. With over $2 billion in assets, Wheels, Inc. is a financially solid, well-run company that is leveraging state-of-the-art technology and nationwide vendor networks to better serve the needs of clients with large and mid-sized national or global fleets. I was responsible for developing new business with a select group of strategic prospects, applying consultative approaches and solutions and managing all aspects of a multi-level relationship with new clients with annual spend of $20-$120MM.- $3 billion in assets- 325,000 vehicles under management in North America. Coverage in 54 countries representing over 1.7 million vehicles.- The largest privately-held fleet management company in North America- Purchase and remarket 120,000 vehicles per year- Exceptional credit ratings

Vice President Business Development "Hunter" focused on selling Fleet Leasing & Fleet Management to Fortune 500 companies in the Midwest and Southeast US.- Seek out and qualify new prospective clients. Cold call as well as email to schedule sales discovery calls.- Present our fleet management technology and service solutions via face-to-face meetings, website demonstrations, conference calls, complex RFP team pitches, and webinars. Focus on technology differentiators.- Gather and analyze internal data, external company websites, public filings & reports, and industry websites prior to meetings in order to recommend solutions that will save prospects time and money. - Maintain & develop excellent communication skills (listening, verbal, and written).- Close new business partnerships, penetrating and managing these partnerships through their first 3 years of our relationship.- Coordinate and prepare all correspondence on behalf of Donlen throughout the sales cycle for a new client (emails, brochures, custom presentations, meetings, RFP responses). - Manage and update all communications via Salesforce.com.

Led the risk management process from initial customer prospect visit through loan payoff. Primarily focused on senior secured enterprise based loans with private equity sponsor involvement.