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Wichita, Kansas

PURE Workplace Solutions is a rebranding of Contract Furnishings Rents. We provide office furniture for south central Kansas! Same location, same address - new options!Enabling clients to create functional, productive, comfortable and stylish environments for customers and employees. We provide design services and industry expertise to help our clients.

Enabling clients to create functional, productive, comfortable and stylish environments for customers and employees. We provide design services and industry expertise to help our clients make the best choices in new, used and custom casegoods, modular systems furniture and other furnishings to achieve the desired environment. My job is to help my clients.

Sales of equipment, software and services in Wichita and western Kansas. Nine sales representatives reporting. Branch quota of $366,000 revenue and $84,180 gross profit per month.

Among the first 75 IKON employees to be trained as Black Belts by Six Sigma Academy. Two-year assignment to work projects with a minimum bottom line benefit per project of $250,000. First two projects involved improving Service Parts Warranty Capture in the United States. Total value of improvements exceeded $1.1 million per year. One project took process.

• Departmental P&L responsibility for service operations from seven offices in Kansas and Oklahoma. Span of control included 5 service managers and 79 service technicians. Generated service revenues of $13,730,000 and.
• Led organization during period of aggressive internal growth and acquisition. Transitioned from local independent dealer to a Fortune 500 company.
• Increased monthly service technician productivity from 800,000 to 1.75 million images per technician from FY1998 to FY2003. Images supported increased from 98 million to 132 million images per month. Machines supported.
• Exceeded target response time of 4.14 hours with 4.12-hour average response time in August 2003. 83.4% of customers surveyed in FY2003 were “very satisfied” with service response.

Marketing computer-connected office products, including color copiers and digital copier/printers. Educated sales staff on basic computer concepts. Installed and maintained IBM RS/6000 computer and Ethernet PC LAN. Produced marketing materials for internal and external audiences, including employee newsletter and direct mail pieces. Company acquired by.

Designed and implemented new procedures for delivering products and services to customers for a Wichita-based developer and integrator of newspaper computer systems. Responsibility included management of on-site and phone support of computer hardware and software.

Managed product development of the Freedom Series wire capture and text editing software for Mycro-Tek, a Wichita-based developer and integrator of newspaper computer systems. Led interdepartmental team for these products comprised of engineering, marketing, sales and operations employees. Selected as site leader managing installation, training.

Held a variety of positions involved with in-house and on-site customer training on Macintosh- and PC-based software products for a Wichita-based developer and integrator of newspaper computer systems. Developed training materials. Trained trainers. Provided phone support.

Wrote user’s manual for display advertising composition software and newspaper computer system.

Filled in for assistant news editor, wire editor, makeup editor and slot editor, in addition to handling copy-editing duties. Skilled in grammar, spelling, Associated Press style, headline writing and page design

Responsible, with managing editor, for layout and copy editing of daily newspaper averaging 20 pages and circulation of 16,000. Duties also included business reporting, supervision of reporters, and selection of wire stories and photos. Newspaper part of B.F. Shaw Printing Co.

Sold display advertising to established and new accounts. Developed advertising plans for smaller businesses. Coordinated ad schedules with ad agencies or in-house employees for larger accounts. Assigned to handle Montgomery Ward, Showboat Hotel and Casino, and Saks Fifth Avenue accounts. Landed Chief Auto Parts, division of Southland Corp. (7-Eleven), as.

All But Thesis Towards Master'S Degree, Journalism

I completed all degree requirements except a thesis for a Master's degree at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism. I.

Bachelor Of Arts, Journalism Major, Marketing And Political Science Minors

I majored in journalism and minored in marketing and political science. I also was business manager for the Engineering College magazine.