Gary R. Coleman Email & Phone Number

Plymouth, Mn, Us

Hudson, Nh, Us

New Castle, Delaware, Us

Promoted to Senior Sales Manager in July 2020. Responsible for maintaining Sales Showroom with 20+ machines, Sales office, including Tech Center and 10,000 Sq Ft warehouse. Coordination of logistics for shipment and maintaining sales in territory. Territory consists of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas.

Developed Western half of Texas For architectural woodworking machinery sales. Managed client's needs and coordinated shipping and installation of sold products, Maintained client database and relationships. Attended and worked industry trade shows.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Developed client base and solicited to sell financial products/life insurance. attained life and health insurance sales licenses.

Outside Sales. Develop Call lists and work with cabinet makers, and manufacturers of wood products to market high-end industrial woodworking machinery.

The Delta Chi Educational Foundation strives to offer opportunities for a variety of donor supported programs and activities by recognizing, motivating, and promoting academic excellence. • Build/enhance relationships with major donors. Generate revenue and steward high-value alumni donors.• Travel to alumni events as a speaker to bestow awards and successfully stimulate interest and encourage giving back to the fraternity. • Secure contacts and increase the Foundation’s exposure/branding via social media and direct electronic marketing.• Produce quarterly electronic newsletters, including composing and editing feature stories and performing page layout to enhance aesthetics and optimize visual attention.• Regularly update and maintain Foundation’s website; improve return on investment by providing content, disseminating news and information, building/rebuilding and promoting image, and enhancing site usability.

Plan yearly Show Car campaign for agency visits, trade show appearances and conventions. Work directly with regional coordinators and territory managers. Work with event coordinators for logistics of events and proper placement of marketing materials, including a non-working race car and truss-system display booth. Discover new methods of attracting more attendees to events and to ultimately increase sales for partner agents involved in show car events. Contact agents after events for comments and suggestions for improvement. Complete weekly synopsis of events complete with photos and figures from attendance, leads and sales.Selected accomplishments include:Brought about an average of 53% increase in sales from agencies after show car eventsConducted more than 130 show car events through the 2007 campaignIncreased brand-name recognition in 7 states company operates.

Contact potential agents in Nortwest Texas for appointment with growing auto insurance company. Close those deals to round out a market footprint in the area and establish Gainsco as a loyal provider to agents. Communicate on a recurring basis with all agencies. Work with agents to promote their business by using cooperative advertising structure and bonus programs. Work daily with ACT! Database to ensure accurate reporting of all activites within territory. Work with corporate marketing and individual agents to identify problems for prompt resolution. Work with IT departments and Help Desk to implement changes within Gainsco's website. Report sales forecasts and trends to corporate managers to increase sales.Selected accomplishments include:Increased annual sales from just over $1 million in 2005 to just under $4 million in 2006, Increased agent base in territory from 45 agents to 126.

Initiate contact with potential contracted agents, set appointments, present and promote company products and services, and close the sale to attain loyal new relationships for this established auto insurance provider achieving nearly $60 million in annual revenues. Communicate with agents to provide information regarding conversion to fully-automated policy issuance and electronic payment system. Report to company offices in Dallas, Waco, and Tulsa, communicating directly with marketing managers, underwriting staff, and administrative managers to coordinate operations and promptly resolve issues. Report weekly sales and marketing figures to regional managers. Provide training and feedback to agents to improve performance. Selected accomplishments include:Increased annual sales from $250,000 in 2001 to more than $6 million in 2002, and topped $8 million in 2003 by identifying and capitalizing on profitable rollover opportunities.Successfully integrated new marketing campaign into Oklahoma and Arkansas in 2004 after company acquired another insurance company.Key participant in project to convert written policies to IBM AS400 system; assisted IT department to design a new Web-based policy system that would support needs of agents. Developed all promotional campaigns and advertising to support new system implementation and success.Streamlined collection of data by designing questionnaire used for overall design of new system.Converted 450+ agents from one company onto the company database; executed new contracts, and collected licenses, errors and omissions policies.Attain and grow productive relationships with 600+ agents in Texas and another 200 in Oklahoma and Arkansas; provide focused training to agents' customer service representatives to ensure full knowledge of products, systems, and effective customer service techniques.Review loss runs and suggest strategies to improve performance.

Transitioned to the insurance industry and built strong marketing and sales skills, building strong relationships with non-standard agents, presenting and selling insurance policies to the public, and writing/servicing policies for this wholesale property and casualty insurance provider. Secured and maintained current independent agent contracts. Designed and implemented promotional products and services. Managed online processing system. Completed industry research to remain abreast of trends and new technology. Maintained end-of-day bookkeeping functions, and oversaw supply-inventory processes. Selected accomplishments include:Loyal customers included top producer among the branch's more than 600 agents.Chosen to provide training and supervision to five customer service representatives within this office; delivered instruction regarding quoting and writing policies, and providing exceptional customer service; reviewed agents' performance, and suggested sales-improvement methodsExpanded communication and language skills through extensive interactions with Spanish-speaking clients.; , wrote, edited, and budgeted feature stories, news, and game reports for this established metropolitan newspaper with 2,000+ employees. Planned and designed daily sports news pages. Selected accomplishments include:Demonstrated proficiency at headline writing, statistics compilation, and editing under tight deadlines.

Fort Worth, Tx, Us

Night Copy Editor for Sports Section. Layout and design of news pages. Headline Writing, tagline writing. Editing pages and approving them for publication by deadline. Work with writers and editors on story budgeting.

Served as blurb writer for various sports cards and collectible books and magazines published by Beckett. Responsibilities included providing written descriptions of card designs, and collaborating with industry analysts to assign value and prices to collectibles. Selected accomplishments include:Offered permanent position following successful internship required to attain college degree.

Gained valuable experience in journalism, serving in varied positions in this paid position. Participated in writing, editing, and proofreading published pieces. Developed story concepts. Utilized various computer programs to design news pages and advertising. Selected accomplishments include:Chosen by the University Advisory Committee to serve as Chief Editor during Spring 1996, responsible for developing and managing budgets, overseeing the layout of the publication, and placing advertisements.Gained experience in photojournalism while covering the University's 1995 football season.Provided effective training and supervision for 12 employees.Gained valuable experience in prior long-term; with responsibility for coordinating the shipping of all materials to support the openings of franchises throughout the U.S.; additionally responsible for working with Marketing Managers and Department to coordinate trade shows, setting up Mac-based operating systems, and providing technical training to new franchisees.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Public Relations, Advertising, And Applied Communication

Bs, Journalism, History, Political Science