Blake Cannon Email & Phone Number

Pensacola, FL, US

Plano, Texas, US

I'm looking for the best and brightest sales individuals that understand how to shape unique, compelling, innovative, and differentiated value propositions. Email/text or call me - let's chat!!

Dublin 2, IE

• Lead a niche group of Senior specialized recruiters that source/recruit/hire all Sales related individuals across North America. Specializing in Executive/Director level Sales professionals for this Global 700,000+.
• Sales Recruiting Lead for Accenture Operations (Resources, Financial Services, Health & Public Service, Products and Communication, Media & Technology)
• Sales Recruiting Lead on the North American Application Services Group
• Sales Recruiting Lead for the Resources Operating Group (Energy, Utilities, Chemicals & Natural Resources)
• Sales Recruiting Lead for Acquity Group | Accenture Digital
• NA Sales MD Referral Advocate

South Bend, IN, US

• Responsible for all hiring in the Technology, Product Management & Sales Departments Company-wide.
• Hired more than 100 technology staff members to the company with skills ranging from C#,.Net, CISCO UC, SFDC, CRM, Big Machines, Dynamics AX, JAVA, Python, Django
• Hired all Sales Executives for the company from May 2012 to present.
• Hired Healthcare Analytics and big data professionals mainly with experience working with regulatory agencies such as CMS, AHRQ, TJC & NFQ
• Hired multiple Product Management & Product Analyst professionals in Chicago, Boston, Baltimore & Charlotte mostly with Clinical backgrounds with experience from Concept to shelf.Contractor Management
• Created & managed the company Contractor Program

• Responsible for the recruitment of individuals supporting clients in Healthcare, High-Tec & the Federal Government. This includes contract, contract to hire and direct hire positions into technical roles.
• Responsible for the direct placement of Sales Executives selling software into the Hospital Market.
• Evangelist for Veterans and promoting programs to facilitate the hiring of Veterans. Recruit Nationwide for major clients that include Pace Americas, Siemens Medical, Eclipsys, McKesson, Surgical Information Systems.

Austin, TX, US

Program Director of Higherout Hero - As a Disabled Military Veteran - I was proud to be involved in building and directing the HigherOut Hero Program. The mission of the program is to assist new military veterans with the transition from service to civilian employment and help current veterans land a great career.

Menlo Park, CA, US

Responsible for new business development and fulfillment of technical positions in the Austin area.

• Engagement Experience:
• Sourcing Consultant to MeadWestvaco, to recruit SAP experts for all modules.
• Recruiting Consultant to Digital Business Processes / NeatReceipts, Inc, to recruit Quality Assurance Engineers, Technical Writers, and Senior Software Developers.
• Sourcing Consultant to CNET Networks, Bridgewater, New Jersey and Cambridge Massachusetts, to recruit technology candidates for both markets. Candidates included Software Engineers and Network Operations Engineers.
• Sourcing Consultant to Temel, Inc., Boonton, New Jersey, to recruit Executive Level Sales, Senior Level Web Developers, Technical Architects, and Project Managers.

Dublin 2, IE

• Held a position with a firm that provides staffing & consulting services to mid-tier, fortune-500, healthcare and government firms throughout the US. Responsible for Business Development and Fulfillment efforts.
• Responsible for Sales & Account Development
• Placements include VP of Sales, Area VP, New Business Sales Executives, AE’s selling Software into the Hospital market with a Price Point of 18 to 25 million dollars. Also recruited software developers and.
• Work directly with CEO’s, Sales Directors, IT Managers & HR Directors and others to identify hiring needs and processes.

• Decision Consultants, Inc. (DCI, Inc.) - Acquired by CIBER Responsibilities and activities involved:
• Responsible for business development and staffing for the South-Central region of the country comprised of Austin, San Antonio and Houston and their IBM Business.
• President’s Club
• Increased growth of over 300% in 1st year.

• Presidents club 1997 and 1998
• Platinum service award 98, Recruiter of the month 6 times
• Secured an outsourced staffing project worth 3 million over a two year period at IBM in 1998 within the AIX Build Group – CIBER currently still owns that project.

• Responsible for different aspects of the business including the IT department, customer support, and operational staff.
• Managed customer support and operational staff
• Managed 4 direct reports (managers) & 49 FTE’s.
• Network Administration - Managed the UNIX, Novell 4.1 & Windows NT Network
• Hardware/Software Support -
• End user software support for all PC applications

• Provided tech-support to the 139 chain stores in malls throughout the United States.
• Provided Executive desktop support.
• Implemented migration of 100+ workstations.
• Troubleshoot/resolve printer issues, network issues, and all hardware/software issues.
• Administration of file, backup and mainframe servers.
• Troubleshoot and resolve hardware issues, server connectivity, Remote Access dial-up problems, printer jams and other peripheral support.

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Served with the 6th Cavalry Training Brigade at Fort Knox, KY. Transferred to the Army’s Premier Cavalry Fighting Unit, the 3rd of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Bad Hersfeld, FRG. Remainder of time in service.
• 2 Army Commendation Medals
• 5 Army Achievement Medals
• 2 Good Conduct Medals (1987/1990)
• NCO Professional Development Ribbon (1988)
• Overseas Service Ribbon (1984-1987)

Military

Business, Management, Sales

Cs/Cis, Computer Information Systems

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