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Grand Rapids, Mi, Us

VPE was established to support the needs of our internal business units as they continued to grow and diversify. VPE’s unique shared services model allows the independent brands in our portfolio to leverage shared operational resources while maintaining their own unique brands and go-to-market strategies. Vista IT Group, V3 Distribution and Vista Financial Services are the companies that make up Vista Private Equity today. As a family-owned business, we are among a handful of private equity companies in the US who invests exclusively in the technology sector.•Creating, implementing and communicating corporate mission, vision, goals, and overall direction.•Manage organizational P&L to company performance objectives.•Responsible for operational resources to ensure alignment with overall company direction and long term strategic plan.•Encourage and maintain relationships with partners, vendors, and distributors. •Oversee multi-million dollar inventory of technology assets consisting of Cisco, Dell, HPE, IBM/Lenovo.•Supervise the planning and development of company marketing efforts and tactics. •Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the company in areas including sales, methods, costs, and results.•Research competitive landscape for opportunities to enter new markets and verticals for customer acquisition and organizational growth strategies. •Promote company culture, employee retention and community awareness.

Ada, Mi, Us

Our goal is to simplify IT. Specializing in virtualization and Dell enterprise products, Optio Data delivers efficiencies and flexibility to customers of every size and industry. Optio accomplishes this by leveraging a state-of-the-art technology facility and multi-million dollar inventory of servers, storage, and networking products. All of which is delivered through a world-class professional services organization.• Develop and coordinate sales selling cycle and methodology.• Research and develop strategies and plans which identify marketing opportunities, direct marketing, and new project development.• Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of sales, methods, costs, and results.• Develop and manage sales and marketing budgets, and oversee the development and management of internal operating budgets.• Directly manage major and critical developing client accounts, and coordinate the management of all other accounts.• Supervise the planning and development of company marketing and communications materials.• Supervise the preparation, issuance, and delivery of sales materials, exhibits, and promotion programs.• Promote positive relations with partners, vendors, and distributors.• Recommend and administer policies and procedures to enhance operations.• Establish and implement short- and long-range departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures.Website: www.optiodata.comTwitter: twitter.com/OptioDataFacebook: facebook.com/OptioData

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• Develop and coordinate sales selling cycle and methodology. • Research and develop strategies and plans which identify marketing opportunities, direct marketing, and new project development. • Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of sales, methods, costs, and results. • Develop and manage sales and marketing budgets, and oversee the development and management of internal operating budgets. • Directly manage major and critical developing client accounts, and coordinate the management of all other accounts. • Supervise the planning and development of company marketing and communications materials. • Supervise the preparation, issuance, and delivery of sales materials, exhibits, and promotion programs. • Promote positive relations with partners, vendors, and distributors. • Recommend and administer policies and procedures to enhance operations. • Establish and implement short- and long-range departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures.

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• Compiles lists of prospective customers for use as sales leads.• Handles inbound sales lead calls to convert calls into sales.• Helps create pre-owned IT equipment solutions for customers.• Creates new market outlets for pre-owned IT equipment.• Emphasizes salable features, quotes prices and credit terms, and prepares sales orders for orders obtained.• Provides pricing and market feedback to brokerage personnel.• Builds and maintains customer relationships.• Investigates and resolves customer problems with deliveries.

Caledonia, Michigan, Us

• Responsible for all agency written insurance premium in the states of Maryland and Delaware for specialty RV lines . • Directs and coordinates all sales and marketing initiatives of territory based insurance agencies and brokerage firms.• Trains agency staff in insurance sales processes, determining proper underwriting criteria and processing of insurance claims.• Manages territory and agency profitability reports to achieve annual premium goals, maintain acceptable loss ratios and timely processing of policyholder claims.• Confers with senior management to plan and develop campaigns and processes to increase sales, minimize territory underwriting exposure and obtain greater processing efficiency.