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Greater Chicago Area

Designs, engineers and builds custom retail displays worldwide. Client focused to provide turn-key solutions and help develop effective merchandising solutions that meet specific marketing needs and resolve unique problems. Responsible for new business development and key account management.

KKR portfolio company specializing in book component manufacturing and juvenile book production for the educational, trade and professional/reference markets; Lehigh Press and Phoenix Color merged in 2008 to form Lehigh Phoenix.Solicit, develop and maintain national accounts such as McGraw-Hill, National Geographic, Cengage, Pearson, John Wiley & Sons, University of Chicago Press, EMC/Paradigm, Teacher's Curriculum Institute among others. Conduct discovery and training sessions with… Show more KKR portfolio company specializing in book component manufacturing and juvenile book production for the educational, trade and professional/reference markets; Lehigh Press and Phoenix Color merged in 2008 to form Lehigh Phoenix.Solicit, develop and maintain national accounts such as McGraw-Hill, National Geographic, Cengage, Pearson, John Wiley & Sons, University of Chicago Press, EMC/Paradigm, Teacher's Curriculum Institute among others. Conduct discovery and training sessions with manufacturing and design executives.Sold and managed $8.5 Million of sheet-fed printing. Generated $1 Million in new revenue over 30 months from a major school publisher. Saved a national children's book publisher $100K by resolving manufacturing and quality problems on their high profile title. Show less

Greater Chicago Area

Specialty printer primarily servicing K-12 Eductional Publishers.Cross selling between Lehigh Press Lithographers for book components and Lehigh Digital for pre-press and production/editorial services. Developed and managed key accounts while overseeing new business development throughout the Mid-West and West Coast. Major accounts included Glencoe/McGraw-Hill (OH, IL and CA), SRA/McGraw-Hill (OH and IL), Zaner-Bloser/Highlights for Children (OH), Pearson (OH and CA)… Show more Specialty printer primarily servicing K-12 Eductional Publishers.Cross selling between Lehigh Press Lithographers for book components and Lehigh Digital for pre-press and production/editorial services. Developed and managed key accounts while overseeing new business development throughout the Mid-West and West Coast. Major accounts included Glencoe/McGraw-Hill (OH, IL and CA), SRA/McGraw-Hill (OH and IL), Zaner-Bloser/Highlights for Children (OH), Pearson (OH and CA), Hapmton-Brown/National Geographic (CA and DC), IDG Books/Wiley and Goodheart-Willcox.Boosted sales from $100K to $1.3 Million at a key client, successfully securing 100% of their primary product line. Exceeded budget by $900K in 12 months, driving revenue to over $5.5 Million (45% from new business). Show less

Greater Chicago Area

Ten Million dollar specialty printer of overhead transparencies and custom product for the educational, trade and commercial market.New business development throughout the Mid-West and East Coast.Grew business from Zero $ to $3 Million in new sales within 40 months. Opened 14 new commercial and publishing accounts.

Greater Chicago Area

Management Consulting Firm focused on mid-sized manufacturing and financial services companies.New business development. Sold a $200K project to a Chicago area wire and cable company. Assisted in management team re-organization.

Greater Chicago Area

Developed and managed syndicated lending to corporate accounts such as Northwest Airlines, United Airlines, Chrysler Credit Corporation.

Greater Chicago Area

Developed and managed corporate accounts such as Deer & Co., Wilson Sporting Goods, Ford Motor Credit Corporation.

Greater Chicago Area

Graduate of ANB's Management Training Program. Sold financial services to small and mid-size companies.