Ceo / President
Zzyzx Corporation
Founded and managed all aspects of a new $40+ million global technology startup providing Unix-based enterprise storage products to large commercial and government organizations. Held accountability for P&L, strategic vision and direction, marketing and sales, new business / product development, budgeting, customer relationships, product distribution, and financing. Recruited, managed, and trained 80 employees. Established and negotiated bank lines of credit. Initiated proprietary efforts to develop new OEM products.Selected HighlightsGenerated $6 million in sales growth in one year by introducing strategies to build and maintain a large account base consisting of Fortune 100 & 500 firms, government agencies, and universities. Established a new firm from ground up to become a $40+ million enterprise by developing new storage products and relationships needed to successfully gain and secure a foothold in storage products market. Captured significant cost savings by negotiating competitive pricing with vendors to purchase cutting-edge Unix-based enterprise storage products. Maximized brand / market exposure by designing a product catalog and a magazine marketing campaign for three different worldwide publications.Produced $80,000+ monthly in recurring billing by establishing a high-performance service organization to deliver multi-vendor solutions and customer service to meet the needs of end-users. Achieved strong sales growth by leveraging marketing tactics to promote White Box RAID systems in support of meeting customer hard disk storage / archiving needs.