Consultant
Ball & Associates
Worked with multiple organizations on a direct and retainer basis offering consulting services that focused on sales, general management, business development leadership, new client engagement strategies and consulting in areas of leadership, quality of hire, candidate profiles and descriptions, accelerated new sales generation, compensation strategies, organizational structure, marketing, business reporting metrics and training. · 2005: Recruited by CEO of Exhibitgroup / Giltspur as Corporate Vice President, Operations. Served as General Manager / Vice President of EGG’s largest division ($41M P&L), oversaw two business divisions (EGG / TL Horton) with 171 employees. Created new client engagement strategies and presentations. Developed and led cross-functional optimization initiatives that reduced both fixed and variable expenses yielding increased margins while driving strong sequential operating income performance. CEO Cold Call· 2004: VoEx (Intelepeer). VoIP Start Up (See VoEx - Intelepeer). CEO Cold Call· 2003: Recruited by CEO and Senior Vice President of Sales for Yipes Enterprise Services to lead Wholesale Markets and Business Development. Created and personally closed wholesale partnering strategies and relationships with AT&T, Global Crossing, Wiltel and other service providers yielding new sales performance - 128% of plan. CEO Cold Call· 2002: Recruited by Regional President of Paetec Communications to re-establish struggling new market. Established new hiring profiles, reporting metrics, and selling strategies, and introduced and led a new quality of hire paradigm that was implemented for the entire Company. CEO Cold Call· 2001: Assisted OEM and energy conservation start-up, Electric City, Inc. Oversaw two business units in the following concentrations - routes to market structure, sales and revenue generation, forecasting, indirect channel strategies, hiring profiles, and financial reporting to Board of Directors. COO Cold Call