Russ Knight Email & Phone Number

Tulsa, Ok, Us

Career primarily centered around sales and client support of service businesses.Lifelong, committed learner applying lessons learned for the benefit of others.Key accomplishments have been in new sales, client relationship turnaround / restoration, contract extension, creative marketing and team development.

Houston, Tx, Us

Full service auto maintenance and repair shop opened 05/15 at Tulsa Hills (71st & US 75). We are located right next to Lowe's, on 71st, in the NE corner of Tulsa Hills.The franchise started in Houston in 1982 by two guys who met in a Bible study and wanted to project honest and fair automotive services. Since then, the franchise has grown and now has 165 shops, mostly in TX and SE US but expanding in other areas.As the owner of the shop the five key things I expect from my team are:Honesty - do the right thing for the customerClear communication - Say yes when possible, show and tell, transparentDone right the first timeHigh capacity Team playerGetting better / learner - take advantage of the training we offer and get certifications.If a person fits that, they will likely fit in our culture.Our address is: 7163 S. Olympia, 74132; We are right on 71st Street on the garden side of Lowe's.We offer: Oil change, brakes, alignment, fluid flushes, tune ups, engine diagnostics, computer performance, factory scan tools, flashing, reprogramming, electrical diagnostics, radiator, timing belts, and more. All makes and models.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, Us

Career Development Partners maximizes workforce performance by aligning talent and business strategies through professional search, leadership development/coaching, career transition and retirement coaching.Keywords for LinkedIn search:Tulsa | sales | Russ Knight | talent management | professional services network | Career Development Partners | CDP| Tulsa | OKC | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | NW AR | Arkansas | Career Partners International | CPI | relationship | business development | career transition | outplacement | hire | executive search | resume | job search | coaching | downsizing | layoff | fire | Owasso | Broken Arrow | Sapulpa

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Led a volunteer team to offer help and hope to job seekers in the Tulsa area.My active role here ended at the end of 2014, but the ministry continues to meet.OJTTulsa meets on Thursdays each week at First Methodist (1115 S. Boulder, downtown) from 11:30-1pm. Job search support community that began in early 2009.OJTTulsa - First Tuesday. Monthly workshop for job seekers that meets at River Oaks Presbyterian (East of 101st & Yale), 6:30-8:30pm. This began in the summer of 2014.OJTTulsa - Third Tuesday, This is a monthly workshop for job seekers that has served hundreds of job seekers since September, 2009. Meets at Asbury UMC, (6767 S. Mingo) from 6:30-9pm.OJT OKC now meets in Edmond led by Boe Parrish.For more information, see: OJTTulsa.org.Focus: This is a Christian-based community outreach seeking to help ANY job seeker who wants help with resumes, interviewing, networking, LinkedIn and more. Marketplace ministry. Keywords for LinkedIn search:Job search │ Tulsa, OK │ resumes │ Russ Knight │ career coaching | employment │ networking │ connecting │ interviewing │ Asbury UMC Tulsa │ LinkedIn │ Linked In │ Linked In Training │ unemployment │ underemployment │ job assistance │ hope │ job hunting │ Indeed.com │ LinkedIn.com │marketplace ministry│ Data.com | SimplyHired.com

Austin, Tx, Us

Solid results for first 9 months resulting in new church, hospital, manufacturing, school and university clients.THG Energy (formerly Rely) is an energy management consulting company helping track and reduce utility expenses to the utility meter level. This is a web-based system that speaks to operations and accounting that was built in-house giving greater visibility of utility data across the organization. The bills are audited for accuracy, weather normalize the data, benchmark, tariff analysis and more. THG Energy is an Energy Star Partner and assists clients with initial scoring and certification of buildings and assists with procurement.

Tulsa, Ok, Us

Sales of debt collection services, primarily focused on financial institutions (banks) but collects for any business with accounts receivable (AR) including medical, utility, retail and others.Sales success includes contracts through developed sales process including cold calls, trade associations, letters, email, and lots of phone work -signed bank clients totaling over $21B in assets.Keywords for LinkedIn search:Sales │ Russ Knight │ Tulsa, OK │ debt collection │ receivables │ banks │ NSF │ debt recovery │ business development │ ISO │ card processing │ payments │ Texas │ check verification │ bad check recovery │ BanCollect │ NorthStar Technologies │ northstargt.com │ service │ hunting │ social media │ marketing │ direct mail │ QR code │ ACT! CRM

Managed a team selling mobile web development. .mobi sites designed to work across platforms.Keywords for LinkedIn search:Sales │ Russ Knight │ Tulsa, OK │ Mobile web │ dot mobi │ real estate web │ start-up │ start up sales │ bank sales │ mobile payments

Sales efforts included contacting prospective clients and attending trade shows.My brief stop at Fidelity/Certegy from April to August of 2008 ended due to some development issues with the product I was hired to promote. I have solid references from this and all of my previous companies.I really enjoyed the team and working for Certegy! Metavante acquisition changed the focus again.Keywords for LinkedIn search:Sales │ Russ Knight │ Tulsa, OK │ Utility payment │ government sales │ NACHA │ NACCTFO │ NACO │ credit card payments │ collections │ ACH │ check payments │ call center │ FIS │ Fidelity │ Certegy, │team sales │ cold calling │prospecting │ travel │ trade show │BillPointe │ Goldmine CRM │ Hoovers.com

Through regular face-to-face contact, initiating brainstorming conversations discovered new use for existing call center connectivity resulting in quick, high-margin revenue of over $300,000 before FYE 2005.Supported existing clients focused on turning dis-satisfied clients into references with notable success.Key accounts returned volumes consistently 120% to 132% above budget.Keywords for LinkedIn search:Sales │Russ Knight │ Tulsa, OK │ electronic payments │ account management │ NACHA │ AFP │ Credit Acceptance │ KCBPU │ Tidewater Finance │ Citizens Gas │ HSBC │ call center │ EBPP │ credt card payment │ CNP │ phone payments│ utility payments │ contract extensions │ client support │ troubleshooting │ Salesforce.com │ reporting │ team account management │ strategic thinking │ creative problem solving │ travel │ work from home │ escalated support │ farming vs. hunting│ Louisville, KY

Several sales successes featuring substantial sale to Atmos Energy for kiosk payments in their retail locations.Responsibilities for project management, trade show management, marketing primarily with ChoicePay, but some also related to Tulsa National Bank, especially prior to 2003.Keywords for LinkedIn search:Sales │ Russ Knight │ Tulsa, OK │ Marketing │ project management │ electronic payments │7-Eleven’s VCom │ kiosk │ cash payment │ utility payments │ bill payment │ AEP │ ONG │City of Tulsa │ Atmos Energy │ Arlington County │ NACHA │ Payments │ BillMatrix.

Cold calling, consultative sales, community involvement

Colorado Springs, Co, Us

Build and lead direct ministry teams, support commmittee teams, build a presence where it had previously been dormant and has now continued uninterrupted since.

Loan review, write ups, construction inspections, learning the banking business from the lending side.

Irving, Tx, Us

1988 - HQ Activities Staff1989 - Ranger1990 - Ranger1991- Training Ranger

Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration, Management Major

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