Buying or selling a home can be a complex process. Whether you are buying a home, selling your current home, or looking for an investment property, I will use my 30+ years of experience in consulting clients to help your achieve your goals, whether it is moving into your dream home, investing for the future, or downsizing to make life easier and simpler. With my skills in asking questions and listening to your needs, I am here to assist you with all of your real estate needs. Better… Show more Buying or selling a home can be a complex process. Whether you are buying a home, selling your current home, or looking for an investment property, I will use my 30+ years of experience in consulting clients to help your achieve your goals, whether it is moving into your dream home, investing for the future, or downsizing to make life easier and simpler. With my skills in asking questions and listening to your needs, I am here to assist you with all of your real estate needs. Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Kansas City Homes provides me all of the tools I need to help you as well. With KansasCityHomes.com, you can search for your new home, get comparisons on your current home, or just keep up with the market. Simply click on my email address or call me and I am happy to help you begin the process. Show less

I am available to provide technology consulting services to customers in the education, government, and commercial marketplace in the Kansas City and surrounding areas. I have extensive experience working with K-12 and higher education clients, and local city and county governments to help them improve their communications technologies. With the increasing complexity of technology, clients need someone who can help them examine the alternatives and determine the best solutions to meet their… Show more I am available to provide technology consulting services to customers in the education, government, and commercial marketplace in the Kansas City and surrounding areas. I have extensive experience working with K-12 and higher education clients, and local city and county governments to help them improve their communications technologies. With the increasing complexity of technology, clients need someone who can help them examine the alternatives and determine the best solutions to meet their needs in an unbiased fashion. As an independent consultant, I am committed to helping her clients achieve their goals and provide excellent customer service. Hammer Tech Consulting LLC offers a variety of services including Project Implementation, Bill Review and Analysis, System Acquisition, RFP Development, Contract Negotiations, E-rate support, and a unique service for those clients who will be getting the new Google Internet services in 2012 and need to determine how to leverage those new services in their organization. Linda has access to other consulting resources, who are education experts, to assist her, when needed in specific projects as well. Show less

Responsible for exploring, development, and planning for two new markets for UPN, Federal and Emerging Markets. Prepared Unite for doing business with the Federal government by obtaining CAGE code and establishing our presence in this market with key carriers. Focus on the Emerging market involved increasing our presence where Unite already has a school district network and hopes to build additional customers in those communities. Tested market with two communities to establish our process… Show more Responsible for exploring, development, and planning for two new markets for UPN, Federal and Emerging Markets. Prepared Unite for doing business with the Federal government by obtaining CAGE code and establishing our presence in this market with key carriers. Focus on the Emerging market involved increasing our presence where Unite already has a school district network and hopes to build additional customers in those communities. Tested market with two communities to establish our process and gauge opportunities. Developed strategic plan for both of these markets. Show less

Managed and directed a team of people that sell Gigabit fiber optic based Wide Area Networks to school districts in 20 states across the Midwest, leading the team to results of 223% of quota! Also was responsible for driving the pricing process, approving all RFP responses, coordinating marketing activities for the K12 market, investigating the Rural Healthcare market, managing UPN's responses to the FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking E-Rate filings, and developing strategic and tactical plans… Show more Managed and directed a team of people that sell Gigabit fiber optic based Wide Area Networks to school districts in 20 states across the Midwest, leading the team to results of 223% of quota! Also was responsible for driving the pricing process, approving all RFP responses, coordinating marketing activities for the K12 market, investigating the Rural Healthcare market, managing UPN's responses to the FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking E-Rate filings, and developing strategic and tactical plans to increase sales for future seasons. Show less

Managed and directed team responsible for selling to Major commercial Accounts and for Government, Education customers, and Medical clients in Missouri; and Iowa.President's Club Winner based upon outstanding performance as Sales Manager. Exceeded Revenue Quotas, New Sales Quotas, and Customer Satisfaction objectives.Earned reputation as industry expert on educational technology applications for schools K-20 including extensive E-rate experience. Sold wide area networks to… Show more Managed and directed team responsible for selling to Major commercial Accounts and for Government, Education customers, and Medical clients in Missouri; and Iowa.President's Club Winner based upon outstanding performance as Sales Manager. Exceeded Revenue Quotas, New Sales Quotas, and Customer Satisfaction objectives.Earned reputation as industry expert on educational technology applications for schools K-20 including extensive E-rate experience. Sold wide area networks to educational clients including Kansas City Missouri School District ($10 million dollars), St. Louis Public Schools ($4.7 million), and Missouri Research Network ( $17 million).Challenged team to increase sales of new strategic services, resulting in first sales of Hosted Voice over Internet Protocol Services, and Cisco's new high end video conferencing.Negotiated and recouped 90% of revenue through 2 year effort of complex legal mediation over large contract dispute preventing costly litigation and maintaining client relationship.Organized successful seminars focused on E-rate, Homeland Security, and Educational applications for customers, increasing customer awareness of our services.As customer advocate, secured corporate investment for product line improvements.Motivator for new sales strategy to hire Education industry experts to support sales teams' focus on educational industry applications with expansion to industry experts in healthcare and homeland security. Show less

Managed and directed team responsible for selling to Major commercial Accounts and for Government, Education customers, and Medical clients in Missouri; and Iowa.President's Club Winner based upon outstanding performance as Sales Manager. Exceeded Revenue Quotas, New Sales Quotas, and Customer Satisfaction objectives.Earned reputation as industry expert on educational technology applications for schools K-20 including extensive E-rate experience. Sold wide area networks to… Show more Managed and directed team responsible for selling to Major commercial Accounts and for Government, Education customers, and Medical clients in Missouri; and Iowa.President's Club Winner based upon outstanding performance as Sales Manager. Exceeded Revenue Quotas, New Sales Quotas, and Customer Satisfaction objectives.Earned reputation as industry expert on educational technology applications for schools K-20 including extensive E-rate experience. Sold wide area networks to educational clients including Kansas City Missouri School District ($10 million dollars), St. Louis Public Schools ($4.7 million), and Missouri Research Network ( $17 million).Selected by equipment partner to attend their President's club.Partnered with Cisco to close first Telepresence video sale in our Missouri division.Challenged team to increase sales of new strategic services, resulting in first sales of Hosted Voice over Internet Protocol Services, and collaborative conferencing application.Negotiated and recouped 90% of revenue through 2 year effort of complex legal mediation over large contract dispute preventing costly litigation and maintaining client relationship.As customer advocate, secured corporate investment for product line improvements.Motivator for new sales strategy to hire Education industry experts to support sales teams' focus on educational industry applications with expansion to industry experts in healthcare and homeland security. Show less

Managed account base and account team for technology solutions for government and education clients.Educated customers on communications technologies and alternatives, evaluated their business problems, and recommended optimal solutions in consultative sales role.First sales of new technologies including Telehealth, Video Arraignment, and others.Demonstrated power of messaging technology that improved communications between parents and teachers from pilot to full implementation… Show more Managed account base and account team for technology solutions for government and education clients.Educated customers on communications technologies and alternatives, evaluated their business problems, and recommended optimal solutions in consultative sales role.First sales of new technologies including Telehealth, Video Arraignment, and others.Demonstrated power of messaging technology that improved communications between parents and teachers from pilot to full implementation resulting in industry recognition for the Blue Valley School District. Successfully balanced normal sales role and special assignment as product developer for new services for education industry. Show less

Managed account base and account team for technology solutions for government and education clients.Educated customers on communications technologies and alternatives, evaluated their business problems, and recommended optimal solutions in consultative sales role.First sales of new technologies including Telehealth, Video Arraignment, and others.Demonstrated power of messaging technology that improved communications between parents and teachers from pilot to full implementation… Show more Managed account base and account team for technology solutions for government and education clients.Educated customers on communications technologies and alternatives, evaluated their business problems, and recommended optimal solutions in consultative sales role.First sales of new technologies including Telehealth, Video Arraignment, and others.Demonstrated power of messaging technology that improved communications between parents and teachers from pilot to full implementation resulting in industry recognition for the Blue Valley School District. Successfully balanced normal sales role and special assignment as product developer for new services for education industry. Show less