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Boca Raton, FL

• Initiate, build and nurture relationships across accounts to solidify our partnerships and commitment to the customer, ensuring retention and revenue goals while providing the highest levels of customer satisfaction.
• Preparation and presentation of pitches, value prop quantification, and capabilities demos.
• Manage key account relationships at the senior executive level (C- suite or senior decision maker). I work directly with these executives to understand the account strategy priorities, direction and needs, ensuring.
• Visionary leadership with the ability to turn complex goals into a tangible strategy. Strong communication skills (internally & with clients), with a proven ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams.
• Serve as a champion for my client’s business success, managing the end-to-end planning and execution of creative and strategic brand opportunities. Brand-savvy, with knowledge of positioning, voice, and brand management.
• Passionate expert for my clients, contributing relevant ideas and continually driving positive results. I effectively identify potential opportunities and challenges facing my client’s business by researching data.

Boca Raton, FL

• Develops and maintains strong relationships with new and existing clients by understanding focus and need.
• Ensures that organizational goods or services consistently meet client needs.
• Prepares proposals and presents them to decision makers.
• Responsible for sustaining and renewing client contracts to help achieve organizational goals while upholding best practices.
• Manages communication between upper management and employees.
• Secures new accounts while managing and growing sales revenue of existing accounts (some key accounts include Cox Automotive, JLL, Smith & Nephew, DraftKings, Zurich Insurance, Intuitive Surgical, PSCU, Caesars.

Boca Raton, FL

• Improve the sales process through analyzing key data and creating greater efficiencies.
• Researches competitor products, promotions, and sales strategies.
• Helps set short and long term objectives and goals for the sales team.
• Remain knowledgeable of key processes, business initiatives, and internal resources in order to assist the sales team in accomplishing company goals.
• Create reports and tools to assist the sales team in gathering leads and closing sales.
• Recommends product or service enhancements to improve customer satisfaction and sales potential.

Boca Raton, FL

• Plans and directs all aspects of the organization's marketing policies, objectives, and initiatives.
• Identifies changes in the marketing environment or competitive strategies and evaluates, adjusts, or redrafts the organization's marketing plan and philosophy accordingly.
• Technical experience with marketing automation tools, CRM systems, and analytics tools.
• Meets marketing and sales financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Enhance the company’s online presence through SEO, SEM, analysis of analytics, and optimizing our website’s functionality.
• Lead and direct the marketing team & interns.

Boca, FL

• Oversee and coordinate all marketing and advertising objectives for the company
• Develop and implement marketing plans and projects for new and existing products (currently on one of our websites www.openreq.com)
• Monitor, review, and report on all marketing activity and results
• Manage the marketing budget and deliver marketing activity within this agreed upon budget
• Work with outside agencies on SEO, SEM, social media marketing, mobile marketing, banner ad sales, email marketing, and content marketing strategies
• Manage and update our website on a daily basis

• Key member of a startup company that created a product to solve world-wide toilet sanitation issues that is waterless, odorless, and cost efficient. (“The Dungaroo”– patent pending)
• Oversee and coordinate all marketing and advertising objectives for the company
• Developed and implemented our 5-year marketing & sales plan for both our target domestic & international markets
• Negotiate contracts and develop strong business relationships with future sponsors, clients, and users

Greater New York City Area

• Placed on consulting jobs with outside companies to assist on a wide range of financial and marketing projects. Responsibilities included:
• Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable database maintenance including creation of reports of work/surveys done by doctors worldwide (Heartbeat Experts)
• Determining market values and processing and affecting rent escalation clauses (Brodsky Realty)
• Assisting a hedge fund executive in organizing an investment convention in Asia (Cerberus Capital Management)
• Data processing and providing financial product road show assistance (Credit Agricole)
• Records management and advertiser time slot account maintenance (MTV)

Sydney, Australia

• Researched and analyzed every Westpac branch in Australia to determine if management levels were sufficient or needed adjustment – this leveled management efficiencies and increased company profits
• Performed branch economics analysis to determine the average cost per square meter for different variables (state, activity, type of store, etc.) to forecast FY12 projected branch costs
• Developed a research report identifying where millions of dollars of refurbishment costs were spent

Greater New York City Area

• Assisted in the finance/accounting department
• Performed various bookkeeping duties
• Created spreadsheets for submittal to executives

Gainesville, FL

• Co founded and operated a company that delivered fresh groceries to students in dorms on campus and to apartment complexes nearby.
• Focused on various marketing projects, advertisement campaigns, and collaborated with outside companies for business relations
• Negotiated legal contracts with the supermarkets and online vendors.
• Performed and maintained day-to-day operational duties.
• Forecasted annual budgets and allocated our funds proportionately in accordance with the budget.
• Conducted much R&D in order to write an in-depth business plan for investor presentations.

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

• Promoted and sold over $25,000 worth of season tickets & mini plans, group suites, group tickets, concert tickets, and function room rentals
• Conducted research pertaining to product distribution in order to reach new customers
• Assisted in the development of new business avenues for the group sales department
• Participated and contributed in weekly sales team meetings and training sessions

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Interacted with executives, directors, and managers of Fortune 500 companies to explain the benefits of using business acumen
• Initiated cold calls to prospective customers and completed projects that were instrumental to the company’s success
• Participated in weekly meetings with the CEO & executives discussing future plans, goals, & projects

Masters In International Commerce, - Sydney, Australia

Masters Of Arts In International Business

Activities and Societies: Study Tour in Budapest, Hungary

Finance

Activities and Societies: Club Ice Hockey Team, Teaching Assistant (Principals of Entrepreneurship), Teaching Assistant (Principals of.