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Talon, with its affiliate ITC Capital Partners, is part of the century-long legacy of ITC Holdings, whose portfolio consists of 110 years of innovation in widely diversified fields of expertise including, telecommunication, technology, financial services, and data management. Talon's Mission is to provide innovative and collaborative decision-making tools for the collection and distribution of actionable data to help organizations operate at optimal performance.

Spearheaded dual roles beginning in 2018 with the additional responsibilities of Regional Vice President of Sales for LOCALiQ in Alabama and Louisiana. LOCALiQ is the B2B Marketing arm of the USA TODAY NETWORK. The Montgomery Advertiser is part of the USA TODAY NETWORK and the largest of the 22 daily newspapers published in Alabama.Oversaw strategic, financial and operational success of the Montgomery Advertiser with a focus on driving sales performance to exceed goals and building strategic partnerships that generated top line revenue. Successfully drove year-over year growth through effective change leadership, a strong customer-first focus and a firm understanding of the changing digital-media marketplace. • Exceeded Local Controllable Ad Revenue goal, one of only a few Gannett sites to achieve plan with consecutive YoY local revenue growth and 24% digital growth.• Secured key new clients by leveraging complete suite of digital solutions, including audience targeting, SEM, OTT, social advertising and online presence management, taking the lead on key client presentations and campaign reviews.• Initiated cause marketing as a new revenue stream with scalable and repeatable results that were replicated in other regions.• Leveraged experiential marketing, including annual “Best Of” events and successfully launching inaugural Food Truck Mash-up event @ Riverwalk stadium, generating revenue, and boosting brand in the market. As a result, exceeded annual Local Controllable Profit goal.

YP was North America's largest local search, media, and advertising company. The company's flagship consumer brands include YP.com, a top 40 U.S. Web domain, the highly-rated YP app, and the YP directory, the largest Yellow Pages directory in the world by revenue.YP was also a Google Premier SMB Partner, Bing Ads Elite SMB Partner, and Yahoo Preferred Partner.Led sales activities with a focus on Local Search, Online Reputation Management & Search Engine Marketing. Managed staffing, ongoing employee development, exceeding revenue targets and maintaining high employee morale while managing to the overall financial budget. Directed oversight and management to sales directors and managers across multiple regions. The span of control included oversight of 26 sales managers and 209 sales reps.• Exceeded sales objectives while effectively managing change in represented (Union) & non-represented environments, including centralization of East Telesales throughout 11-state South Central, South East & CT footprint.• Centralized telephone sales from 24 local offices to 5 call centers ahead of schedule and $200,000 under budget.• Implemented delinquent account & customer retention teams resulting in a 37% increase in revenue sold per rep.• Implemented formal Aspiring Manager Program recognized as a Best in Class practice at AT&T.• 2016: 1 of 6 out of 35 total active sales leaders at this level to exceed their sales objective driven by 35.7% Digital growth.• 2015: Highest-ranked active RVP at YP based on % of sales objective & sold revenue, $324M.• 2014: Led 2 top 2 YP centers achieving 12% growth compared to a 0.73% call center average. • 2013: 103.0% of objective with a 6.3% net improvement over 2012 results.

Oversaw sales operations for YP.com and the Real Yellow Pages in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana with Digital and print revenues of $304M. Member of the team responsible for re-entry into the New Orleans market post Katrina.• 2008: Leading RVP based on % of total sales objective achieved. • 2007: Only East RVP to exceed 100% of objective. • 2006: South Region results of 5.2% net or 175% of objective. All 5 divisions exceeding annual total sales objectives. S LA Division exceeded local print & Internet sales objective by $15M.

Responsible for exceeding revenue and net income objectives on $80M in print and Digital revenue.- Recognized for the highest net results in the South Central Area.- Exceeded 150% of objective on the Huntsville, AL campaign, the highest % of objective of all 2003 BAPCO majors, representing a 1.9 million dollar net improvement over the previous year.

Responsible for 55M in Internet and print revenues and achieving net income growth objectives through the coordination of all Sales, Support and customer service operations for the 59 employees in the East Tennessee territory, including Chattanooga and Knoxville. - $2.4M improvement in 2002 sales results.; Achieved superior attitude survey scores of 94% over a company benchmark of 85%.; Increased productivity on the Chattanooga canvass by 24.6%, as measured by targeted advertiser close dates.

Responsible for correcting the sales performance and net results on the previous Memphis canvass and additional directories that made up the 51M in print and Internet revenue handled by the 42 employees in the West Tennessee division.Finished the year with the highest net results of the South Central Area OSMs.Exceeded Memphis canvass objective for the first time in 4 years.Lead SCA with 1st Digital directory to exceed $1,000,000.28% decrease in numbers of errors, and a 57% decrease in dollars adjusted.