Michael Mitchell Ii Email & Phone Number

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Kennesaw, Ga

Kennesaw, Ga 30152

Created a new general aviation maintenance business to support many small airports in the NW Atlanta area. My partner (a licensed aviation mechanic) and I created this business from scratch and have been successful in both aircraft inspections and routine maintenance on small to medium aircraft.* Developed the business plan, name, logo, hardware/software and marketing plan* Assisted my partner with all inspections, maintenance and repairs* Handled all accounting functions for the business on Quick Books* Purchased supplies and parts needed for repair/maintenance* Sold my half of the business to my partner in May 2015

Kennesaw, Ga

Directed all aspects of sales and service nationwide for Generac's #2 customer. Called on three merchants at The Home Depot corporate headquarters and worked with THD's (MET) service team.* Produced a 24% sales increase in 2011 and a 37% increase in 2012* Developed a training program to support difficult non DIY sales for our Home Standby Generators* Created new training support system - hired and trained two new regional trainers to support stores* Managed storm truck emergency program - inventory, sales and logistics* Handled all maintenance and inventory management for both stock and non-stocked products* Secured position at store manager meeting to do live demos with 500+ store managers in Las Vegas* Managed test of inside sales people at stores to drive leads for sales furnish and install program* More than doubled the online sales from $1.6M to $5M in two years* Handled all aspects of the job out of my home office

Kennesaw, Ga

Directed all aspects of sales and service nationwide for CHT's #1 customer. Called on two merchants at The Home Depot corporate headquarters and worked with the THD's (MET) service team. Sold hand tools, soldering tools and chain/wire rope.* Maintained and increased CHT's hand tool business for seven years* Increased sales through cross-merchandising, promotions and new product ideas* Handled all sku maintenance on 531's, 560's and UPC/I2of5 reports* AMT Captain for two Hand Tool bays - Tape and Wench bays* Reduced RTV costs by 50% first year for a savings of $500K* Relocated to Atlanta, GA in March 2004* Handled all aspects of the job out of my home office

Plano, Tx

Directed all aspects of sales and service in the Southwest Division for CL's #2 customer. Called on two regional merchants and hired, trained and managed 16 person sales organization.* Interviewed, hired and trained 16 positions over 8 states to handled store level sales/service* Managed million dollar expense budget, highest sales with the lowest expenses across nine divisions* Rolled in two sister companies product lines into the SW, Cooper Hand Tools & Cooper Bussmann* Managed, trained and promoted 8 sales people in the field* Reduced RTV costs by 40% first year for a savings of $200K* Promoted to CHT captain nationwide July 2003, six months later was hired by CHT as NSM* Handled all aspects of job out of my home office

Plano, Tx

Directed all aspects of sales and service in the SW division for 35 manufactures across five departments for THD. Called on five Regional merchants and managed a 32 person sales organization responsible for the store level execution at THD. * Created a 17% increase in sales in the first six months

Plano, Tx

Started as a territory manager in 1996 helping a friend out who needed someone to cover 9 Home Depots in Dallas, TX. We handled the sales/service for Philips Lighting (light bulbs) and several other small manufactures. I was promoted to district manager in six months, managed 19 person sales team in four states. Three months later I was promoted to Regional manager running the SW division, eight states for THD.* Increased sales more than double from $24M to $50M in three years* Managed a million dollar expense budget * Managed 35 person sales force across eight states* Created new position in company to help drive business nationwide and support Regional managers in all divisions, promoted to this position in 2000