I have always loved real estate and houses. As a child I used to build cities and homes with Legos and model trains. In high school I took architecture classes to learn how to design and structure homes. My father taught woodshop so I learned about construction and building. So I have had a love of homes my whole life. This led me to real estate as combining my passion for homes, love of helping people (I have a helper personality), education, and work experiences I gained. My goal for… Show more I have always loved real estate and houses. As a child I used to build cities and homes with Legos and model trains. In high school I took architecture classes to learn how to design and structure homes. My father taught woodshop so I learned about construction and building. So I have had a love of homes my whole life. This led me to real estate as combining my passion for homes, love of helping people (I have a helper personality), education, and work experiences I gained. My goal for buyers is to find them their ideal home, and make the process for buying as stress free as possible. For clients selling their home, my job is market their home as creatively and actively as I can and help them attain the best price in the time frame they want. My job to my clients is to act as a guide, advisor, teacher, detective, sounding board, and organizer to make sure the process is as smooth as possible. Show less

I am a Licensed Real Estate Broker working for RE/MAX Center in Grayslake. Working I am setting up my business and developing the tools and network needed to succeed. My website is up and running at www.mikewrealty.comI have launched into all the social media options that I feel will be useful in spreading out and creating a network. My goal is be involved and work in real estate investing. But I am also able and will start with residential and commercial buying… Show more I am a Licensed Real Estate Broker working for RE/MAX Center in Grayslake. Working I am setting up my business and developing the tools and network needed to succeed. My website is up and running at www.mikewrealty.comI have launched into all the social media options that I feel will be useful in spreading out and creating a network. My goal is be involved and work in real estate investing. But I am also able and will start with residential and commercial buying and selling in Northern Illinois. My main focus is in Lake and Cook County. So if you know anyone who is looking to buy,sell, rent, or invest please let them know about me. **each office is independently owned and operated. Show less

Receive incoming calls from external and internal customers requiring assistance selecting and setting up products for their applications. And assisted in troubleshooting product problems.Part of the Bioconnect customer sterile assemblies team. Trained in PPI, practical process improvements. This was a program developed to standardize company and department improvements and used throughout ThermoFisher.

Main responsibilities; find ways to cut transactions internally, find and implement cost savings measures, and review all processes and procedures to simplify and find inter-department synergies.

Handled buyer responiblities from domestic suppliers. Handled daily buying, sourcing, expediting, and item maintenance. Also handled receiving problems and pricing issues on invoices.

Was hired to build a customer technical department, create and implement processes and procedures. Received incoming calls from internal and external customers. Assisted customers with selecting products for their applications, assisting in setting up products, and troubleshooting product problems. Responsible for product training across company. Created and gave presentations with hands on demonstration of our most popular product lines. Developed and implemented testing/retention… Show more Was hired to build a customer technical department, create and implement processes and procedures. Received incoming calls from internal and external customers. Assisted customers with selecting products for their applications, assisting in setting up products, and troubleshooting product problems. Responsible for product training across company. Created and gave presentations with hands on demonstration of our most popular product lines. Developed and implemented testing/retention program for customer service reps. Responsible for scheduling vendors to come in and train/demonstrate their products. I was the marketing liaison for customer service department. Helped with sales promotions, worked on our catalogs, gave new product recommendations, and helped with required specs to be listed. Created and maintained item substitution program, add-on item sales program, weekly customer service department schedules, and maintained cross referencing program. Show less

Receive incoming calls from external and internal customers requiring assistance selecting and setting up products for their applications. And assisted in troubleshooting product problems. Part of the Fisher Electrochemistry technical support team and Oakton Technical support teams. Created and maintained the weekly phone schedules for the Applications department.

Enter orders, give pricing, handle returns, obtain order status, give formal quotations, and handle any customer service issues for customers over phone. Continued to handle three key accounts, as well as backed up two additional ones Backup rep for the applications department, expeditor for Customer service, and for order entry dept.

Entered orders that we received via fax, mail, and through our EDI system Company order completion rate was 8 per hour. I maintained 12 per hour average.

Trained as a material handler, stocker, picker, order packer, and loaded outbound truck. Trained and certified to drive a reach truck, sit down forklift, and stockpicker.