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Serving the federal and municipal government sectors via top tier project and program management solutions of varying scope.*note that previous company (SRS) was sold/acquired.

Made the tough decision to leave Verizon Wireless (formerly Alltel Corp. and GTE Wireless) as a Vice President to help the evacuees of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita directly via SRS, Inc.'s newly awarded 9-figure prime disaster recovery contract with FEMA. Have since helped grow SRS into an Inc. 500 (recognized as one of the fastest growing privately owned companies in the U.S.) and BE 100s multi-million dollar company specializing in quality services to the Federal Government and Commercial Marketplace. Offices in 6 states and over 300 projects successfully completed. Largest customers include the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, FEMA, Dept. of Defense, Army Corps. of Engineers, Trane/Ingersoll Rand, Johnson Controls, Shell Oil, CH2MHill, MasTec, AT&T, the University of North Carolina System and Dept. of Transportation (DOT).Core capabilities include Disaster Recovery Services, Facilities Management, Construction Management and Information Technology services.Awards include Inc. 500, BE 100s, Department of Homeland Security Top Contractors, SBA 8(a) Contractor of the Year, Dept. of Transportation DBE of the Year and NAMC NC Contractor of the Year.

North Carolina

• ACE ELITE AWARD Winner – Annual Awards Trip for Top 3 Region Vice Presidents in the Company. • Lead and Maintained status as #1 Wireless provider (Customer Base Market Share) of all Wireless Carriers in Region. • Lead region to consistent TOP 5% status on all companywide rankings of various Key Performance Indicators. • Managed $300 Million Annual revenue, employees of all distribution channels, 180 points of distribution, and 3.5 Million POPs. • Sold/Landed largest local Wireless business account in region history. • Increased average monthly sales productivity per Wireless retail sales rep. by 15. • Increased region Wireless Access Revenue Per User (WARPU) and Data Feature Revenue to highest levels in region history. • Lead successful transition to “channel-based” market approach as part of new company direction. • Lead “turnaround effort” of region’s Wireless, CLEC/Wireline, Internet, Paging and Long Distance operations to Top Tier status.

Gulf Coast (Mobile, Alabama / Pensacola, Florida)

• Lead region’s Wireless (all distrib. channels), Internet, Paging and Long Distance operations to national leadership levels. • Managed employees of Retail, Indirect and Business channels, 55 points of distribution, and 1 Million POPs. • Successfully migrated from Analog to CDMA Digital network. • Transitioned market operations from “GTE Wireless” to “ALLTEL.” • Managed through post-merger Reduction in Force (RIF) to positive Team/Family atmosphere. • Increased sales productivity and distribution points by 40% to lead peer regions in annualized penetration. • Promoted to lead “Key” Tier I ALLTEL region (NC) due to market success in all key performance indicators.

Tampa, Florida

• Directed Team of 230 Retail/Mass & Traditional Agent locations, Account Managers, Manager – Distribution, and assistants. • Achieved 116% of budgeted sales and attainment of all Key Performance Indicators. • Managed $48 Million annualized revenue and $1.3 Million Budget.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Selected as 1 of 15 GTE Wireless employees (from entire company) for High Potential/Fast Track program. • Managed contract negotiations and completion with U.S. wireless carriers to support GTE’s national voice and data initiatives. • Won Annual Chairman’s Gold Leadership Award for outstanding performance. • Communicated GTE’s national strategy, infrastructure, and potential customer opportunities to current and potential “partners.” • Negotiated contracts that will generate $94.5 Million revenue during contract terms. • Achieved Industry-First 100% National Coverage for new Win4 (OnStar) wireless data initiative.

Indianapolis, Indiana

• Started and managed Call Center operation from “ground zero” to state of 40 employees (Sales, Loyalty, Technical Support, Save, & Distribution associates and supervisors) supporting and building upon 4-state, 400,000+ customer base. • Managed $4.2 Million annualized revenue and $1.8 Million Budget. • Maintained lowest Churn % levels of all GTE Wireless areas by leading “churn buster” task teams and programs. • Worked as member of Area Top Management and Marketing Team to develop and implement programs to meet business needs.

Córdoba Province, Argentina

• Selected to 15-member Team from national employee base to ‘stimulate’ the Interior of Argentina market. • Co-Managed all aspects of 5 member Product Marketing group. Negotiated a 31% product pricing reduction from vendors. • Streamlined all distribution channel plans, simplified pricing, initiated advertising campaign, and trained store & service managers.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Administered all product/accessory selection, pricing, and forecasting for $200 Million sales volume/year ‘company-wide’ program. • Acted as dept. marketing/advertising arm. Automated communications. Captained new vendor roll-outs. Anticipated competitive issues.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Coordinated all facets (InterCarrier Billing, Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Product Selection) of 12 National Accounts in the Pacific and Texas GTE regions generating $12 Million annually.

Stamford, Connecticut

• Selective Management Development Program (18 annual hires from national graduate and undergraduate collegiate pool). • Completed 3 rotational 6-month assignments as Marketing Specialist, Retail Distribution Associate, and Mobile Data & National Sales Support Specialist with GTE Telephone Operations (Dallas, TX), Contel Cellular (Atlanta, GA), and GTE Mobile Communications (Atlanta, GA) respectively.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Management

Activities and Societies: Resident Advisor (RA), Minority Business Student Association (Vice President), Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Student Council, Varsity Football (Captain), Varsity Basketball (Captain), Varsity Baseball

Class Of 2010