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Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Invoke Staffing is a leading executive search firm based in Raleigh, NC serving Construction clients throughout the United States. Our experience and passion for building lasting relationships with clients and candidates makes us the preferred choice for your talent needs. The partners have experience in various industries and have held key leadership positions. They had previously negotiated the sale of a previous company to a global organization and founded Invoke with the idea of targeting former clients. At Invoke, we are passionate about changing people’s lives by connecting great people with great companies. We recognize that there is a gap in the market and how that happens. How we do that is by challenging the process and status quo by facilitating conversations between these people and companies through personal relationships and referrals. Ultimately, we want to put these people in new and challenging positions with our select clientele.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Hampton Roads, Va

•In 2003, assumed role of Vice President of 30 year old, family business in Virginia Beach, VA: responsible for overall company strategy and growth, staffing, marketing, P&L, fleet acquisition/management, client agreements and customer satisfaction•In 2011, responsible for the negotiation and execution of company sale to Volvo Construction Equipment •Negotiated and executed agreement with Volvo Construction Equipment as an independent franchise to market, rent and sell product within the Hampton Roads, Virginia market.•Researched, planned and expanded Operations into Williamsburg, VA resulting in a new facility with the potential to serve 1500 construction related businesses in the surrounding Metropolitan Statistical Areas•Exceeded 1st year business plan revenue goal by 41% in 2007•Exceeded new account goal by 140% in 2007, 125% in 2008, 175% in 2009 and 145% in 2010.•Built business from zero revenue to $2.2 million annually yielding a 55% ROI based on original fleet investment cost•2006 Circle of Honor Franchisee award•Successfully transitioned company’s strategy from a “homeowner / retail” sales focus to a “contractor / business” based sales focus by diverting resources from mass marketing efforts to direct business to business sales initiatives•Targeted top credit worthy contractors and sub-contractors with an aggressive sales and marketing strategy that focused on providing unparalleled customer service •Developed new business through direct cold calling •Supported various philanthropic marketing projects including Homes For The Troops and The Wounded Warrior Project through proceed donations, volunteering efforts and marketing materials