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San Jose, California, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

As an Engineered Systems Account Executive within the commercial space at Oracle, I was responsible for the coverage of our clients that made up the mid-market space within the NY Metro Area. My cross-industry list of customers had given me the opportunity to understand the business challenges of our customers in differing verticals including: healthcare, education, financial, travel & automotive, distribution etc. I was constantly engaged with customers in distinguishing their IT needs, and how our value-intensive portfolio of cloud infrastructure offerings exceeded the requirements needed to gain optimal value from their differing IT environments.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

As an Account Executive at IBM, I was responsible for developing our cloud and storage business within the financial sector of the NY Metro Area. My goal-oriented objective within this role was to establish technology-driven value for my customers, and meet their business needs from not only an IT perspective, but a financial perspective as well. My success within the position came from thoroughly understanding the needs of my customers in order to accurately guide them to the solution within our portfolio that would satisfy their technical needs, and give them a high-yielding return on their investment. I was responsible for maintaining relationships with individuals that held decision-making capabilities within each of our established accounts, as well as leveraging my prospecting techniques to open new lines of communication to customers in which we had not yet had the opportunity to speak with. I was held accountable for other responsibilities that were not limited to, but included: - Understanding the value within our cloud offering, software defined storage solutions, flash devices, backup appliances, etc. - Prospecting efforts within our whitespace accounts to broaden our footprint within the financial sector of the NY Metro Area. - Collaborating efforts with our partners with the corresponding goal of realizing revenue. - Maintaining established relationships with our clients to continually update decision makers on valuable changes to our portfolio. - Understanding the perpetual changes within the financial markets, and how they effect the IT demands of my customers.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

As a graduate of the IBM Summit Program, I was granted the opportunity to learn the necessary characteristics of a Solution Sales Specialist within IBM, in order to successfully add value to our customers within the financial sector. I was expected to demonstrate my exceptional understanding of our solutions within the storage and cloud space, and was evaluated on how well I was able to retain my knowledge as it pertained to my allocated field.

Morgantown, West Virginia, Us

As a student employee for the West Virginia University School of Business and Economics, I worked over 30 hours a week during the university's operating hours to aid students, student advisors, and department leaders with core operating functions. I was responsible for carrying out various tasks for faculty and staff in an efficient and a timely manner so they could properly fulfill the obligations within their own jobs. In order to carry out the responsibilities of my job in a professional manner, I was required to have extensive knowledge of many Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word, Access, Powerpoint, and Publisher.During the lifespan of my employment, I was able to fully understand the amount of time and effort that is put into maintaining and operating a foundational department within a large-scale university. As I became comfortable and efficient with my responsibilities while working for the university, I had earned the trust of my superiors, and was given the access to the business school's internal database to input the spending and expenses of the department. My knowledge and learning ability truly helped me grasp important skills from this position that I may have otherwise not been able to achieve.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

As a summer intern at Northwestern Mutual I acquired both the critical skill, and the necessary understanding of the various operations that make up the financial industry as a whole. During my employment, I performed a number of financial planning operations and was given the opportunity to review the detailed portfolios of the firm's core clients. Northwestern Mutual's location in Morgantown West Virginia was the home office to many successful tenured employees within the business itself, and I was granted the opportunity to aid them in carrying out their daily job functions, giving me an unforeseeable amount of knowledge and experience.I benefited most from my time as an intern at Northwestern Mutual by learning how to properly market myself, and build a client base to aid in my long-term sustainable success. I was able to effectively use my networking skills to contact prospects, and help them understand the value in the offerings that the organization made readily available to its clients.

Bachelor'S Degree, General Business Administration, Marketing Focus

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