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Denver, Co, Us

Kinetic Advantage is a dynamic independent floorplan company led by trusted industry veterans. Our core focus is helping our Independent Dealer customers and team members succeed while providing them with an exceptional and engaging user experience. We are committed to forging strong partnerships through transparent communication and simple, innovative solutions. We provide our customers and team members with the support and tools they need to grow throughout their journey.

In this role I lead a team of 10 Portfolio Managers. I successfully married the sales and operations processes to pursue new business and also maintain existing business. The region that I cover currently has roughly 1,100 business relationships across Northern California with over $120M in Accounts Receivable producing over $30M in annual revenue. I take an active role in pursing relationships with the larger clients ($750k+ LOCs) including prospecting, negotiating, closing, and maintaining these relationships. I am also responsible for all areas of risk and loss mitigation so profit expectations are exceeded on a consistent basis.- Earned the 2016 Director of the Year award - Earned the 2019 Director of the Year award (peer nominated)- Successfully built strong results and healthy profitability in three regions for the company (North West, Southern California, and Northern California)- Exceeded yearly profitability expectations in one of the top 3 riskiest states in the country

United States

In this role I was tasked with standing up a new division with the company. The National Account Manager role was a pure hunter role where I travelled to various parts of the United States and targeted businesses to gain competitor market share and grow our portfolio. On average I acquired 14 new relationship for an average of $2.8M in A/R on a monthly basis, which kept me at the #1 ranked NAM in the company. In addition to the individual contributions that I made with acquiring new relationships, I assisted with building the processes that created efficiencies with prospecting, soliciting, and closing new relationships. I also built internal processes that monitored and reported results as well as created the compensation structure to help drive team success.

Sacramento, California Area

Responsible for maintaining a portfolio of roughly 152 dealer relationships that make up $22.6 in receivables. Going hand in hand with customer retention was business development. On a monthly basis I was accountable for adding 8 new dealer relationships to grow the portfolio. Within 1 year I was able to grow the portfolio from A/R of $8.9M with 72 dealer relationships to $22.6M with 152 dealer relationships. I was able to achieve the honor of top market in the company due to the market growth and profitability that I was able to attain.

I was hired to take over a branch/market that was experiencing a severe problem with losses due to excessive delinquency. Within 8 months I was able to correct the delinquency problem and get the branch/market pointed back to profitability.

- Opened a brand new office for the company- Tasked with everything from putting together furniture to recruiting and hiring an office staff to building a portfolio of business- Within the first 12 months, grew the portfolio from $0 to $5.8M, and annual revenue of $2.0M- Became the #1 overall Branch Manager in my district and was consistently in the Top 5 for the Western U.S.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Global Management

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Marketing

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Criminal Justice And Corrections