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Schooley Mitchell is the largest independent expense management consulting firm in North America, with offices from coast-to-coast. To date, Schooley Mitchell has delivered over $200 million in documented savings to our clients.We offer contingency-based cost reduction services to businesses of all sizes, with an average saving of 20 to 30 percent. Schooley Mitchell is independent and does not represent any company. We represent you and only recommend the suite of services and applications best suited to your needs. You incur no expenses and make no investment.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

Hired as an Account Executive during 2004-2005 tenure. Recruited to re-join the company as a technical SME and sales engineer supporting a team of 23 front-line account executives in 6 offices in the sale of business optimization solutions. Deliver presentations to C-level, executive, and management decision makers in both corporate and government sectors on the feasibility of integrating with clients’ systems to improve workflow, resolve business problems and reduce costs.  Consistently ranked in the top 25 sales engineers nationwide out of a team of 220.  Hired as Solution Engineer and earned 2 promotions to Senior role in 2013.  Averaged 135% of plan from 2009 through 2014; earned Specialist of the Year in 2011 out of 28 colleagues.  As an Account Executive exceeded plan in 10 months with 147% of target to earn top-ranked Rookie .  Designed a software solution that eliminated $4.5 million in operational overhead for a multi-state transportation company that recouped ROI in under 30 days.  Key contributor to closing the new Richland School District One account with document management solutions for 44 locations.  Use strengths in situational analysis, workflow, and business processes to determine feasibility of integrating company solutions with clients’ systems.  Highly effective in delivering sales presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences outlining capabilities of numerous technical solutions.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

Joined the company as a member of the executive team contributing to business decisions for IT and overall operations. Managed disaster recovery, firewall configuration, PC issues, network operations, servers, and workstations. Project managed the on-time and within-budget design and installation of the IT infrastructure in a second location. Maintained a near-flawless, 24/7 network with stringent SLA commitments for the healthcare industry. Developed innovative messaging automations that preceded industry evolution.

Columbia, South Carolina

Joined the software development team on the 2-year, Ascendant One project to build the GUI for end users on the automation of the Workers’ Compensation rating system for the insurance standards organization. Served as a Team Leader for 4 novice employees creating standards for the full SDLC. Programmed using Visual Studio, C# and .Net. Designed and implemented database structure for new line of business and performed SQL analysis.  Earned peer and management recognition as a SME for troubleshooting and debugging code.

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Calhoun Honors Scholar, FarmHouse Fraternity

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