April 2012 – Present Vice-President of Sales – January 2016 – Present Verve Ceramics Responsible for all Verve sales nationwide.Develop plans and strategies for achieving sales goals.Manage sales team, budgets and resources.Develop and hire sales staff. Set and execute annual sales budgets for each distributor.Quarterly meetings with distributor ownership to analyze sales.Establish, develop and maintain new and current business relationships with distributor ownership and their sales force.Provide detailed and accurate sales projections.Design and develop new products according to market trends.Develop builder products and programs through distribution ownership.Participate and manage trade show promotions for distribution.

Regional Sales Manager - S.E., Mid-Atlantic, N.E. -April 2012 – Dec 2015Launch start-up of company.Bring on new distribution with placement of tile series and products.Account management.Achieve sales goals and budgets.Develop and maintain relationships with distributors.Responsible for all sales and promotions in region. This included but not limited to:Work directly with the distributors’ sales reps and call on their customer baseCreate strategies and programs to obtain more business, based on information gathered while riding with distributor reps.Work with distributor reps to develop and implement sales programs for buying groups such as, CCA Global, Abbey and NFA organizations as well as retailers with multiple locations that buy in FTL’s.Create special pricing with existing product for reps to compete with our competitors.Work with reps and distribution to get them new product to grow their business with their dealer base.Create promotions in the spring and fall for the reps to use with dealers to obtain more business during the two best-selling seasons.Responsible for education of distributor sales reps on all products.Attend all distributors trade shows, blitzes and events.

Mid-Atlantic/ SE Territory Manager Marazzi USA Responsible for managing and growth of JJ Haines, CMH, Space Flooring, Shoreline (FL), Alpha Tile (FL), RF Henry, Morris Tile and other smaller distributors. Finding and cultivating new distribution. Manage national programs - Abbey Flooring Group, Direct buy, Spectra, Starnet, and CCA Global for my region. Calling on and maintaining relationships with architects and distributors commercial reps.Work directly with distributor reps and their customer basePursue national accounts in my region.Work with distributor reps to develop programs to obtain more business from their customer baseDevelop quarterly promotions for the distributor reps to use to grow their businessLaunch of new product with distribution and then help their reps get it to market with their dealersWork with distributors architects and commercials reps to obtain specificationsWork with national accounts to obtain tile specifications Recognitions: 2005-2007 Sales record Volume SE Region/ Marazzi

Territory Manager (Middle & South GA.) William M. Bird Responsible for sales of all product lines to dealers in my territory: Wilsonart Laminate, Bruce Hardwood, Kahrs Wood, LM Wood, Mirage Wood, Bella Cera Tile, Legacy Tile, Metroflor LVT, Armstrong vinylRecognitions: Outstanding sales performance award/ Wilsonart 2004 Sales Excellence award/ Ceramic Tile 2004Outstanding sales performance award/ Wilsonart 2003 Armstrong training/ all flooring 2004Sales Excellence award/ Wilsonart 2003 Sales excellence award/ Ceramic Tile 2003Sales Excellence award/ Ceramic Tile 2002 Sales Excellence award/ Supplies 2003Sales Excellence award/ Wilsonart 2002

Outside Sales/ New Territory Development Sellers Tile Responsibilities: Developed new territory in north Alabama, north Florida, all of Georgia, part of Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina; with the dealer bases in all these states

Sales/ Installation Suttles Hardwood Floors Responsibilities - Sell and install laminate and hardwood flooring (finished and unfinished)Recognitions: NWFA Certificates in: Advanced custom installation, unfinished installation, sand and finish and retail sales

Store Manager - Macon, Ga. Dal-Tile Responsibilities: Opened new store location. (Research of new store location, designed retail show space, designed and organized warehouse and hired all employees.) Handled outside sales. (Called on dealers, architects, tile installers, builders and commercial accounts). Handled all bids for retail and commercial jobs. Trained and developed employees. Recognitions: Top 10 profit margin store in the U.S. 1996

Store Manager-Macon, Ga. Traditions in Tile Responsibilities: Wholesale to installers, builders and dealers. Retail customer sales, design of retail space, hiring of all employees, managing all inventory and accounts receivables. Assistant manager/ Macon, Ga. (deliveries, shipping and receiving, inventory management). Warehouse/ Marietta, Ga. (shipping and receiving and pulling orders).