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Businesses are forced to look at margins, efficiencies, and building a contingency for business fluctuations. This includes things like...finding a strategic partner, selling, equity sharing, raising capital, recruiting, and outsourcing both domestically and offshore. Leveraging our combined years of experience SL3 brings lessons learned from the past, present market trends, and a plan for the future. Bringing that expertise to you means you don’t have to invest in building and maintaining the infrastructure and staff it takes to be successful. This is the journey and objective...Put All in Balance – That’s what we do. More than our tagline, it’s our vision and our mission statement. It’s simple and complicated at the same time – just like a business.Check us out at www.supportlink3.com

Walnut Creek, Ca

SVP SalesAs National Sales Leader directed 4 Regional Vice Presidents, 8 Area Sales Managers, 3 Vice Presidents of National Accounts and a sales staff of 80, and the annual sales of $30 billion. Demonstrated success in achieving and surpassing aggressive sales goals. Organized territories, analyzed and forecasted target market growth for each sector of the country. Recruited, selected, trained, developed and motivated a national sales force. Maintained regular contact with top client relationships to stay close to issues impacting the business.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Direct responsibility for field sales, national account division and inside sales center for the eastern United States. Leadership of and mentored 4 Regional Vice Presidents, 3 Vice Presidents of National Accounts and a sales force of 40, and annual sales of $20 billion. Hired and trained new staff and established sales goals for each market sector. Generated sales with national, regional and community banks, mortgage companies and credit unions. Consistently grew market share and manged expenses to budget.

Generated new sales for this company specializing in corporate trade services; contacted major consumer products companes to assess excess inventory and surplus real estate to be acquired in exchange for multimedia advertising air space. Negotiated corporate trading/contract agreements for exchange of products and services. Consistently grew annual production volume by 25%.

Selected by senior management to lead a new initiative of selling the services of GE Captal Mortgage Insurance Co. as well as the services of a newly acquired division, GE Capital Mortgage Services. Pinnacle Club Winner as Leading National Accounts Sales Person in USA (1996). Sold both insurance and conduit services to large national lenders. Structured the first Captive Reinsurance transaction with a major national lender. Managed internal resources to maximize share with each lender.