Rick Abbott Email & Phone Number

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Birmingham, Alabama Area

Birmingham, Alabama Area

North America

Drive Global Infrastructure Services Sales for Americas commercial clients. Focus on strategic offerings including Next Generation Apps, Big Data, Cloud, CyberSecurity, Storage, and Mobility.

Business Development Director of Supply Chain Management solutions including FMRP Supply Chain Workbench and Plan for Every Part (PFEP).

Manage and Business Development with Business Partners to drive IBM SW Sales

Worldwide

Worldwide Sales Trainer and Instructor teaching the value of IBM Software and Solution Selling skills.

Manager Mr. Abbott successfully sold IBM Services solutions to existing and competitive accounts in Alabama and Mississippi. He sold such services as Management Consulting, Business Process Reengineering, ERP Implementations, Package Software Selections, Application Development/Systems Integration, Data Warehousing, and IBM Global Network Services. Mr. Abbott performed in this capacity receiving numerous rewards

. Abbott successfully provided IBM project management experience to a large international chemical company by designing, developing, and implementing their U.S. technical infrastructure. This included their sixcorporate U.S. facility and plant sites throughout the U.S. His leadership with this team led to multi-million dollar revenues with targeted profits. Due to the success of this project, additional sign-on business and revenues were generated. He led a project team providing project management services to a retail shoe and clothing company. The strategic value to this customer was updating their existing corporate systems, their wan and lan communications infrastructure, and implementing a new Point of Sale System.

nd Line Manger Mr. Abbott has extensive systems support and customer technology management skills. He managed three separate Information Departments for one of the country's largest retail grocery chains. Mr. Abbott was the leader of the application development team, infrastructure and network group, and the customer service group. While leading these groups, he helped restructure and re-engineer the entire corporate information technology functions. EDS Account Manager Mr. Abbott has successfully sold and managed several installation teams in the automotive industry. These systems included accounting, inventory, service and sales systems, including applications and hardware.Other. Mr. Abbott holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Auburn University and is a proven community leader. He has held and served various leadership positions in the areas of the country where he has lived including being President and on the Board of Directors of several local and community organizations.

Ba, Public Administration

Activities and Societies: SGA, Phi Gamma Delta

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