Robert Duron Email & Phone Number

My career represents a diverse ability to work through people to exceed strategic plans and goals. I successfully completed fast-track succession plans while working for large corporations such as Payless Drug Stores and Verizon Wireless to quickly advance to leadership and key decision making roles. As an entrepreneur and multiple business owner, I have been able to transfer that corporate experience and combine it with a competitive and aggressive entrepreneurial vision to grow my own small businesses to become profitable and best-in class competitive entities. My career accomplishments include designing, planning, and implementing a company wide direct channel retail store strategy to maintain market retail presence for Airtouch Cellular/Verizon Wireless. Developing and implementing a turnaround strategy for the Verizon Wireless Spokane and North Idaho MSAs which included successfully developing a team and sales culture, identifying competitive strategies, coaching and mentoring salespeople, and working with Public Relations and Events Coordinator to enhance company image. Successfully purchasing and growing several small businesses and developing a sales and customer focused culture, identifying and addressing Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats, creating marketing and branding plans, and developing strategic plans and entrepreneurial strategies to effectively address and improve profitability and company brand. Specialties: • Sales/Sales Management• Business Development • Brand Management• Profit and Loss Analysis• Strategic Planning• Leadership Development• Human Resources• Start Ups and Entrepreneurialism • Negotiation• Change Management• Account Management• Project Management• Instructional Design and Implementation

Listed skills include Product Marketing, Team Building, Mobile, Customer Relations, and 35 others.

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  Portland State University

  Industrial And Organizational Psychology