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Lansing, Il

I help provide gas station owners, dealers, jobbers and others in the petroleum industry with gasoline dispensers/pumps, POS systems and other essentials in operating a quality forecourt. My key to success is building quality relationships with new and existing clients. I consult with regional & local consumer fuel suppliers on equipment needs and compliance. I don't simply provide the required equipment, but managing the equipment projects from initial sale through installation.Providing equipment sales, service, and installation to both the retail and commercial petroleum industry, including station owners, dealers, jobbers. B&K is located in Lansing, Illinois. B&K Equipment serves the Chicago area, Northeast Illinois, Northwest Indiana, and Southwest Michigan. Our technicians are factory trained and certified for today's fast changing technology.

Schaumburg, Il

Consulting, networking and assisting C-Level executives with a broad range of services designed to provide solutions for the Content Management Systems (CMS) needs of our customers and partners. With over 250 in-house (non-contract) "geeks" on staff we deliver solutions fast, scalable, flexible and reliable.My goal is to ensure that we save your company valuable man hours and facilitate smooth communication among your staff and management.Services Offered: - Consulting and Strategy - E-Commerce - Testing and Optimization - Responsive Web Design - Mobile Applications - 24/7 Maintenance & Support - Web and Intranet Development - Migrations and Upgrades - Site AuditsCMS Expertise: Proprietary CMS: SharePoint, ektron, sitecore OpenSource CMS: Drupal, Magento, Joomla, WordPress, Moodle, Open AtriumSkills: PHP, AJAX jQuery, MySQL, .NET Framework, ASP .NET, C# / VB . NET, MVC framework (Entity), SQL, Angular js, node js, HTML 5, CSS 3, SASS, LESS, BootStrap, responsive theming, Mobile Apps development for Android and iOS, UI/UX design, Environment: Linux, Apache, IIS, cloud, Experts on Responsive design using framework like Bootstrap, LESS, Zen Omega, etc.

Schaumburg, Il

I consulted and recommended collaboration solutions to established and prospective customers utilizing a consultative selling approach that meet the needs of the Small to Medium size business segment. I was responsible for the overall sales process from initiation to close; adding prospective customers within territory identified through research; generating qualified leads and managing prospect lists to grow revenue.Traditional Collaboration & Conferencing Services - Audio Conferencing, Adobe Connect, WebEx, Lync, Vidyo, BlueJeans, Webinars and Webcasts.Unified Communications & Collaboration - Nextgen communications for all sized business. Built on Microsoft technologies (Office 365 and Lync) and delivered from the cloud, Empowers your workforce to collaborate the way they want to via instant message, phone call, audio/video/web conference, and email on a simple, efficient and flexible platform and delivery model.

Oak Brook, Il

Consulting with Chief Information Officers (CIO), IT Directors, ERP Management Teams and other IT professionals to develop plans for IT optimization and cost control and reduction so they can better utilize their budget. Meet and exceed customer expectations largely through managed services relationships, IT project work and staff augmentation.Highlighted Projects: -- Assisted customer with developing, configuring and testing JD Edwards EDI messaging utilizing ManageForce Functional and Developer resources. -- Assisted customer with integration of Oracle BI Publisher forms with JD Edwards in the area of HR and AP. Worked alongside customer for knowledge share and training. -- Assisted customer with utilization and training of JD Edwards World HR Modules.

Addison, Il

Conducts personal telephone interviews to assess prospective students to ensure they have the potential, traits, characteristics and financial wherewithal to apply, enroll and graduate. Effectively manage messaging and contact strategy for prospective students through phone, email, and marketing collateral. Guide students through admissions process from application to registration and attendance of class. Networks and develops professional relationships to generate personally-developed inquiries.

Naperville, Il

Promoted from the sales team to lead a team of 10-13 team members with aggregate portfolio responsibility of $25-$30 million of revenue (2500-2700 customers) selling the DNBi Software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. Implemented a sales coaching strategy to provide team members with high level business acumen, customer focused sales strategy, and coaching to support employee development. Built highly targeted salesforce.com (SFDC) monthly call campaigns to: identify annual contract agreement renewals; target high risk customers; and find up-sell and cross-sell opportunities building a robust project pipeline for sustainable business growth.Highlighted Achievements: --- 2008 – Led my Sales Team to over 14% Revenue Growth over Prior Year earning the President’s Award and a trip to D&B’s Winner’s Circle in Maui, Hawaii. --- 2008-09 – Worked with the assistant to Chairman to create strategy to bring D&B’s Customer Satisfaction Index for the channel from mid 60’s to a 90 by year end. Through August 2009 scoring was up to the high 70’s for the channel and the low 80’s for my sales team.

Naperville, Il

Managed and sold to an account portfolio of 200-300 clients with $2-$7 million revenue responsibility. Daily C-Level/O-Level management customer contact via telephone, email, and fax including: annual subscription renewals; up-sell and cross-sell to increase penetration in all solution areas; customer intelligence gathering; advance application identification and qualification; execution of targeted campaigns; customer satisfaction of existing clients. Effectively use CRMs (salesforce.com and Siebel) to organize, document, manage, and communicate effectively with internal and external customers.Highlighted Achievements: --- 2006 – Achieved over 15% in sales contract growth over prior year (3rd of all Customer Solution Managers). --- 2004 – Achieved over 11% in revenue growth over prior year (1st of all Small Business Relationship Managers) earning a trip to D&B’s Winner’s Circle in Puerto Rico.

West Des Moines, Ia

Daily C-Level/O-Level management contact via telephone, email, and fax to collect, review and update the D&B United States company database with complete, accurate and timely information consistent with the D&B Information Quality Plan and the DunsRight Process. Responsible for investigations of companies through web, Secretary of State, courthouses and other sources to ensure active companies. Specialized targeting of acquisition of new and replacement financial documents including balance sheets and income statements. Review and audit of final published business information reports including the assigning and overriding of general scores and ratings. Consultative review with owners and operators to help them develop a better D&B profile. Top sales producer to business owners and operators of D&B’s Self Analytical Solutions.

Pella, Iowa

Hired, trained, and developed a staff of 25-30 employees to deliver consistent results for the corporation in 3 key focus areas: labor costs; food costs; and product quality in a town of ~3,000 households. Increased store profitability through inventory management, daily bookkeeping and corporate communication. Built rooted relationships with key business in the community such as Pella Windows, Inc, Vermeer Manufacturing, Inc, along with government agencies such as the Police, Fire and City Hall. Highlighted Achievements: --- Created a customized mailing campaign to increase the number of customer by 25% and sales by 15-20% through tiered and targeted to-go coupons

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Activities and Societies: Dordt College Blades Hockey Team

Leadership Development Institute (Ldi) - Practices Of Successful Leaders Workshop

High School

Activities and Societies: Class Treasurer