Roger Douglas Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, WA, US

Birmingham, MI, US

Responsible to identify and cultivate new business opportunities, develop and manage strategic relationships and expand scope of operations. Secured partnerships the world’s largest internet retailer, world's largest hotel chain, world's largest for profit reseller of used clothing, a multitude of multifamily management firms in the United States, among.

Responsible to identify and cultivate new business opportunities, manage national account relationships and expand scope of operations throughout North America. Secured partnerships with the second largest retailer in the world; the world’s largest internet retailer, the third largest non-for-profit health system and the first, third and seventh largest.

Private Equity and Venture Fund Raising. Successfully raise private equity for start up and early stage organizations from high net worth individuals, private funds and partnerships. Write Private Placement Memorandum/Executive Summary. Facilitate and secure Joint Venture partnerships. Clients include food/manufacturing space, technology, engineering/IP.

Recruited by start-up brokerage firm to expand business outside of the marine vertical. Utilized existing contacts, networking and relationship building skills at the C-suite with major mid-large cap organizations.

• Recruited to ignite stagnant market expansion. Utilized networking skills to establish new business/sales pipeline, improve market visibility, build relationships and secure meetings with multiple industry mid-large.
• Introduced internal subject matter experts as Best Practice Consulting Team to provide critical analysis and offer client-centric solutions as part of overall excellence in customer service delivery.
• Ensured corporate presence and involvement with community, supported industry related events as first company representative/liaison.
• Championed interdisciplinary selling of employee benefits and property/casualty [P&C]. Created single point of contact for client, increased vertical market potential of firm, stimulated revenue increase.

• Challenged to promote regional marketing efforts to expand interdisciplinary sales utilizing C-level contacts. Marketed employee benefit solutions to large scale employer groups throughout the Puget Sound area..
• Generated $200k in new P&C sales, utilized existing P&C and employee benefit relationships to identify and cross-sell opportunities.

US

• Provided industrial scale high-value asset and people tracking solutions to Fortune 1,000 companies. Recruited by President to raise private equity investment dollars, develop venture capital C-round funding, establish.
• Facilitated the industry introduction and proprietary applications of innovative wireless radio frequency chips to track real-time location of high value assets, improve information flow and transfer of sensitive data.
• Prospected and developed relationships with VARS to incorporate our technology in their proprietary applications
• Established networks of channel partners to distribute solutions to niche segment markets.
• Secured regional network television, print coverage for customer loyalty program and key signature product launch of e-Valet™.

• Leading engineering and manufacturer of premium cardiovascular and strength based training equipment. Responsible for the development and turnaround of lowest performing territory [dollars/margins]. Worked directly.
• Exceeded EVERY quarterly budget/goal and EVERY annual sales budget/goal in terms of both profit and total sales for 7 consecutive quarters and 4 year time frame. 1998: Led Western Region in overall sales growth Q1, Q2..
• 1997: Led national sales growth for Q1 [36%], Q2 [23%] and Q4 [135%] versus previous year results.
• 1996: Achieved national highest percentage sales growth of 21.8% and highest national gross margin of 44%.
• Recognized as only Manager to achieve superior sales contributions in all product categories.

• Recruited to establish and manage a specialty dealer network through North America for this start-up, a manufacturer of the highest quality weight lifting machines available that revolutionized the industry. Increased.
• Excelled at building strong, loyal relationships with business owners, managers and their staffs that enabled sales and market share to grow dramatically.
• Recognized as the Best Manufacturer’s Representative by the largest retailer in the industry.

Economics And Political Science

Registered Health Underwriter (Rhu), Licensed Insurance Producer - Property, Casualty, Life, Disability