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Generate ideas, opportunities, and results for clients who wish to utilize my depth of experience in organizational leadership, fundraising, sales, and client relationships in private, public, and political environments.

Provide strategic leadership to a fast-growing $24M non-profit of 500+ employees that provides life-changing services to over 300 individuals and families struggling with autism throughout Minnesota.✔ Grew from $8M to $24M run rate during my four+ years as day-to-day Senior Executive✔ Developed organizational business plan generating $200-$250K in positive cash flow monthly✔ Developed groundbreaking service models that met goal to reach under-served more effectively✔ Created innovative strategies to efficiently deliver services through eight therapy centers statewide✔ Led efforts to grow support of government leaders/entities that provide 85-90% of organization's funding✔ Lives of hundreds of children and client families are having hope restored from the despair of autism

Chief Executive in charge of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's Washington, D.C., Sixth District of Minnesota, and Bachmann for Congress organizations.✔ Leveraged the Congresswoman's growing stature to design and implement a new fundraising operation that shattered all previous campaign fundraising records for any member of the U.S. House, raising over $10M in one year.

Elected twice to lead the Republican Party of a battleground state. Developed the party organization to over 100 employees with 2008 spending of over $11M.✔ Shattered fundraising records for election & non-election years. Developed second largest state Republican Party donor file in the country by increasing active donor base by over 25%.✔ Strategically invested resources that facilitated a razor-thin re-election of a Republican Governor in a brutally tough 2006 election environment. Confounded Washington pundits by winning two targeted congressional seats in 2008 that were predicted to be won by Democrats. Consistently outperformed Republican performance in neighboring states with similar demographics.✔ Articulated Republican message in Minnesota as the ongoing spokesperson for the Party on local and national media venues.✔ Assumed a leadership role in acquiring and hosting the 2008 Republican National Convention.✔ Elected by my national peers to serve on the National Republican Executive Committee

✔ Member of the 168-person governing body of the Republican Party✔ Chairman of Sub-committee on Volunteers for '08 RNC Convention✔ Elected member of the RNC Executive Committee (National Board of Directors)

Joined Intuit as second salesperson in the $33M, 180 employee consumer software and finance company that grew to a $2.5B, S&P 500 organization during my tenure. Escalating responsibilities throughout fifteen years yielded experience and success in account management, interim sales department head, and sales director positions. Retailer and distributer relationships included Best Buy, Target, OfficeMax, Office Depot, Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart, Costco, Compusa, Handleman, & Lieberman for the Quicken, QuickBooks, and TurboTax brands.✔ Empowered to orchestrate the reengineering of a six-person field sales team that exploded into a dynamic team of fifty permanent and two hundred fifty seasonal sales personnel nationwide.✔ Nominated for company-wide innovation award for FLEXforce intern program that yielded cost effective storefront coverage for minimal cost and yielded new pipeline of talent.✔ Consistently achieved top employee satisfaction recognition in annual company-wide surveys✔ Superb hiring, training, and employee empowerment programs led to minimal employee turnover✔ First recipient of Retail Sales Manager of the Year award✔ Achieved 75-90% retail storefront market share for all Intuit product lines

Delivered stellar results in initial central United States sales territory that led to promotion to the National Account Manager position for this $9M consumer software company in Cambridge, MA.✔ Expanded revenue in major accounts such as Egghead Software, Software Etc., Babbages, Office Depot, OfficeMax, and Electronics Boutique.✔ Initiated original product launch under Egghead Software’s “Project Embryo” program.

Crafted and implemented a plan of driving sales of Prince Matchabelli cosmetics and fragrances to 180 storefronts and chain headquarters in a three-state territory covering parts of Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri.✔ President’s Club member for outstanding sales results✔ Increased territory sales by 60% during time of flat nationwide sales growth✔ #2 national sales to quota performance in 1986 in 120 member sales force

Drove new customer acquisition and incremental sales for a specialty business products manufacturer in a virgin sales territory that covered the state of North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota.✔ Achieved top national sales to quota performance for all new hires in 1981✔ Recognized with “Rookie of the Year” sales award for 1981