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United States

As the Co-Founder and CEO of Ready Hire, I get to lead a very talented team building the first skills certification and talent subscription platform in the world. Your subscription gets you immediate access to certified candidates around the world, who are ready, willing and able to do the job. Ready Hire Exchange candidates have game, grit, and gratitude. Your sales development and customer service teams will never be the same.Ready Hire is a new way to build the workforce you need. We do the heavy lifting of finding and training amazing people so you get great hires exactly when you need them.Companies get a big savings. Graduates get a big raise.It feels like magic, but it’s just math. Ready Hire candidates come from outside the white-collar workforce and don’t live in major markets. We offer them a big step up while giving companies a serious cost advantage. We've awarded more than $1m in training scholarships, and we're just getting started. Get matched with proven, ready-to-start sales development and customer service reps. Pay nothing until you hire.

Buffalo, Ny, Us

Buffalo, Ny, Us

I'm fortunate to be a part of something special each and every day. Working side by side some of the most talented people in business, from many of the most innovative companies in the world. Our customers trust us to deliver the Ultimate Assist each and every day. No excuses, no misses. Our real-world application of automation and artificial intelligence combined with human performance and creative services is the foundation of our demand generation platform and products. Whether you’re a fast-growth startup looking to build your sales & marketing muscle or an established company looking to get outside traditional lines of business, we’re your partner in growth.

At Be Relevant i'm responsible for research & development, solution validation, partner selection & management, and marketing. I work closely to determine the needs of the marketplace and develop unique solutions to meet those needs. Our solutions are founded on sound approaches that work, and then scaled by the use of advanced technology. Many of our solutions are co-developed with industry leading companies. We're leading the way in collaboration and partnering in the sales technology space. This level of collaboration and open minded thinking is creating breakthroughs in performance often making technology that was 5 years off, available today. I get to be on the cutting edge of sales solutions that are applicable to small private companies (less than 100m) and large corporations (1b plus). We have great clients all over the world, and I get to see them succeed in part due to our solutions. It's a very rewarding experience.

At Schafer Group I was responsible for building a world class sales and delivery organization. Our team of sales professionals was charged with selling professional sales consulting services to small business owners in the Northeastern United States. Schafer Group provided industry leading sales management consulting, sales training, and small business sales consulting.

Heidelberg, De

I was responsible for building and running a new team consisting of field sales, systems engineers, and field service designed to go head to head with the Xerox Docutech. Xerox held 99% marketshare at the time. We started knocking out Xerox units in month three and never stopped. Our team was recognized as the top performing team in the world. Our approach to winning customers and making Xerox "uncool" to buy from was replicated across the country. We delivered on our promises to customers, our promises to senior management and we changed the competitive landscape in the high end production publishing industry. The better technology won out when combined with solid sales execution and incredible customer service.

I was in charge of expanding our customer base in the graphics division. I represented Canon color graphics systems and other related products such as EFI. I was highly skilled in graphic design, color management, computer networking and imaging technologies. I was recognized several times as the top sales producer of the year for IKON while setting annual revenue records during that time period. I was very proud of our customer retention and our ability to help our customers maximize their investment in our technology. I developed key relationships with thought leaders in graphic design and printing industry during my tenure in this role. I helped develop our customer service and field service functions to be at the top of their game. Over a period of 5 years we became the most trusted solution in our industry. This was the first time in my career I saw what it was like to do all the right things over an extended period of time in order to earn the trust of customers and to absolutely dominate an industry as a result of those efforts.

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