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Tucson, Az, Us

The Marana Health Care Benefits Trust Board is a member body appointed by the Marana Town Council that holds, invests, and administers Health Benefits Trust funds and provides benefits to program participants and their beneficiaries.

As a proud contractor for El Tour de Tucson, I contribute to one of America’s largest and most iconic bicycling events. Held annually the Saturday before Thanksgiving, El Tour brings together over 9,000 cyclists and community members from across the U.S. and beyond for a celebration of charity, health, and fitness.My work supports Perimeter Bicycling’s flagship event, which has raised over $121 million for 100+ nonprofits since its founding in 1983. In addition to El Tour de Tucson, I am also involved in exciting new events like El Tour de Zona and El Tour de Scottsdale, further expanding the reach and impact of our cycling community.These events act as catalysts for nonprofit fundraising, promoting wellness, teamwork, and community engagement across Arizona. I’m excited to be part of the team driving these initiatives forward, empowering cyclists of all ages and abilities while supporting nonprofit fundraising efforts.

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

Favorite Healthcare Staffing, part of Acacium Group, has set the industry standard for quality, service and integrity in healthcare staffing for over 40 years. Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, we operate nationwide with 27 branch offices that offer our clients a unique community-based approach with the resources of a large national partner.We provide a full range of workforce solutions including local per diem and travel staffing options for nursing and allied health professionals, as well as permanent placement, float pool management, and VMS and MSP programs.As one of the industry’s fastest growing staffing providers, our mission is to create jobs and provide qualified and dependable talent to our clients whenever, wherever needed. Our people-focused mentality and core value of putting others before self has been at the forefront of our company culture since we opened in 1981.

• Generated over $7 million in new funds for cancer research and family assistance by coordinating and recruiting volunteers and planning and executing fundraising events.• Increased participation by 53% as Tournament Director for the annual fundraiser by the solicitation of sponsors. Responsible for complete oversight of planning and execution.President | Board of Director | Tournament DirectorThere is no better training on leadership and management than successfully leading non-paid volunteers. The skills and lessons derived from this arena have given me a significant edge in managing and leading people that work for me. 501(c)3 organization committed to raising funds for pediatric cancer research and assistance for families with children that have cancer.Board of Director and Operations Executive overseeing finances and day-to-day direction of the organization. Collaborate with Hospitals, Physicians, and Healthcare Professionals, and act as Director for annual fundraiser responsible for motivating and managing a team of 15 committee members and up to 35 volunteers.

Provo, Utah, Us

Serve as the principal strategist in launching a new market for the company’s mobile application that supports a rapidly growing “gig economy” with qualified temporary workers. Execute the new business development strategy, operating frameworks, and commercial relations by researching/targeting industries plagued with maintaining a daily workforce. Build cross-functional relationships across the client’s organization to provide awareness of the company’s software, confront sales calls head-on, and identify processes, workstreams, and roadmaps to drive the employer/employee adoption of the company’s workforce solution. Determine ways to leverage existing/new partner channels to rapidly accelerate the scaling, rollout, and selling of Baconwork’s digital platform.Set a regular cadence of client-facing calls to understand their business, pain points, and strategic initiatives to build plans that accelerate the client’s ROI results. Create lines of sight between the company’s solution and the client’s business to build a win-win selling strategy by maintaining a constant pulse on the solution’s selling strength.Capitalize on opportunity pursuits as they occur through expert territory canvassing and following up on market ebbs and flows to convert leads into staffing solution partners. Accelerated sales velocity by fully utilizing CRM software to track engagements and align sales targets with activities, rapidly signing 70+ new globally and nationally recognized employers.

Gilbert, Arizona, Us

Grew High School Dropout Recovery company from 600K to over 10M in 5 years. By:• Successfully Re-Branding the company’s image. Responsible for all Tradeshow planning, preparation, staffing and execution.• Building outreach team to reach State-Wide High School Administrators, Counselors, Politicians, and the General Public.• Increasing Public and Community awareness of High School Dropout challenges through Public Speaking and Conference Presentations.• Established multiple Countywide High School Dropout Recovery Programs.• Established new Charter and Public High School District Dropout Recovery Programs.• Helped D & F Charter High Schools become A & B Rated High Schools.My primary responsibility is to drive the business's overall growth and management by owning its long-term strategy plan, including strategic growth through new school partnerships, strategic partnerships, business opportunities, and mergers and acquisitions. Drive partnerships with national, state, and local leaders and community partners seeking to expand or start new Education Management Organization (EMO) and High School Dropout Recovery Program (DRP) partnerships.

Consulting with K12 Schools, Medical Device Companies, and Telecom companies. Helping High Schools and States Recover students that are no longer in School. Providing and connecting Schools to Pandemic Related Services. Provide Turnaround /Team Development /Sales and Marketing Strategies / LinkedIn Marketing / Lead Generation / Tradeshow Management• Grew High School Dropout Recovery program from 300 students to 2500 students• Positioned the company to grow up to $50 million in revenue growth within two years by developing and implementing strategies to identify, target, and penetrate key markets.• Positioned the company to achieve profitability in less than nine months by evaluating and restructuring processes to turn around, streamline, and position a marketing and sales department for growth.• Increased average weekly sales by 91% in a turnaround environment for an Internet Wireless provider.• Contracted with a Medical Device Company selling into Pain Management Practices.• Established a new west coast sales presence for a Medical Device company and revamped new tradeshow image and tactics.Help numerous companies with Tradeshow planning, preparation, staffing and execution.

Tucson, Arizona, Us

• Increased sales by 30% over three years while maximizing and decreasing the advertising budget by 37%. • Responsible for all trade show activities, including identification, coordination, set-up, tear-down, preshow, show, and post-show marketing• Identified new International distributors and negotiated new contracts growing the companies’ international gross revenue from 2% to 25% in two years. • In charge of weekly, quarterly and annual “C” Level presentations for sales, forecasting, performance metrics, and market trends. • Successfully coordinated the new name change and branding campaign of the 35-year-old medical company.• Increased presence and brand marketing in the highly competitive Medical trade show arena. • Wrote and established Standard Operating Procedure Handbook. • Established and executed new CRM application • Directed and led 50+ personnel with total sales and operational responsibilities. Director of Sales and Marketing for Medical Technologies selling and representing capital catheter medical equipment into global accounts.

• Started new venture, responsible for operations, marketing, customer service, bookkeeping, problem-solving, and communications. Founded and opened a new family haircut chain (SportsBuzz Haircuts). • Responsible for all aspects of the business, including site selection, personnel, business plan, and budget oversight. Sold business.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Responsible for all aspects of sales and customer service of high-tech communication infrastructures to the commercial channel, emphasizing small to Fortune 500 companies.• Coordinated departments for timely installations and system build-out. • Spearheaded new T1 over coax beta test market. • Exceeded quota by 12%.• Responsible for all trade show activities, including identification, coordination, set-up, tear-down, preshow, show, and post-show marketing Commercial Sales Manager at Cox Communications responsible for all aspects of sales and installation of cable, phone, and high-speed internet programs for Southern Arizona.

Monroe, La, Us

• Implemented 84 new points of distribution. • Developed financial and business models, completed program scope and sales forecasts. • Coordinated internal marketing and operations resources and facilitated contract development. Business Development Manager for Qwest Communications for the strategic and tactical development of multiple emerging market channels including new home development, affinity partnerships, direct referral programs, youth, charitable and university markets.

• Exceeded quotas by 23%.• Responsible for launching, supervising, hiring, and training a team of 10 direct door-to-door sales staff. • Championed and implemented an indirect agent program.• Developed new association programs, including soliciting, negotiating, and execution. Market Manager for Southern Arizona for MCI established the new consumer direct residential telecommunications channel.

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• Spearheaded Roll-Over-Minute concept resulting in a successful national campaign. • Launched local management structure and opened the new corporate office. Built a business-to-business team of 15 people, including management, sales representatives, and support personnel. • Increased retail locations from three to seven locations. Managed and expanded local indirect presence by 22%.• Responsible for hiring all the staff. Set budgets. Full P&L responsibilities. Director of Operations at Cingular contracted to launch Southern Ohio market on a 1-year commitment, fulfilling all deliverables on time and under budget.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

• Exceeded launch quota by 117%. • Set and determined prices, rates, and plans for the new Arizona Market launch. • Set forecast for initial launch volumes ongoing monthly, quarterly and annual forecast. • Identified and balanced the high cost of customer acquisition channels resulting in a reduction of cost by 55% after the 2nd year of operation. • Established a post-sale customer service program leading to a 2% decrease in churn over the prior year. • Face of the company for the community and political PR responsibilities. • Orchestrated full marketing campaigns and programs, including all multimedia buys, sales tools, and promotional materials.• Received top Market Manager Presidents award out of 21 Market ManagersResponsible for all Local, Regional and National Tradeshow planning, preparation, staffing and execution.  Promoted to: Regional Indirect Manager for VoiceStream Wireless region included Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.• Continually ranked the #1 and #2 region for the United States.• Supervised 54 permanent personnel, including sales managers, sales representatives, and administrative staff in addition to 500+ Indirect Dealer locations. • Full multimillion-dollar P&L responsibility. Responsible for multi-million budget development and implementation.• Appointed to National Launch Team. Key roles in the launch of Kansas City, Dallas, and Austin. Market Manager for VoiceStream Wireless directly hired, trained, and supervised 38 personnel for market launch, including store managers, direct sales managers, and indirect sales managers and sales associates, both retail and direct, sales coordinators, and administrative support.

• Turned around Market brought it from the Red to the Black in seven months.• Established inbound and outbound national telesales operations increasing activations from 600 to 3,000 per month, conceptualized and executed the business plan. • Closed unprofitable store locations. • Evaluated staff making key personnel changes. Market Manager for SmallWorld Communications directed and coordinated 7 retail outlets, two BtoB ten-person sales teams, and 27 indirect agents.

• Went from one location to six locations in 4 years. • Grew annual revenues from $0 to $1.5 Million. Founder of ComTek Paging and Cellular responsible for the business plan, budget oversight, site selection, personnel, operations, marketing, customer service, bookkeeping, problem-solving, and communications.