Thomas Sergio Email & Phone Number

Sandy Springs, Ga

As Owner / General Manager – Opened a franchised ‘The Grape’ restaurant and retail wine shop 2006, on-time and on-budget. Coordinated/sponsored events with the NC Symphony, Carolina Ballet, Opera Company of NC, Greater Raleigh Visitors & Convention Bureau, political fund-raisers, etc. ♦ 2007: Metro Magazine’s Bravo Award ’Best Wine Restaurant’ – AOL City Guide’s ‘Best Date Spot’

As Vice President, International Sales – Directed strategic business development in Europe, Latin America and Asia. Led global launch of new youth electronics line into Europe.♦ Established uniform distribution and royalty terms and conditions and implemented new or revised contracts with all international toy distributors ♦ Established Hong Kong-based Sales Support Team to streamline order management, improve forecasting, reduce logistics costs and maintain profit margins♦ Established 3 year plan to profitably develop subsidiary in Mexico

As Manager, Cingular Key Account Team, Atlanta, GA – Directed business development and technology management of mobile phones with P/L responsibility for the largest corporate account.♦ Achieved 19% share, $125 million revenue and #1 rank model in first year as new supplier behind the national rollout of new network technology♦ Established core account team to support technology and product management (including RFI/RFP response) in Atlanta and engineering and testing functions in Austin, TXAs Director of Sales, North America, Cordless Products, Austin, TX – Directed the strategic sales management of cordless phones in U.S. & Canada. Restructured to new business model. ♦ Achieved 17% unit growth, turning business around from previous negative growth ♦ Successfully launched 3 new product lines, building new distribution (including WalMart) and exceeding all sales targets despite technical product issues and a 2-month launch delay

As Managing Director, Communication Devices, Bracknell, UK – Directed strategic and operational management of U.K. business unit with full P/L responsibility and oversight of Ireland. ♦ Tripled revenue to $225 million and 2.2 million units in FY 2000♦ Expanded distribution into all 5 wireless networks, channels and national retailers, 2 years ahead of plan, achieving 9% market share in Q4-2000, up 40% from previous year♦ Achieved strong profitability with positive EVA results >200% of target ♦ Developed in-country organization to fully support Sales, Marketing, Product Management, Finance, Logistics and Customer Service/Repairs ♦ Set EMEA regional benchmarks in sales per head, lowest cost of sales and efficient replenishment ♦ Nominated for Siemens top+ Award for Asset Management November 1999, pilot country for division-wide Supply Chain Management and e-commerce projects

As Regional Sales Director, UK/Ireland, Germany – Coordinated regional sales and marketing. ♦ Drove start-up U.K. business from 68,000 units in 1997 to 900,000 unite in 1999 ($75 million sales) ♦ Grew Ireland from 20,000 units in 1997 to 100,000 units in 1999 ($10 million sales)♦ Contributed 25% of EMEA volume in first half fiscal 98/99 vs. 10% proportional market size share

As Category Manager – METRO AG CBD Team, Germany ♦ Successfully implemented the new category management program across the cash & carry, supermarket and department store channelsAs Manager – Sales Marketing Organization, Germany – Coordinated European channel introduction of Bounty Paper Towels♦ Achieved market launch on time in all geographies and reached #1 value share goal in 6 months As Asst Export Manager – Prestige Fragrances, Germany ♦ Developed and executed strategy to gain first-time Japanese and Korean duty-free distribution As Section Manager – Sales Marketing Department, Germany♦ Proposed and leveraged a successful pricing strategy for dentifrice re-launch, increasing shipments 50% over last 4 months of fiscal year, achieving fiscal year sales goal As Area Manager – Military Sales Division, Cincinnati, OH – ♦ Achieved 11-14% sales growth p.a., consistently ranking among top sales persons in the division

Education record

Education record

Siemens S3 Advanced Management Course Developed and led Business Impact Project for I&C Mobile, successfully and profitably selling.