Tom Burris Email & Phone Number

Baton Rouge, La, Us

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Springfield, Mo, Us

I manage the Fishing Department for my local Bass Pro Shops.Dream job for semi-retired persons. ~ But I am not semi-retired yet. Hire me to sell your products and services.

Licensed Mortgage Banker. Working in local branch offices as well as virtual home office.

Loan Officer for various mortgage brokers/bankers in the Dallas, TX market. Marketing mortgage loans to network of referral sources and potential home buyers. • Consulting potential home buyers on mortgage products and features.• Pre-processing loans for submission to processing/underwriting. • Checking income and asset documentation for completeness and accuracy.• Created processes for legal compliance and checking against policy guidelines.• Marketing Evangelist to referral partners. • Credit coach: Consult prospects on credit qualifying for a home loan. • Informing and training co-workers on market opportunities.• Public speaking.• Nationally Recognized Blogger• Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" 2006.

Somerset, Nj, Us

Computer Software & Hardware Sales for technology leader and Large Account Reseller (LAR). B2BOutside sales executive for top Large Account Reseller. Enterprise Software Advisor.Prospect and maintain database of clients that ranged from 500 – 5000 workstations/PCs.Sold software license bundles as well as PC hardware, servers, routers and peripherals. Daily duties ranged from pricing out products for purchasing managers to cost analysis on multi-million dollar software licensing agreements with upper management. • Cost analysis: Volume discount for up front transactional discount purchases.• Effective Presentations to buyers, CIO, CFO, CTO, Director of IT and support staff as well as speaking in front of 100+ IT professionals.• Position was home based unsupervised virtual office in Plano, TX. Maintained inside sales assistant.

Inside sales rep for national distributor of computer components. Provide technical support and solution selling to regional distributors and retailers nationwide.• Group Manager: Trained new sales reps and managed team of 9 account managers. Informed my team of market conditions and competitive advantages in fast changing commodity market that would influence profit margins as well as capitalize on opportunities.• Forecast sales, manage inventory, solve problems requiring manager approval. • Managed sales team generating $3MM annual profit on $20MM overall revenue.• Product Champion for HP, IBM & Apple desktop & server upgradesCold Calling. Consultative sales.

Managed and cultivated six parishes (counties) of retail accounts including 500 retail locations, chain account headquarters and wholesale distributors. Sold consumer promotions and price-off plans to wholesale buyers, store owners, managers and supervisors. Sold marketing trade-off programs to chain account management. Held meetings with key National and Regional Accounts to promote continuity to prescribed programs. Introduced new brands to expand category. Advised retail partners on category management to maximize sales• Manage sales and distribution of assigned brands• Successfully completed Consumer Marketing Representative Training I & II.• Spoke in front of 50+ peers and customers on several occasions with positive results.• Leader of my Division with maintained sales increases of 20% each yr.• Consistently met & exceeded sales quotas and objectives.• Event Promotion: Identified event, negotiated terms, secured budget dollars, scheduled labor and follow up reporting. • Chain Tie-In Promotions: Identify target retail chain of stores. Design promotional material and campaign tying retailer to local Company Sponsored event in exchange for promotion and special display of UST products.