Travis Maese Email & Phone Number

Reported to the National Sales Director. Oversee and manage the Western US territory. Responsible for the day-to-day sales and marketing initiatives, including direct oversight of 8 sponsored states.• Developed and delivered in person and virtual training to individual members, vendors, and groups of 50+ • Prepare and lead annual business review and marketing strategy meetings for business partners• Train and mentor both existing and new sales and marketing representatives• Created centralized process for tracking unreported purchases, resulting in over $8.7MM in unreported PO’s• Consulted on proposed legislation to Oklahoma State Statute, resulting in the passage of HB1789• Expanded sales territory by 7 states, and onboarded, trained, and established go to market strategy for each• Organized and conducted the first regional vendor training for the National BuyBoard program• Foster and maintain relationships with state school board association executives, partner associations, and C-level, and vendors

Reported to the Assistant Director of Sales & Marketing. Oversaw and managed a seven-region territory in Texas. Responsible for the day-to-day sales and marketing initiatives.• Converted 34.1% of non-active members into purchasing entities, increasing overall revenue by 23%• Completed 600 personal customer visits consisting of sales calls, trainings, and tradeshow visits• Developed two marketing pieces used to inform members about PO compliance and contract alignments• Organized and led regional onsite member training at TASB HQ, and conducted website demonstration

Reported to the Director of Contracts & Procurement Services. Supported districtwide operational procurement needs.• Managed pre and post award contract actions for District operations to include Bids and Request for Proposals • Oversaw the procurement of all District operational needs• Managed $4MM districtwide furniture project at various AISD campuses• Obtain and update information on open market and contract purchase prices• Maintain vendor relationships regarding orders, new products, market conditions and trends. • Appointed by the Superintendent to serve on a task force to improve District working conditions

Reported to the Assistant Director of Purchasing & Risk Management. Directly responsible for functions involving approval and processing of department requisitions, contract management, order placement, updating and maintaining procurement records, and vendor relationships. • Oversaw university-wide procurements for all copier and documentation services• Negotiated various contracts that resulted in cost saving for New Mexico State University. • Worked closely with university General Counsel to ensure compliance with all contracts• Streamlined the process for renewing multi-departmental contracts• Implemented, organized, and conduct professional development training to internal personnel• Created the “How To” manual for vendors who do business with the University• Developed customer service surveys for internal and external customers to New Mexico State University• Led a team that was awarded the Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award by the National Procurement Institute