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In my current security leadership role I oversee all sales, marketing, and strategic actions in the USA. My daily work utilizes my leadership, sales, and technical skills to drive our team to success in the OEM and Distribution markets we service. I have a passion for delivering sales excellence and revenue growth within our global organization.◆ 20% average annual sales growth rate over 5 years◆ 60% overall Gross Margin improvement◆ Creating an Account portfolio structure to mitigate sales risks◆ Recruit, develop, manage, and train national sales team◆ P&L, Budget, and Board-level reporting◆ Establish clear staff objectives and goals◆ High-Level customer engagement on special projects◆ Develop and Implement nationwide sales strategy◆ Build and maintain positive industry relationships◆ Building new nationwide sales channelsOur US Headquarters provides product assembly, warehousing, technical support, engineering and product development, as well as sales and customer service for the American market.

◆ Exceeded personal annual sales goals. Selling $2M at 35% Gross Margin.◆ 300% increase in Electronic/Technology sales.◆ Sold to End-Users, OEM's, and Service Providers.Directly responsible for the development and performance of all outside sales activities pertaining to OEM, Industrial, Educational, Healthcare, and locksmith/dealer accounts in West Michigan/Northern Indiana Territories.

◆ $5M in personal annual sales. 238% revenue increase. Gross profit at 188% of plan.◆ Expert in IP Video, VMS, Access Control, and Fire Systems.◆ Managed all Field Sales within the entire State of Michigan.◆ Direct Account Management of Global Accounts.◆ Focus on Hardware, Software, Services Sales - Networking, IoT, Bluetooth, WirelessA Fortune 500 global company, Anixter provides Integrators, Contractors, Consultants, and End Users with professional and comprehensive networking and security solutions from the world's top product manufacturers and systems developers.

◆ Executive Leadership of 40 direct reports operating in a 24/7/ high security environment.◆ Remote daily Management of Global Teams, including US, Serbia, and the Philippines.◆ Direct Account Management of National Accounts valued at $40M annually.◆ Recruiting, Training, and Development of highly engaged IT Engineers.◆ Service Operations P/L responsibilities with inventory management, root cause analysis, and statistical KPI analysis.My Michigan Team of Customer Engineers provided 24/7/365 service to Banking ATM's and Retail POS systems for thousands of customer sites within the territory.

Business Consultant. Services included:◆ Business Development review and guidance◆ Operations consulting designed to maximize business valuations◆ Sales Training◆ Service Optimization◆ Marketing Services

Executive Management.Provided leadership to a large workgroup (50 staff) within an integrator/service firm on a daily basis. Recruited, trained and managed industry professionals including, Sales Reps., Engineers, IT Staff, Branch & Service Management, Technicians, and other disciplines.

Managed a staff of systems and services sales professionals. Earned a major sales channel by leading the acquisition of GE Strategic Partner Status in the security space. Won multiple security sales projects from competitors, including business of a member of the Forbes 400 list.

Sold complete security systems to prospective customers in a variety of settings. Top seller in my territory.Utilized past security operations background to win customers.