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Page 1 2 3 4 5 next »» (Records Found: 136)| Name | James |
| Phone | 630-728-2300 |
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| Salary | Negotiable |
| State | Illinois |
| Willing to Relocation? | Yes |
| Recent Positions |
Principal The Sparks Group Oak Park, Illinois (Marketing strategy) Managing Director, Discover Card Financial Services Riverwoods, Illinois (Credit card strategy) Director National Accts Discover Card Riverwoods, Illinois (Credit card sales) |
| Key Accomplishments |
Created a comprehensive marketing plan for three boutique law firms including social media, traditional media, community events and public relations, generating market awareness and a 10% increase in visibility.
Served as credit card industry subject matter expert for the top three international management consulting firms Increased merchant acceptance of Discover Card from 72% to 85% within 24 month period. Managed and negotiated sales with seven portfolio companies generating $950 million. Persuaded 38 global companies to connect their international locations. Managed national accounts that focused on increasing profitability of top 500 merchants in six industry groups. Staff of 65, six direct reports, generating $38 billion in revenue with $4.5 billion in profit annually Engineered and implemented new client relationship management system, strengthening client relationships and increasing retention rate to 98%. |
| Education / Skills |
Master of Business Administration – The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business Bachelor of Science, Advertising/Marketing – University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign Adjunct Professor of Marketing – College of Management & Business NACTE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Winner 2015 Illini ComeBack Alumni Winner of 2013 Chicago Startup Weekend EDU. |
| Name | Confidential |
| Phone | 630-730-8556 |
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| Salary | $151K - $175K |
| State | Illinois |
| Willing to Relocation? | No |
| Recent Positions |
VP Global Services & Educ Vision Solutions, Inc Oakbrook, IL (High Availability Softwar) Director Consulting Servi SPSS, Inc Chicago, IL (Business Intelligence) Services Executive IBM New York, NY (Key Account Mgt) |
| Key Accomplishments |
Successful merger and restructuring of 60 person international Professional Services and Education business for $110M High Availability software organization resulting in achievement of agressive P&L targets. Consistent achievement of revenue and expense targets for professional services business for last 5 years. Successful development and rollout of packaged service offerings tailored to SMB and Enterprise customer segments resulting in YTY growth. Successful rollout of Professional Services Automation tools resulting in consistent and efficient operations management and reporting. |
| Education / Skills |
MBA, University of New Haven BSME, University of New Haven Expertise in the of Professinal Services Automation systems. Extensive use of Changepoint/SofTrax software solutins. IBM Project Managent Certification |
| Name | Robert |
| Phone | 847-965-0920 |
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| Salary | $76K - $100K |
| State | Illinois |
| Willing to Relocation? | No |
| Recent Positions |
National Account Manager AT&T Chicago (Telecommunications) Sr. Sales Manager Contel Office Communications Chicago (telecommunications) Sr. Account Manager / rep Iwatsu America Chicago (Telecommunications equipm) |
| Key Accomplishments |
As the National Account Manager, Industry Markets, main point of contact for over 100 accounts throughout Illinois & Indiana, along with Century Telephone Company throughout Midwest.
Responsibility to maintain each customer as liaison. Proposed and sold any product/ service available from AT&T.
Have been instrumental in researching, developing and implementing a number of new programs and procedures, as well as their other divisions.
Host internal & external meeting providing resolution of outstanding issues. Have extensive knowled Sales Support Position handles customer's requests, including needs for network services along with the consultative analysis of their needs for telephone services and equipment. Provided a background of tremendous Knowledge of all aspects of the Global Network operations and equipment installation. Provided the knowledge I maintain from 20+ years in Telephony to Mutual benefit of the customer and AT&T. Instrumental in the support in securing a number of lucrative sales contracts for various network services and equipment within the Provided the consultation & coordination of any/all network services customer needs. Handled everything and anything given to me with successful conclusion. Consultation and project coordination of customer's network services. Oversaw all to assure complete satisfaction of customer and completion of their needs. Able to provide the coordination between them and AT&T. Front line contact for customer on all services installed & maintained. Responsibility in providing a successful conclusion to anything that customers required. Provided Senior Account Manager Responsible for 8 Midwestern States and more than 50 individual distributors. Total Yearly Sales Exceeded $20 Million, the most productive territory in the U.S.A. Personally Maintained top 5 Highest Producers in the country. Job responsibilities: Complete Product training, equipment demonstration training and demo to prospective buyers/customers. Provided Sales Training -including sales demonstration techniques/ suggestions, sales training material and motivational. Provided Courtesy Calls and conference calls |
| Education / Skills |
Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL USA
Masters Degree, Marketing Communications, graduated with 3.5 / 4.0 GPA (nigh Active in BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, as leader. Held Cubmaster, Ast. Scoutmaster & Scoutmaster and Venturing Advisor- curren I bring the following experience and background with me to any position: • Reliable / dedicated service to employer Formal Education (listed in my Resume’) provide excellent background and completely compliment each of the areas a |
| Name | Steven |
| Phone | 630-640-6658 |
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| Salary | Negotiable |
| State | Iowa |
| Willing to Relocation? | Yes |
| Recent Positions |
Principal Direct Solutions Group LLC Ankeny, IA (Marketing and Management ) President AMPAC Marketing Los Angeles (Insurance/Financial Serv) President Guarantee Reserve Life Chicago (Insurance, Marketing) |
| Key Accomplishments |
Developed new client relationships for BPO and Affinity marketing programs. Stabilized and re-positioned company resulting in re-energized business and profit growth. Entered new markets and distribution channels. Developed cohesive management group. Stabilized company, developed and executed new growth strategy, grew new revenues by 80% in three years. Culture change and reenergizing stalled organizations |
| Education / Skills |
BS Marketing/Management Stanford University Advanced Management College Executive Program Wharton School - Finance and Accounting Executive Program |
| Name | Confidential |
| Phone | 630-240-4473 |
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| Salary | $76K - $100K |
| State | Minnesota |
| Willing to Relocation? | Yes |
| Recent Positions |
Executive Director North Hennepin Area Chamber of Commerce Greater Minneapolis (Business advocacy) Executive Director West Suburban Chamber of Commerce Greater Chicago (Management consultant) CEO The Performance Alliance Westmont IL (Performance management ) |
| Key Accomplishments |
Sales, marketing, operational and general management of several industrial and service companies, generating substantial sales/profit improvement, product development and civic/community and business developme Transformed 4 companies from losses to success. Held COO/GM fiscal/operational responsibilities for 4 divisions of $100 million company; accomplished Creative Director - all media, B2B and B2C - and highly successful new product/new market innovator Diversified writer and creative director - technical, editorial, promotional, direct mail/lead generation, proposals (2,500), PR, catalog, e-commerce, research, CRM Performance management/improvement subject matter expert and heavily experienced change leader; skilled presenter and effective partner with boards of directors |
| Education / Skills |
Bachelor of Arts, University of Illinois Summa Cum Laude; Raymond Schroeder Scholar Graduate, Brown College of Broadcasting & Electronics University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Product Strategy & Implementation |
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Jack Heyden and Scott Kane are executives with over 60 years of combined experience who, in early 2000, were out of work, did not know each other and who were forced to reinvent themselves to survive in the 21st Century workforce. 