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Name Eric
Phone 708-354-0690
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $126K - $150K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Director of Sales
Pioneer Service Inc.
Addison, IL
(CNC Turning/Machining)

Global Sales Manager
Bi-Link Metal Specialties
Bloomingdale, IL
(Stamping, Insert Molding)

Director, Sales & Mktg
Fotofabrication
Chicago, IL
(Photo-chemical machining)

Key Accomplishments Drove an average of over $13 million in new sales annually each of the past four years to clients' locations throughout the US, Mexico, Canada, China, Singapore, Malaysia, France, Hungary and Germany.

Secured a multi-year contract with one of the ten largest global medical device manufacturers to supply sub-assemblies valued at over $12 million in revenue annually, by leveraging our global footprint, unique tooling and exceptional lead-times.

Grew sales by 114% within 5 years by formally restructuring and training sales force, and by strategically coordinating targeted direct mail, print ads, tradeshow exhibits and website search engine optimization.

Negotiated multi-year contracts valued at over $58 million per year with manufacturers of electrical motors and transformers, by leveraging the industry's only dedicated team of experts to create and manufacture customized electrical-grade steels.
Education / Skills University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL B.S. in Metallurgical (Materials Science) Engineering, 1986




Name Stephen
Phone 630.267.8784
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $151K - $175K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Sales Operations Director
YP Holdings (formerly ATT Ad Solutions)
Chicago, IL
(print,digital advertising)

General Mgr, Nat'l Sales
ATT Advertisng Solutions
Chicago, IL
(print,digital advertising)

National Sales Manager
SBC Directory Operations
St. Louis, MO
(print,digital advertising)

Key Accomplishments Having successfully navigated 2 spinoffs and 5 mergers, I have become an expert at Organizational Change Management (OCM) as well as Process and Systems Integrations.

Managed teams responsible for achieving or exceeding budgeted targets, including as much as 50% cost reductions

Drove organizational changes, process and systems transformations enabling more than 10X digital ad revenue growth

Led OCM and integrated technology implementations including using SalesForce.com, Oracle, Microsoft SharePoint, Excel and DOMO resulting in over $35million incremental revenue from existing customers and revenue from new customers
Education / Skills Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Management Webster University, 1997
Lean Six Sixma Green Belt Purdue University, 2014
Certified Scrum Master Heartland Community College / Scrum Alliance, 2013
Relational Database Design Washington University, 1994

Name Daniel
Phone 262-617-1570
Email Click here to email me!
Salary Negotiable
State Wisconsin
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Managing Member / COO
Advanced Green Energy Solutions LLC
Muskego, WI
(Renewable Energy EPC)

GM / COO
Clear Horizons LLC
Brookfield, WI
(Proj Developer)

Marketing Manger
Waukesha Engine
Waukesha, WI
(Manuf of Nat Gas Engines)

Key Accomplishments Expanding my Career internationally. Working for Goldfields of South Africa as a Mining Engineer and progressing, through assignment, to the Chamber of Mines and managing Research and Development projects.

Identified business partner, performed due diligence, negotiated and consummated $750,000 infusion of cash.

Designed sales initiative to rapidly move aged inventory reducing inventory by 20% within five weeks

Resolved premature engine failures by identifying modes of failure and responsible party reducing performance exposure of $10 million to less than $700,000.
Education / Skills University of Chicago, Executive MBA course work
B.Sc. from University of Wisconsin - Platteville



Name Richard
Phone 708-297-1535
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $76K - $100K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? No
Recent Positions Web Marketing Manager
Indiana Botanic Gardens, Inc.
Hobart, IN
(Health Products)

Consultant
Self Employed
Midlothian, IL
(Consulting and design)

Assoc. Marketing Dir.
GIA Publications, Inc.
Chicago, IL
(Music publishing)

Key Accomplishments Improved organic search traffic according to Google Analytics by 80% in 2012 over both 2011 and 2010, improved overall traffic by 20%, and increased revenues by 6% through improving SEO according to industry best practices.

Led initiative to redesign and improve website look and infrastructure including enhancing online search. Managed project in-house and procured resources resulting in 21% improvement in new customers online and cut spending by over $30,000 annually.

Started, owned, managed, and led my own company. Achieved top 10% sales growth rate among new sign companies within a franchise, and received the Business Ledger’s Entrepreneurial Excellence Award in 2008.

Successfully implemented a new blog and content plan which outperforms former content tactics for driving traffic by 800% and increased brand awareness, web traffic, and improved social sharing by 123%.
Education / Skills University of Chicago, BA, Fine Art, 1998
Capella University, MBA, Business Administration (General), 2005
Microtrain Technologies, Project Management, Six Sigma, and Business Analysis, Certified Inbound Marketing Specialist
Skills: Marketing, creative and art direction, operations management, graphic design, strategy, training, supply chain

Name John
Phone 312-533-1015
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $151K - $175K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? No
Recent Positions Vice President
AmTrav Corporate Travel
Chicago, Illinois
(B2B Travel Management)

VP/General Sales Manager
Kaplan
Chicago
(Online Education)

Executive Vice President
Navigant International
Chicago, Illinois
(Travel Management)

Key Accomplishments Kaplan:  Exceeded two year financial projections for net income despite major downturn in the industry.  Responsible for 200+ new client relationships, improving national market share by 30%.

AmTrav:  Tripled the size of the overall corporate division within three years.  Developed new Meetings and Incentives division within AmTrav, increasing volume by 200% within the first year.  Sold 90% of the companies top 25 accounts

Navigant:  Generated $12 million in net income despite poor market conditions by securing transaction based fee contracts with corporate clients and initiating supplier incentives and value-added services.

World Travel:  Led a team of sales executives within the Midwest, facilitating a 40% increase in year-over-year annual growth.
Education / Skills Solutions Selling Program Multiple Sales & Presentations Skills classes while at American Airlines




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