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Name sheryl
Phone 248-459-0523
Email Click here to email me!
Salary Negotiable
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? No
Recent Positions SVP, Group Account Direct
Doner Advertising
Southfield, MI
(Advertising and Marketing)

SVP, Group Account Direct
Draft Worldwide
Chicago, IL
(Direct Marketing)

VP, Senor Account Supervi
Campbell Ewald
Warren, MI
(Advertising and Marketing)

Key Accomplishments Accomplished Direct Marketing Professional with a successful record of creating connections between consumers and brands that generate business growth.

- Solutions-Oriented Leader able to lead and manage diverse resources to provide continued client delight. - Results Driven Planner who utilizes key category, brand and customer insights to deliver ROMI based strategies.

- Multi-Media Strategist with proven ability to integrate multiple marketing vehicles and activate the target audience. - Database and CRM Practitioner who knows how to use data at both strategic and execution levels.

- Efficient Business Manager skilled in developing processes that insure consistent on time and on budget delivery. - Dynamic Presenter with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Education / Skills BA, Communications, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI




Name Patty
Phone 847-975-1166
Email Click here to email me!
Salary Negotiable
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? No
Recent Positions Marketing Consultant
Advocate Healthcare
Oak Lawn, IL
(Health Care)

Caretaker

Northbrook, IL
(Sick family member)

Principal
PrintLink Enterprises, Inc.
Northbrook, IL
(Marketing Communications )

Key Accomplishments Advocate Heathcare: Responsible for marketing direction, creative supervision and project management for fundraising initiative. Developed marketing strategy, redesigned and reorganized brochure.

Caretaker for sick family member: Aggressively researched, presented findings, and convinced Dr. David Walterhouse and Children's Memorial Hospital to use an experimental drug.

PrintLink Enterprises, Inc.: Involved in all aspects of running a business including client development, P&L, account management, marketing campaigns, creative strategies, vendor relations and project oversight.

RPP Enterprises, Ltd: Responsible for identifying new business, developing quotations, and planning customer projects. Top salesperson in B2B saes. Opened large corporate accounts
Education / Skills University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL Bachelor of Fine Arts
Strategic, integrated, and multi-channel marketing, Branding and building corporate awareness.
Creative marketing campaigns and implementation of follow through materials. Key account and project management.
New business development, consultative sales orientation, Successful B2B sales, relationship builder.

Name Confidential
Phone 630-362-3263
Email Click here to email me!
Salary Negotiable
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? No
Recent Positions Principal - Regional Mgr
Midwest Geothermal Engineering
Illinois
(Enviromental)

Vice President
Urethane Soy Systems
Illinois
(Biobased Polyols)

Director Technology
American Stores
Illinois
(Food & Drug Retail)

Key Accomplishments Negotiated and executed master supply agreement with farmer’s co-op guaranteeing raw material supply and manufacturing, saving $1 million in capital expenditures and reducing production costs by 60%.

Developed and implemented a non-traditional mainframe reconfiguration for 200 users reducing day time utilization to under 80%, decreasing turnaround processing time by 75%, and avoiding a $3 million system upgrade.

Identified and negotiated purchase of the company for $8.5 million to polyol manufacturer.

Bundled developer projects minimizing risk to the investor through diversification resulting in $1 million in sales
Education / Skills




Name Gary
Phone 630-624-4748
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $76K - $100K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Mngr, Bus Unit Controller
Sears
Hoffman Estates, IL
(Major Retailer)

Snr Financial Analyst 3
Experian
Schaumburg, IL
(Direct marketing services)

Senior Accountant
Rigby / Reed Elsevier PLC
Crystal Lake, IL
(Educational publishing )

Key Accomplishments Sears - Uncovered $1.5mm in mis-expensed bad debt, and recovered amount to benefit Online P&L, helping to achieve bonus targets for 2009. Corrected over accrual of inventory reserve $3mm, helping achieve bonus targets for 2010.

Sears - assisted Full-Line Marketing management in achieving / beating budgets for 2006 - 2008, while cutting $46mm of expenses over that period, a 5% runrate savings. Managed cost allocation system of Adverting expenses for 800+ full line stores.

Experian - assisted SVP & VP's of I.T. in setting $40mm annual expense budgets and $15mm in capital budgets, and achieving / beating those budgets for 8 consecutive years. Saved $2mm in runrate expense by strategically choosing purchase over lease.

Rigby - submitted monthly full P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cashflow set to U.K. corporate using Hyperion. Created a report to enable affirmed A/R collection calls, which prior had not been possible. Supervised 4 professionals over Sales/Commissions/AR.
Education / Skills Northern Illinois University, B.S. Accounting 1981 Certified Public Accountant, State of Illinois 1983
Hardware - IBM desktop / laptop 30 years, 10-key 30 years, IBM mainframes 5 years, high-speed Oce laser printers 5 years
Software- MS Excel 2007 highly skilled, MS Word 2007 skilled, MS Powerpoint skilled, Oracle Financials highly skilled,
Peoplesoft GL 5 years, essbase 5 years, Hyperion 2 years, Lawson GL 2 years, Proseries 20 years, Quickbooks 20 years.

Name David
Phone 630-724-0503
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $175K +
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? No
Recent Positions President, COO
Nostalgia Home Fashions
Vernon Hills, IL
(CPG/Home Textiles)

President, CSO
quiltcreator.com
Vernon Hills, IL
(B2C E-commerce)

Group Vice President
Pillowtex Corporation
Kannapolis, NC
(CPG Manufacturing)

Key Accomplishments Doubled Nostalgia's revenues ($15M - $30M) via diversification in less than 3 years in its core legacy business while positioning it for sustainable success as a category leader & change agent in a 19th century manufacturing industry

Achieved Year over Year double digit percentage revenue growth for the consecutive years 2008-2010 (between 12-25% annually).

Launched www.nostalgiahome.com & www.quiltcreator.com, a revolutionary mass customization web based business delivering 100% margins and fast cash flow with no finished inventory.

Established a culture of accountability and accomplishment over activity. Developed & installed compensation and internal measurements (T12M Reporting) to ensure the same.
Education / Skills Kellogg Graduate School of Management Alumnus 2008. Selected personality profile for future Kellogg promotional materia
University of St. Francis, BA Business Adminisration, 1987



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