Sales Specialist

• May 2022 - Present

Sales Specialist

• May 2022 - Present

Business Development Specialist

• Aug 2019 - Jul 2022

Sales Manager

• Dec 2016 - Aug 2019

Owner

• Jul 2010 - Mar 2016

Manage employees and inventory.Hiring,training and firing. Payroll, all back office accounting. Accounts payable and receiving. Advertising and marketing. Commercial sales. Manage employees and inventory.Hiring,training and firing. Payroll, all back office accounting. Accounts payable and receiving. Advertising and marketing. Commercial sales.

Owner

• Jan 2010 - Mar 2016

Primary responsibilities include driving growth through sales, managing the customer experience to drive retention and educating customers on our products and services to increase revenue performance. Started business from scratch, was responsible for the selection of location, construction of building, talent acquisition, marketing, advertising, pricing, purchasing, AP/AR and the management of the day to day operations. •Successfully promoted products and services through effective sales and management. •Consistently increased sales and maintained profitability each year. •Managed 3-5 employees.

Trader (remote)

• Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

Trade equities using firms’ unique strategies for personal account •Initiate equity positions using various technical indicators •Successfully passed Series 7 and 63 CRD#5614527 Trade equities using firms’ unique strategies for personal account •Initiate equity positions using various technical indicators •Successfully passed Series 7 and 63 CRD#5614527

Equity and Derivatives Trader

• Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

Evaluate research and initiate trades of diverse commodities, futures, options and equities, taking advantage of different national and international market factors. •Identify key issues, develop and modify short- and long-term trading system based on technical analysis and focused indicators, then successfully utilize knowledge to generate significant profit. Evaluate research and initiate trades of diverse commodities, futures, options and equities, taking advantage of different national and international market factors. •Identify key issues, develop and modify short- and long-term trading system based on technical analysis and focused indicators, then successfully utilize knowledge to generate significant profit.

Vice-President/Head Futures and Options Broker

• Jan 2000 - Jan 2007

Oversaw all trading activities (500 – 5000 contracts/day) for the organization, including communications with other brokers to identify and resolve trade discrepancies. •Leased and then purchased seat using personal profits in 2002. •Executed futures and options orders for retail, industry and institutional clients via "open outcry" on the floor of the New York Board of Trade as broker with 30% ownership equity in firm. •Authored daily market recap sent to all customers including volumes, open interest, settlement price, days high/low price, and with commentary on commodity fund, industry and retail activity. •Monitored clerk communications with all clients, including those with high wealth, providing guidance regarding unique buying and selling opportunities. •Entrusted to evaluate, interview, hire, train, discipline and terminate new and existing employees.

Options Broker/Futures Broker

• Jan 1996 - Jan 2000

Executed options/futures orders for medium and high-wealth clients (and for personal account) via "open outcry" on the floor of the New York Board of Trade, including in the midst of the typically chaotic trading day. •Maintained minimal error rate and highest quality customer service and order fills. •Researched market conditions and communicated with clients to help guide their trades. •Entertained potential, new and existing clients at dinners and sporting events. •Trained new employees on how to put the brokers order book together, effective updating of customers on market conditions, use of TIPS, how to take an order and how to report an order fill.

Phone Clerk

• Jan 1994 - Jan 1996

Promoted from Data Entry Clerk nine months after hire) •Entered executed trades into the New York Board of Trade data system. •Communicated with other clerks about any and all trade discrepancies, and alerted appropriate broker upon confirmation of discrepancy. •Informed customers via phone of market conditions, received orders, confirmed order execution. •Maintained broker’s personal trading position, using critical eye for detail for the hundreds ofdaily transactions to minimize organizational costs. •Initiated, developed and maintained key professional relationships with potential, new and existing clients, including entertaining at meals and sporting events.