Experience

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  Washington National Insurance Company

  • Missouri, Illinois and Indiana

  • District Manager

    • 2016 - Present
    • Missouri, Illinois and Indiana

    Manage Agents in helping provide solutions for wealth preservation and creation to families and individuals. Make a huge impact on communities and the future by educating, advising and servicing clients to improve their quality of life with affordable and life changing supplemental cancer, heart and accident policies.

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  Greenville Rehab and Pain Clinic

  • Illinois

  • Wellness and Marketing Director

    • Oct 2012 - 2016
    • Illinois

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  Core Physicians Group

  • Wellness Director

    • Apr 2011 - Oct 2012

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  Country Lane Collections

  • Owner, President, General Manager

    • Sep 1985 - Sep 2006

    Founded successful import/export and retail gift supply business from scratch, managing all aspects of strategic planning, sales/marketing, P&L, purchasing/inventory, visual merchandising, customer service, and daily operations to grow annual revenues from $0 to $2 million annual volume.Worked with U.S and overseas wholesale/retail customers. Orders placed one year in advance. Trade-show experience throughout the US.Hired, trained, supervised, and monitored performance of a peak team of 22 employees. Built a motivated, high-performance, customer-focused, and extremely loyal workforce, achieving average retention of 15 years per employee (virtually unheard of in the industry).Nominated for Best Small Business Professional in Illinois 1998.Excelled in building a lucrative, lasting customer base, attracting second-generation buyers. Coached trade show sales floor in premium service delivery and consultative sales, cementing customer loyalty and elevating per-ticket averages.; Developed and Merchandised booth and trade show visual displays to reflect evolving consumer tastes, leveraging strengths in identifying emerging trends in home décor/gifts ahead of the curve to displace the competition. Earned a reputation in art market area as the undisputed leader in fresh, new home decorating gift ideas, designs, and products that has been instrumental to year-over-year growth.Devised/executed highly successful business development strategies through trade shows. Demonstrated strong creative, communication, and design talents in developing brand-extending, sales-driving trade show booths, and an extensive array of collateral marketing materials (e.g., catalogs, POP/print advertising, fliers).Optimized terms and pricing with vendors/suppliers, negotiating discounts on inventory and services.Minimized overhead, maximized inventory turns, and maintained near zero shrink all years of operation.