Experience

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  The University of Kansas

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Business Development Manager

    • Jun 2018 - Present

    Responsible for developing and executing a strategy for discovering and securing new business opportunities in the aerospace industry.Works with instructors and clients to develop industry-academia partnerships.Oversees development of new courses and forms business strategies by researching industry trends and representing the University of Kansas Professional & Continuing Education at conferences and trade shows worldwide.

  • Business Development Manager

    • Jun 2018 - Present

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  Mary Kay

  • Lawrence, Kansas Area

  • Senior Independent Beauty Consultant

    • Jul 2009 - Present
    • Lawrence, Kansas Area

    I led our team to receive 3 prestigious Mary Kay awards in our first year, an accomplishment that only 4% of new directors achieve. I always maintained the belief that the best way to lead is by example. Responsible for the success of 30+ consultants.Trained new consultants on the core competencies of the business in order to help them grow a more profitable and sustainable business.Planned and implemented consultant education programs to help them strengthen their time management, money management, customer service and people skills.

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  Mary Kay Inc.

  • Lawrence, Kansas Area

  • Senior Sales Director

    • Dec 2012 - May 2018
    • Lawrence, Kansas Area

    I was promoted to Senior Sales director 9 short months after becoming a Sales Director. I train, inspire and motivate others as well as help them to find joy and meaning in what they do.Responsible for the success of 70+ consultants.Train and coach leaders to develop the people-skills and leadership-skills to increase their ability to be promoted to management and director positions.Plan and implement weekly meetings to train, motivate, inspire, and educate consultants and directors in their career pathMentor and lead new and seasoned Sales Directors in developing their business.Evaluated, redesigned and implemented a new consultant program to better help educate, motivate, and retain new talent.

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  Ericsson

  • Traffic Engineer

    • Jun 2005 - Feb 2012

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  Sprint

  • Overland Park, KS

  • Traffic Engineer

    • Jun 2008 - Jan 2010
    • Overland Park, KS

    Due to my ability to quickly learn new concepts, I was chosen as a lead on a new department-wide project. I implemented, developed, and trained our department on a new traffic routing system,Created training and tracking documents for new traffic routing system.Trained department employees and managers on new traffic routing systems.Troubleshot network transitions and outages.

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  Sprint

  • Overland Park, KS

  • Technical Project Manager

    • Jan 2006 - Mar 2007
    • Overland Park, KS

    I managed all technical teams to make sure projects remained on time and budget.Directed staff and ensured that project goals and requirements were met.Communicated with lead Project Mangers and end users to provide status updates.Maintained and updated all documents associated with managed projects.