Experience

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  VELUX Commercial

  • United States

  • Regional Sales, Texas and the Southeast

    • Aug 2023 - Present
    • United States

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  suSUN Shine

  • United States

  • Here comes the sun

    • Aug 2023 - Aug 2023
    • United States

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  Hmmmmm??!! Stay tuned!

  • United States

  • Coming soon!

    • 2023 - Aug 2023
    • United States

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  Solatube International, Inc.

  • United States
  • Building Materials
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • National Market Manager - Storm Shelter Solutions; South Central Regional Manager

    • Jul 2021 - Aug 2023

  • South Central Regional Manager and Storm Shelter Product Account Manager, Commercial products

    • 2016 - Aug 2023

    As the regional manager for the South Central region, I work with many different types of projects in quite a few different climates. I also manage the Solatube product for Safe Rooms and Storm Shelters. Solatube was and still is the first in the daylighting industry to become compliant for use in ICC 500 tornado and hurricane shelters and also achieve the additional FEMA P-361 safe room compliance as well. I drove the testing of our product for this code and am very proud to head this up for Solatube.

  • Southwest Regional Manager, Commercial Products

    • Apr 2015 - Apr 2023

    As the Southwest regional manager for Solatube, I am responsible for driving sales through our commercial distributors in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. In addition to client and architectural presentations, I am also responsible for growing the sales through projects and key accounts.

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  Allsteel

  • Dallas, Fort Worth

  • Senior Business Development Manager

    • Apr 2008 - Mar 2015
    • Dallas, Fort Worth

    At Allsteel, I was responsible for new relationships and driving new business into our dealers. This included building relationships and sales with end users, design firms, real estate brokers, c levels and procurement.In addition to my corporate focus, I had an extensive background and understanding of the higher education and government segments which is reflected in the market/campus coverage we had gained since 2008. I am also LEED accredited professional with specialty. My territory included DFW and surrounding areas all the way down to Waco. Since joining the North Texas region in 2008, I helped increase sales by 10% YOY and surpassed multimillion dollar goals - a first for this region. I also help to grow our Waco market by 566% in 4 years.

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  Knoll

  • Dallas/Fort Worth Area, Arkansas, Oklahoma

  • Ergonomic Specialist for Knoll Seating and Extra

    • Apr 2005 - Apr 2008
    • Dallas/Fort Worth Area, Arkansas, Oklahoma

    As the Knoll Seating and Extra (ergonomic work tools) rep in the North Texas Region, I was consistently in the top 1% of the Seating and Extra team and was awarded outstanding sales representative all 3 years of my employment with Knoll. Sales responsibilities included product training and presentation to architecture and design firms, health and safety, facilities, healthcare, government and C-level end users. I was responsible for monthly, quarterly and annual forecasting for the seating and extra product for the region. As an ergonomic specialist, I was responsible for helping end users with better understanding the ergonomic needs of their employees. I performed ergonomic assessments, presentations, training in addition to my daily responsibilities as a sales rep for the seating and ergonomic worktools lines.Outstanding Sales Achievement, 2005Outstanding Sales Achievement, 2006Outstanding Sales Achievement, 2007

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  Milliken Carpet

  • Dallas/Fort Worth Area and National Coverage

  • Sales and national account manager

    • Oct 2001 - Apr 2005
    • Dallas/Fort Worth Area and National Coverage

    Championed the national contract for US Communities for Milliken Carpet. As national account manager, I was responsible for field sales implementation, driving sales and ongoing training and education of the Milliken reps.On the local level, I was initially responsible for the government and education segments for North Texas. My responsibilities were increased to managing our distribution segments and then handling public space for the local Milliken region. Government and education sales increased annually YOY by 7-10% average. Responsibilities included presentations and contract negotiation with C - suite and VP level, architecture and design firms, Facilities and Purchasing departments as well as working with our distribution to increase market share.