Home Services Startup

Growing the company's new accounts from scratch. (+800% growth in 8 months)

Director of Sales and Marketing

Six Flags

Helped establish Six Flags new centralized business development team and develop SOP's for outbound sales.

Groups and Events

Sewell Automotive Companies

Consistently earned top customer satisfaction scores at one of the world's leading customer service companies in an industry that sucks at customer service.

Salesman

Men's Wearhouse

I help men make their best first impression. My clients trust me to dress them for some of the most important events in their life. From a newlywed groom,  a gentleman interviewing for a well-deserved promotion or a college grad's first job interview I get the privilege of working with some of the best men (and women) in the Bryan/College Station area.

Accomplishments
-Top Salesperson in the College Station store
-Number 3 custom-suit salesperson in the Houston Market (top 3% of salespeople)
-On track to sell $400K of retail product in my first year as a salesperson
-Helped 1650 Clients of all socio-economic backgrounds dress for their weddings, job interviews, and other important events.

Wardrobe Consultant

Accomplishments:
-The first store in the Houston Market to fully log all tailoring minutes for the tailor shop digitally from start to finish.

Second Assisstant Manager

City Bubble Sports

I was approached by two lifelong friends in the fall of 2015 about their startup in Bryan, Texas. They had the vision to provide Texans with a fresh entertainment experience that was not only active, but also delivered by highly trained professional operators. They asked me to head up their sales and customer contact and to drive revenue so they could expand.  


Accomplishments:
-Researched and implemented a CRM system for the owners of the business
-Increased revenue from $8k/month in Sept. 2015 to $20k/month in March of 2016
-Wrote ad-copy for multiple email marketing campaigns, website landing page and the site's faq
-Managed logistics for 3 crews of delivery operators to facilitate 200+ events in our first year in operation

Inside Sales

Southwestern Advantage

"It's as pioneering as going west in a covered wagon" That's what I was told after I started selling books door-to-door with the Southwestern company, they instilled a work ethic and drive that I cherish to this day. The company had a fanatical commitment both to training their salespeople and developing them as individuals outside the company that's extremely rare to find in today's fast-paced world. 

-Learned time management by coaching first-year salespeople nightly, while maintaining a 6-day/wk, 80-hr selling schedule for my personal sales.
-Increased personal sales production by 40% from previous year’s $20000 in personal sales to $28028
-Increased sales per customer from an average of $170/customer in 2014 to $221/customer
-Relocated to Starkville MS, Northfield MN, and Hopkinsville KY and built a network of 415 customers in three 3-month selling  periods
-Managed product inventory for 32-person organization during delivery weeks. 
-Completed accounting, storage, receipt and management for $46000 of inventory
-Finished as a top first-year salesperson (2014) #63 out of 1500 other first-year dealers

Manager

Data-driven, marketing and sales professional with 10 years of experience in high level-of-service sales roles. I have extensive experience solving complex problems by defining constraints, then developing and implementing creative solutions. I have always believed that problems, challenges and obstacles are the fun part of business.

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