Titan Factory Direct Homes

I help clients with the purchase of their manufactured home, serving clients all over Central Texas.

#1 Salesperson of Austin location in 2020
#1 Salesperson of Austin location FY 2021 
#6 Salesperson company wide, generating over $5M in revenue and $700,000 in gross profit
Promoted to Austin store Sales Manager August 2022

Sales Manager

ModernGreek

Responsibility for leading company, driving revenue growth, and product innovation.

Grew company revenue from $0 to $350,000+ annual revenue run rate in first year

Successfully architected and led development of an industry changing mobile application

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston Churchill

Founder, President and Chief Technology Officer

GroupThreads

GroupThreads was a custom t-shirt company founded out of Austin, Texas by 3 University of Texas college students. T-Shirts are something that every organization buys hundreds of and we wanted to build a company that could deliver those in a much more innovative, easy, and efficient way! Over the lifetime of the company, revenues grew 200-500% every year as the company expanded. 

Besides general company leadership, I was responsible for 1) driving sales and revenue growth and 2) the design and construction of all versions of our company's software platform and website. 

Our software platform was comprised of two main products:

1. Proprietary e-commerce technology, which allows for organizations to gather orders individually through an "online campaign" which, after closing, will be custom manufactured for the entire organization. 

2. A "dashboard" where customers, campus managers and other account managers can get graphic design work completed using our designer matching technology (think Uber but for graphic designers), automatically get quotes, and manage online orders.

Ultimately the company ran into critical financial problems in the beginning of 2017. As of August 2017, company is in process of being acquired.

"A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to." – Banksy

Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Technology Officer

Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity

I handled budgeting, dues collection, and planning of all fraternity activities for the the University of Texas chapter. I set records in collecting outside dues owed to the fraternity. I learned a lot being a leader of such a large and diverse organization.

In addition, I was the Rush Chair for my fraternity in Spring 2014.

"I am proud to be a Teke. For me, TKE has not only been an enjoyable association, but also a meaningful aspect of my life since I joined in 1929." – Ronald Reagan

Treasurer, Rush Chair

campus2careers

Took over directing the sales force of a young startup company in Austin, in doing so, I accomplished the company's largest month in sales to date. These sales were critical in helping the business to be acquired.

My responsibilities included: 
1. Managing and training all internship positions.
2. Directing expansions in Texas regions.
3. Establishing and maintaining relationships with companies expanding their workforce.

Sales Director

Southwestern Company

Did so well in the Southwestern sales program that I was brought back as a sales manager. Student sales managers at Southwestern face the challenge of working a 80 hour week while managing junior salespersons in the morning before work and the nights after. I managed up to four junior salespeople at a time.

Also, I had the greatest personal increase out of anyone in my organization. The second summer I increased my sales revenue by approximately 300% over that of my first summer.

This was my first sales position ever. I committed to working 80+ hour work weeks over the course of the summer to strive to learn the art of selling as quickly as possible. 

Learned much about things that lead to sales success such as time management, prospecting, closing, building trust with strangers, and connecting with people effectively in a short amount of time.

Summer sales intern

3 Day Startup

I participated in the ultimate hands-on learning experience at 3 Day Startup by attempting to launch a tech company in a single weekend.

Entrepreneur

Most of my role models come from within my family. First is my grandfather, he built a successful trucking company that has been growing and out-delivering its competitors for over 25 years. Also my father, who is incredibly hardworking, able to succeed in business without sacrificing family time, and has built most of his success on his sterling reputation. I look to continue the Cook legacy of building successful businesses but in a different industry and, hopefully, on an even larger scale.

Quote to Live by:
"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." – Theodore Roosevelt

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