
Business Development Professional
Charleston, South Carolina Area

Business Development Professional
Charleston, South Carolina Area
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL w/ 10 yrs (+) producing top results for Fortune 50 global IT companies.
ACCOUNT TEAM LEAD w/ creative strategic vision and strong analytical skills combined w/ (pre and post sale) project management experience designing enterprise business solutions & orchestrating successful implementations. Solid history transforming strategy into action & delivering distinctive compelling value propositions that consistently generated sales revenues above 100%.
ACCOUNT MANAGER w/talent for interpreting / articulating complex ideas clearly to all tiers of an organization, resulting in effectively communicating benefits & solutions in customer's language to create value. Proven capacity to express cost-benefit, prove ROI to leverage each opportunity, widen profit margins, secure long-term contracts, & increase market share.
*RESULTS DRIVEN *TEAM PLAYER *CLIENT-FOCUSED * CREATIVE
* HIGH INTEGRITY *PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE *SOLUTIONS ORIENTED
Formal education in Business Management and Life Sciences. Magna Cum Laude
Currently enrolled in MBA program at CSU.
Continuing education includes Web Design courses
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BLS; Telecommunications industry)
January 1996 — December 2001 (6 years )
( BellSouth is currently dba AT&T)
Business Development Professional for 6+ years:
Solutions based account management, Strategic account planning, Project and service coordinator, Account team leader, Relationship builder, Business consultant, Primary customer interface at executive and operational level, Enterprise business solutions designer, Information technology sales.
> Nominated: National Users Group Award by major client for
the most innovative design, application, & deployment of a network solution
>Awarded TWIN (Tribute to Women in Industry):
Nominated by BellSouth for accomplishments as a female executive
>Highlighted in front page article of corporate magazine as "Model for
Customer First"
> Awards for "Pursuit of Excellence" / "Significant
Contributor"
>Top Achievers' Club sales awards (some years 170%+)
>Awarded "Perfect Ten" Customer Sat ratings
>Turn-Around Specialist
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BLS; Telecommunications industry)
1990 — 1996 (6 years )
Exceeded BellSouth’s expectations with profitable customer-focused activities that included base management, consultative sales, and service to a variety of small and mid-sized customers.
Performed as a Turn-Around Specialist to win back customers that left under different or previous account management. Customers who ranked the company with low marks offered our account team (s) a “perfect ten” in customer satisfaction, ultimately generating higher sales results. Customer praises resulted in promotion.
Bachelors , Management Arts , 2003 — 2005
MBA - In Progress: 60% complete
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY 2005
Bachelor of Management Arts
Magna Cum Laude, GPA: 3.88
Trident Technical College 2003
Associate in Science
Cum Laude