Director of Business Develpoment at XLerant
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Director of Business Develpoment at Xlerant
- Founder at The World Rowing Network
- Past
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- Managing Director at First Responders Financial
- VP Area Sales Manager at Lehman Mortgage Cap. - Lehman Brothers
- SVP Regional Sales Director Northeast at BNC Mortgage Lehman Brothers
- RVP at MLN
- Education
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- Marist College
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Christopher Nielson’s Summary
Highly acclaimed and accomplished Executive with a record of excellence generating prodigious growth and profitability for startup, midsize, and Fortune 500 companies. Consistently ranked as #1 in sales production, with track record elevating teams from mid-level to top-performing status. Possess a broad range of experience in Sales and Marketing, Operations Management, Finance and Accounting, Technology & Web Development, Recruitment and Retention, Staff Management & Training, and associated functions. Team leadership and morale-building skill yields a record of low turnover and high productivity.
Christopher Nielson’s Specialties:
• Team Building & Leadership
• Employee Training & Development
• Profit and Loss Management
• Cross-functional Team Coordination
• Technological Expertise
• Market Share Expansion
• Operations Management
• Strategic Planning / Direction
• Sales and Marketing
• Key Account Management
• Portfolio Management
• Sales & Financial Reports
• Budgeting & Expenditures
• B2B Account Management
• Recruitment & Retention
• Client Base Expansion
• Consultative Selling
Christopher Nielson’s Experience
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Director of Business Develpoment
Xlerant
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
December 2008 — Present (8 months)
Developed customer base and sales by building relationships with C-Level executives while providing them with a valuable financial planning and analysis tool. Helping companies control costs, instill fiscal discipline in the workforce, and manage profitability. Improved collaboration, greater ownership of the numbers and increased transparency enable CFOs to better manage the business.
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Founder
The World Rowing Network
(Sports industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Creator of the World Rowing Network. http://www.worldrowingnetwork.com
The sport of Rowings (Crew) first social and professional community. A Web 2.0 tool for connecting networking within the worlds rowing community. -
Managing Director
First Responders Financial
(Financial Services industry)
March 2008 — October 2008 (8 months)
Developed mortgage platform and grew member base, coordinating with marketing, legal, and administrative staff and partners to support objectives.
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VP Area Sales Manager
Lehman Mortgage Cap. - Lehman Brothers
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LEH; Investment Banking industry)
September 2007 — April 2008 (8 months)
Managed an outside team of eighteen B2B account executives. Tasked with process and quality improvement of loan originations. Submitted and reviewed monthly progress and status reports to and from Senior Management and subordinates.
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SVP Regional Sales Director Northeast
BNC Mortgage Lehman Brothers
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)
February 2007 — August 2007 (7 months)
Directed firm’s Subprime and Alt-A Northeastern territory mortgage sales teams composed of 8 remote and 2 internal groups. Also managed 12 direct reports – 10 sales managers and 2 staff members. Participated with senior management team in strategic direction, as well as process and quality improvement of loan origination packages. Coordinated with cross-functional teams including CEO, senior management, vendors, partners, and administrative staff on relevant plans and concerns.
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RVP
MLN
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Banking industry)
1998 — January 2007 (9 years)
Held responsibility for bottom-line factors for the Northeast Originations Center, including strategic direction, P&L, sales, operations, administration, training, and quality control.
Christopher Nielson’s Education
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Marist College
BS , Business Adminstration , 1993 — 1997
- Activities and Societies:
- * Division 1 Varsity Crew Captain for both Junior and Senior Seasons
* Awarded Presidential Scholarship for 8 semesters
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Christopher Nielson’s Interests:
Mortgage Banking, Mortgage Backed Securities, Reverse Mortgages, Asset Backed Securities, Capital Markets, Finance, Banking, Venture Capital, Affinity Marketing, Sales, Sales Management, Executive Leadership, Strategy Planning, Training, B2B Business Development, Affinity Marketing, Real Estate, First Responders, Fire, Police, EMT, Nursing, Rowing, Indoor Rowing, Financial Planing and Analysis, Corporate Budgeting, Corporate Planning, Financial Analysis, Financial Planning Software, Enterprise Software
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