David B. Wright

Current

Client Relations Manager, Sales Specialist at Lafayette Selections
Author at Get a Job! Your Guide to Making Successful Career Moves
President at W 3 Group, LLC

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Past

Director of Business Development at Focus IT Strategies
Senior Consultant and Product Analyst, benchmarking at The Hackett Group, an Answerthink company, Atlanta, GA USA
Account Executive, Business Development at BiOS, IT Services division of LINC Media, Inc., Tokyo, Japan

Conference Sales Manager at ICM Marketing (now known as marcus evans), Tokyo, Japan
Ship Broker, Business Development, Project Management at Seabulk Chartering, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

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Education

Georgia State University

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

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David B. Wright’s Summary

President of W 3 Group (Real Estate Investing, Internet Marketing, and Publishing)
Published author of the book Get A Job! Your Guide to Making Successful Career Moves
Managed all business development, sales, marketing, advertising, and PR efforts for an offshore software development and IT Services company.
Senior business professional with diversified and international experience in business advisory, IT, marketing and sales.
Special expertise in current and emerging best practices in Information Technology and Finance, benchmarking, and managing partnerships/alliances.

David B. Wright’s Specialties:

Online marketing, social media, marketing & sales, career coaching, mentoring, resume writing, career strategy, Internet marketing, public speaking, benchmarking, performance measurement, process improvement, project management, operations management, international business development and trade (Japan & worldwide), planning & strategy, Real Estate Investing (residential, wholesaling, foreclosures, short sales, multifamily, lease options, etc.)

David B. Wright’s Experience

Client Relations Manager, Sales Specialist

Lafayette Selections

(Wine and Spirits industry)

September 2008 — Present (11 months)

Added 26 new clients including several major accounts within 9 months despite an economic recession
Increased product placement in existing accounts by up to 1133%
Targeted, Won, Managed & Grew major strategic accounts
Managed Payroll, Taxes, Marketing, and New Business Development
Launched email newsletter & created marketing materials to boost sales.
Author

Get a Job! Your Guide to Making Successful Career Moves

(Public Company; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

2003 — Present (6 years)

The book is now available! I am including over $475.82 in bonuses with purchase during this special promotion.

Get a Job! Your Guide To Making Successful Career Moves, currently available at http://www.TheGetAJobBook.com
and http://www.cafepress.com/get_a_job
Coming soon to a bookstore near you

Get A Job! is a book designed to help people find a better job, faster. While primarily geared towards midcareer professionals, anyone planning to change jobs or in the midst of a job search can learn something here. This book takes the knowledge I gained through my job searches and helping others with theirs and puts it into a format where I can help far more people with less effort. It includes insights on international jobs, changing industries, how to really stand out from the competition, and other keys to help you make your move.
President

W 3 Group, LLC

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)

December 2003 — Present (5 years 8 months)

* Real Estate Investing
* Real Estate Investor Education & Training
* Internet Marketing
* Direct Marketing
* Publishing
Director of Business Development

Focus IT Strategies

(Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

October 2005 — September 2006 (1 year)

Managed sales, marketing, and other new business development activities and strategies. Focus is an offshore software development and IT Services company based in Atlanta, GA with key strengths in offshore software development and application maintenance (Java, XML, .NET, Lotus, Cold Fusion, WebSphere, and many others) and AS/400 (RPG/iSeries development). Focus has a development center in Pune, India, which enables excellent quality work at extremely competitive rates. Through our onsite-offsite-offshore model, incorporating local project management and best-practice-based processes, you receive the cost reduction benefits of an offshore model (typically 30-50%), combined with the communication ease of dealing with a local provider (priceless).
Senior Consultant and Product Analyst, benchmarking

The Hackett Group, an Answerthink company, Atlanta, GA USA

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; ANSR; Management Consulting industry)

October 2002 — October 2004 (2 years 1 month)

Helping clients move towards World-Class through performance measurement and process improvement. I executed our IT, Finance, and SG&A functional benchmarks, along with process benchmarks in A/P, A/R, General Accounting, Shared Services, ERP Optimization, Payroll, Purchasing Card, Planning & Performance Management and the World-Class Progress Report.
Account Executive, Business Development

BiOS, IT Services division of LINC Media, Inc., Tokyo, Japan

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 8 months)

+ Sold IT products and services including engineering support, outsourcing, network security, LAN, WAN, office move projects, PBX telephone systems, ISP & telephone connectivity, and custom software development.
+ Identified, recruited, and managed Network & Data Security channel partners and resellers.
+ Managed IT infrastructure projects for customers' new offices, office expansions, and internal PC IMAC projects
+ Coordinated sales with other divisions and group companies to maximize service offerings, promote cross-divisional sales, and increase revenue for the entire LINC group.
+ Improved business processes, reduced costs and increased profitability via implementing standard procedures, inventory control, creating & improving templates, and streamlining workflow operations.
Conference Sales Manager

ICM Marketing (now known as marcus evans), Tokyo, Japan

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Events Services industry)

May 1999 — February 2000 (10 months)

+ Managed a sales team of 3-6 people selling senior executive-level bilingual strategic business conferences to Small-Medium Enterprises and Fortune Global 500 corporations
+ Identified new and unmet market opportunities in leading edge business issues
Ship Broker, Business Development, Project Management

Seabulk Chartering, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Maritime industry)

February 1997 — February 1999 (2 years 1 month)

+ Initiated, negotiated, and closed contracts for ocean shipment of bulk materials ranging from 15,000 tons to 250,000 tons per shipment
+ Developed new business with shipping, trading and manufacturing companies in Asia, Europe, Australia, and North America
+ Achieved cost savings through streamlining business processes.
+ Account manager, project manager, and operations / logistics manager for multiple key strategic accounts.

David B. Wright’s Education

Georgia State University

BS-Management , Management, International Business, Japanese , 1994 — 1996

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David B. Wright’s Interests:

Real estate investing, Internet marketing, snowboarding, mountain climbing, food, wine, technology, SCUBA diving, mountain biking, travel, music

David B. Wright’s Groups:

Southern Center for International Studies Young Professionals group (Co-chair - Programs 2004-2006)(Atlanta)
Past: American Chamber of Commerce Japan (Tokyo), British Chamber of Commerce Japan (Tokyo), International Computer Association (Tokyo), Forum for Corporate Communications (Tokyo), Tokyo PC Users Group (Tokyo), AEA (Tokyo)