
Northeast Sales Manager at Black Diamond Software
Greater New York City Area

Northeast Sales Manager at Black Diamond Software
Greater New York City Area
IBM/Rational Tools & IT Staffing Sales Executive with thirteen years of full lifecycle application development and sales experience. Skillset spans everything from Microsoft development tools through Rational SDLC Management tools.
Rational Software Sales, Staffing Sales, Application Development, Requirements Management
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
Black Diamond is the premiere provider of high-level SDLC Best Practices training and mentoring. In 2006, the Managing Partners recruited me to define, shape, and manage the outbound staffing sales division of The Company. Since then the division has grown to become a key asset of this well-established organization and I've branched out to software sales and professional services.
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
2007 — 2009 (2 years )
(Public Company; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
October 2005 — September 2006 (1 year )
Robert Half Inc is the largest specialized staffing agency in the world. In 2005, Robert Half Technology hired me to leverage my skills and experience in technology development. Under my leadership, my Tech Development sales efforts soon grossed nearly $3mm in annual sales.
(Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Insurance industry)
December 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 1 month)
In 2003, I accepted a position with the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, providing Financial Planning services to individual investors. There, I learned the art of sales from the best-trained sales force in the world.
(Information Services industry)
1999 — 2003 (4 years )
Application development with Visual Basic, ASP, Access, SQL Server and other technologies of that era.
(Computer Software industry)
September 1997 — November 2003 (6 years 3 months)
Prospect Software and Information Management was established in the late 90's to address the needs of the ever-expanding DotCom development build-up. Within one year, I grew the business to include five temporary and part-time employees with nearly $.5mm in annual sales.
Throughout the ensuing DotCom Bust, I maintained the business, providing independent consulting services for dozens of clients.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Services industry)
May 1998 — September 1999 (1 year 5 months)
Application development with Visual Basic, ASP, Access, SQL Server and other technologies of that era.
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 1996 — May 1998 (1 year 9 months)
Microsoft opened the door, but Harry Wilkins gave me my big break. He provided me a training ground where I was able to teach myself Visual Basic programming and Relational Database theory along with the business skills to be an independent consultant.
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; USA; Military industry)
January 1990 — January 1998 (8 years 1 month)
I joined the Army Reserves during my Senior year of high school.
I attended Basic Training at Fort Dix, NJ the summer after graduation, where I qualified as an Expert marksman. I then attended 63B mechanic training the following summer at Fort Jackson, SC.
After eight years of voluntary service to my country, I was granted an Honorable Discharge.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
January 1996 — September 1996 (9 months)
Temporary Employee
BA , Mass Communication , 1990 — 1995
PLDC , NCO Leadership , 1994 — 1994
Snowboarding, Hunting, Fishing, Biking