John Lange

Current

• Boat Sales at Charlotte RV & Marine

Past

• Internet Marketing and Development at John Lange & Company
• Internet Marketing Manager at Liberty Flag & Specialty Company
• Sales Manager at Bass Pro Shops

• General Manager at Noah’s Marine, LLC
• CTO / General Manager at Palace dot Net, Inc
• Computer Systems / Network Tech / Manager at Hytek Electronics

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Education

• University of Wisconsin - Baraboo
• Mauston High School

Industry

Information Technology and Services

John Lange’s Summary

Proven Technical & Management Expertise in a Career Spanning 20+ Years

Technically sophisticated and business savvy management professional with a pioneering career reflecting strong leadership qualifications coupled with “hands-on” IS, networking and web expertise. Maintain focus on achieving bottom-line results while formulating and implementing advanced technology and business solutions to meet a diversity of needs. Superior record of delivering simultaneous mission-critical projects on time and under budget. Team-based management style and excellent interpersonal/communication skills.

John Lange’s Specialties:

IT Strategic Planning / Business Solutions / Team Leadership / Budgeting / Project Management / Capital Expenditure Planning / Contract Negotiations / Vendor Relations

John Lange’s Experience

• Boat Sales

  Charlotte RV & Marine

  (Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  July 2009 — Present (5 months)

  Sales of Pre-Owned boats from 10' to 32'

• Internet Marketing and Development

  John Lange & Company

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2009 — July 2009 (5 months)

  Research and provide Internet Technology solutions to a diverse set of clientele. eCommerce, SEO marketing. more to add... See www.langeshome.com

• Internet Marketing Manager

  Liberty Flag & Specialty Company

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 11 months)

  Recruited to analyze and upgrade current business management applications and web presence at one of the nation’s largest manufacturers and distributors of flags, polls and specialty items. Scope of position is expansive and includes departmental direction and full design, installation, engineering, implementation, support, training, administration and management authority for:
  
  LAN/WAN Network Services
  Data Center Computer Operations
  Applications Systems
  Web/Internet Design & Operations
  DNS, DHCP Mail & Web servers
  PC, Linux & Mac Desktop Systems
  Linux Systems Administration
  Database Administration
  Help Desk Operations
  Linux, Apache, MySql management
  
  Spearheaded transition from outdated organization-wide and departmental technologies to highly functional, streamlined, and cost-effective client-server technologies and business solutions that have dramatically improved efficiency, decreased expenses, and optimized for data integrity and safety.
  
  Key Projects & Achievements
  Directed design and installation of the complete LAN/WAN infrastructure. Utilized state of the art technologies to provide network connectivity of Linux, Windows NT, XP, Mac & PC Desktop Systems
  Initiate and design a complete overhaul of all Web based CMS, informational and eCommerce applications which brought about a 1000% increase in sales over the following 12 months.

• Sales Manager

  Bass Pro Shops

  (Privately Held; Retail industry)

  August 2006 — May 2007 (10 months)

  Managed the day to day operation of the sales floor for the 3rd largest Tracker Boat dealership in the World. Sales duties include sourcing, hiring and training Sales staff, providing direction to Sales Associates to achieve sales goals, executing sales promotion activities, keeping sales staff informed of rebates and special pricing events, approving sales quotes to ensure gross margin objectives are achieved, presenting a clean and properly staffed Showroom floor and regularly reporting sales vs. plan objectives to Boat General Manager. Finance duties include informing every customer of financial products offered, closing and delivering customers, ensuring timely posting of sales into the computer, maintaining relationships with local, regional and national lenders to increase finance penetration / income and ensuring customer satisfaction is achieved by exceeding customer expectations.
  
  Key Projects & Achievements
  Lead sales team to meet and exceed sales goals for 8 consecutive months and reduced the annual budget deficit by almost 80% in a down turning economy. Developed a training program that helped the sales team exceed sales goals for the next year.

• General Manager

  Noah’s Marine, LLC

  (Sporting Goods industry)

  January 2000 — August 2006 (6 years 8 months)

  Collaborated with Legal, Financial and Marine business professionals to build a business plan that successfully procured a $1,000,000 credit line. Lead a team of marine technicians, retail and customer service specialists to build the states 2nd largest Tracker Boat dealership in less than 2 years. Provided an exceptional customer

• CTO / General Manager

  Palace dot Net, Inc

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1995 — January 2000 (5 years 1 month)

  Operated and expanded this business from startup to be one of the largest ISP operations in the state covering 6 counties with over 400 incoming phone lines and 2,500 dial up subscribers. Oversee the day to day operations of retail sales, business sales, customer service, office and technical staff of the largest computer service business in the area.
  
  Key Projects & Achievements
  Daily management of routers, servers, access points, wireless and land based networks, LAN/WAN design, installation and support. DNS & DHCP, IIS and Apache web servers, ftp servers, smtp, imap and pop mail servers, Linux & Windows servers and IP networking technologies. Provided top level help desk technical support for clients and end users.

• Computer Systems / Network Tech / Manager

  Hytek Electronics

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1989 — January 1995 (6 years 1 month)

  Operate and manage both retail and service components of a fast paced full service computer store. Consult and Analyze client business needs to provide IT solutions, installation, service and support of both hardware and software. Network design, installation and maintenance of networks from 2 to 1,000 users. Client Support, Help desk, troubleshoot server and desktop systems.

John Lange’s Education

• University of Wisconsin - Baraboo

  General Studies 1985 — 1987

• Mauston High School

Additional Information

John Lange’s Interests:

http://www.jmDualPro.com/ http://www.jmKerusso.com/ http://www.stuff4toys.com/ http://www.LangesHome.com/

John Lange’s Groups:

LOPSA - League of Professional Systems Administrators

John Lange’s Contact Settings

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