Kendra Ramirez

Current

• CEO & President at Sales Konnect

Past

• Dir Enterprise Services at Certified Security Solutions
• Sales Manager at IKON
• National Recruiting Manager at IKON

• Strategic Account Executive at Cincinnati Bell
• Sales at Aerotek

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Education

• Western Kentucky University

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

Kendra Ramirez’s Summary

High energy and passionate about helping businesses succeed!

Twelve years of experience in positions of increasing responsibility in Information Technology, B2B and Customer-focused areas. Four years of social networking experience.
• Responsible and detail-oriented with strong leadership, presentation, communication and analytical skills
• Fortune 500 Experience in sales/pre-sales, account management, training, channel partnerships, prospecting, and recruiting
• Ability to intimately understand customers challenges and quickly establish rapport with consultants and clients

Kendra Ramirez’s Specialties:

professional networker, sales, management, training, business development, recruiting, networking, organizational improvement, strategic thinking, speaker, coaching and mentoring, social media, social networking, Web 2.0. buzz marketing, viral marketing, personal branding

Kendra Ramirez’s Experience

• CEO & President

  Sales Konnect

  (Privately Held; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  January 1997 — Present (12 years 7 months)

  We consult and teach all things related to social media and social networking. We show you how to shorten your sales cycle, recruit passive candidates and extend your marketing plan.
  
  If you can't find your company in google, you don't exist.
  If you can't find your company in social media, you don't exist.
  
  Let us help your sales, recruiting and marketing teams understand how to leverage social media!
  
  We can show you how to make yourself google"able"!
  We can show you how to find any email address you need!
  We can show you how to stop making cold calls and start making warm calls!
  
  We host Instructor Led Training (ILT), e-learning and blended learning to meet your needs.
  
  Don't have time to manage your social media campaign? Let us manage it for you. Just one hour per week is all we need.

• Dir Enterprise Services

  Certified Security Solutions

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 2007 — July 2008 (10 months)

  Opened and managed the opening of the Cincinnati, Kentucky, Tennesse and Indiana markets.
  Sold 3 net new information security consulting contracts in my first 3 weeks with CSS.

• Sales Manager

  IKON

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IKN; Business Supplies and Equipment industry)

  January 2003 — October 2007 (4 years 10 months)

  •Managing a team of eight outside business-to-business Sales Executives and two Administrative Assistants.
  •Responsible for selling Ecopy, Doc Accel, Documentum, RightFax, Canon, Ricoh, Konica-Minolta, Kyocera products.
  •Responsible for Sales Executive development plans, staffing, training, business plans, pipeline growth and a $3.5 million dollar budget.
  •Responsible for Branch initiatives and Mentoring 3 Sales Managers
  •Took over a team that was at 40% of their revenue plan. Finished 2006 at 95% of our revenue plan, Promoted 2 Sales Executives, Master Club Member

• National Recruiting Manager

  IKON

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IKN; Business Supplies and Equipment industry)

  January 2003 — September 2005 (2 years 9 months)

  Responsible for the development of a national recruitment strategy for the West, Central, and Canada Region which includes 16 marketplaces covering 25 states with 15 direct reports across the country.
  Responsible for weekly staffing, days to fill, sourcing and turnover activity. Recruiter development plans.
  Responsible for full life cycle recruiting Regional and Management positions in the U.S. and Canada.

• Strategic Account Executive

  Cincinnati Bell

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CBB; Telecommunications industry)

  January 1998 — January 2003 (5 years 1 month)

  President's Club

• Sales

  Aerotek

  (Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  1996 — 1998 (2 years)

Kendra Ramirez’s Education

• Western Kentucky University

  BS , Human Resource Management , 1991 — 1996

  Activities and Societies:

  Alpha Delta Pi

Additional Information

Kendra Ramirez’s Honors:

President's Club
Master's Club
Recruiting Manager of the Year
Rookie Manager of the Year
GEM Award (Going the Extra Mile)