Paul Comi

Current

• Major Account Sales Executive at WorkflowOne

Past

• Team Sales Manager at Danka Office Imaging
• Team Sales Manager at Canon Astro Business Solutions
• Sales Executive at IKON Office Solutions

• Sales Executive at Edgemont Office Solutions
• Sales Executive at Duplex Products
• Sales Executive at Select Copy Systems

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Education

• University of Southern California
• Pasadena City College
• San Marino

• La Salle High School
• Southwestern Academy
• Huntington Middle School
• Stoneman Elementary

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Recommended

3 people have recommended Paul

Connections

29 connections

Industry

Outsourcing/Offshoring

Websites

• My Company

Paul Comi’s Summary

Paul Comi has been a sales and sales management leader since graduating from the University of Southern California with his degree in 1986. His experience has largely been focused around selling business to business and has an extensive and successful track record both selling to regional and national accounts as well as hiring, training and managing sales teams.

Since 2000, he has been handling various mid to large accounts as a sales professional for WorkflowOne-the nation's leading full service provider of managed print and promotional marketing services.

Paul Comi’s Specialties:

Electronic print and mail, literature fulfillment, outsourced business processes

Paul Comi’s Experience

• Major Account Sales Executive

  WorkflowOne

  (Privately Held; Printing industry)

  June 2000 — Present (9 years 6 months)

  Paul has an expertise in driving efficiency and cost savings across the entire print and marketing supply chain.
  
  "When I first met Paul he struck me as someone who was committed to understanding the customer needs. He offered for me to call him at anytime if he could assist us. I literally took him up on his offer and called him late at night after normal business hours and was pleasantly surprised when he took matters into his own hands and resolved the problem well before the cut-off date. Paul has never failed to impress me in delivering superior product at a competitive price." Print and Mail Operations Manager for 21st Century Insurance 2/09
  
  WorkflowOne provides managed print and promotional marketing services for North America’s most admired businesses and brands. The company’s solutions enable faster time to market with significant cost savings. Utilizing a unique dual network that combines both outsource services and its own manufacturing network, WorkflowOne is able to create best-fit solutions their clients. In addition, its core proprietary technology eliminates inefficiencies, enables collaboration and connects clients with WorkflowOne. Contact me for more information.

• Team Sales Manager

  Danka Office Imaging

  (Public Company; Business Supplies and Equipment industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years )

  Sales team manager for greater Los Angeles selling Kodak, Heidelberg and Canon copying systems. Responsible for hiring, training and managing a sales team of 8 sales representatives.

• Team Sales Manager

  Canon Astro Business Solutions

  (Public Company; Business Supplies and Equipment industry)

  1996 — 1998 (2 years )

  Responsible for hiring and developing a team of 10 salespeople to sell Canon copiers and document scanning equipment in the greater Los Angeles area.
  
  "Paul has proven to be caring and easy to do business with. He always does what's in his customers' best interest. Paul is dependable and will find a way to deliver on time despite tight deadlines. He is on top of issues that come up quickly and ensures his customers are satisfied." Worldwide Procurement at Dell

• Sales Executive

  IKON Office Solutions

  (Public Company; IKN; Business Supplies and Equipment industry)

  1994 — 1996 (2 years )

  Sold high speed Sharp and Xerox photocopiers mostly to corporations and organizations in downtown Los Angeles

• Sales Executive

  Edgemont Office Solutions

  (Business Supplies and Equipment industry)

  1991 — 1993 (2 years )

  Sold Sharp high speed photocopiers to clients in the Los Angeles area.

• Sales Executive

  Duplex Products

  (Printing industry)

  1990 — 1991 (1 year )

  Spent 1 year learning about the managed print business among several sales leaders. Most of the year involved training and assisting others.

• Sales Executive

  Select Copy Systems

  (Business Supplies and Equipment industry)

  1987 — 1990 (3 years )

  Sold Toshiba and Sharp photocopiers to clients and learned the fundamentals of selling and customer follow up. Through a strong emphasis on setting and delivering customer presentations, I improved quickly and handled downtown Los Angeles setting several records for sales achievement including salesman of the month.

Paul Comi’s Education

• University of Southern California

  Bachelor of Arts , Interpersonal Communications , 1981 — 1985

  Emphasis on public speaking

• Pasadena City College

  1982 — 1983

  Activities and Societies:

  modern dance

• San Marino

  1980 — 1981

• La Salle High School

  1978 — 1979

  Activities and Societies:

  Singer in rock band and participated in track and field

• Southwestern Academy

  1976 — 1977

• Huntington Middle School

  1974 — 1976

  Activities and Societies:

  played trumpet and drums

• Stoneman Elementary

  1969 — 1974

Additional Information

Paul Comi’s Websites:

• My Company

Paul Comi’s Interests:

My life revolves around my family and my passion for building furniture and doing architectural woodworking. I have a full shop at home, and I'm friends with some of the preeminent furniture builders in the country. I'm married and have two young boys.

Paul Comi’s Groups:

Knights of Columbus 3rd degree member. Parishioner and volunteer at St Philip the Apostle church and school in Pasadena, and member of various business networking associations around the greater Los Angeles area.

•    The Official USC Alumni Association Group
•    USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
•    Knights of Columbus
•    thinkLA
•    Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles County, California
•    Los Angeles Direct and Digital Marketers
•    Brand & Communications Management
•    Woodworkers
•    World Los Angeles Network
•    Knights of Columbus (KofC) Networking
•    Print Industry Networking Group
•    Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
•    San Marino High School Alumni
•    LinkedWorking Los Angeles
•    AAF – Los Angeles
•    Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California
•    Printing Sales Professionals
•    LEAD GENERATION - Turning "COLD" calling into "WARM" calling!
•    The USC Alumni Club of Downtown Los Angeles
•    Los Angeles Tourism & Hospitality
•    La Salle High School (Pasadena, CA) Alumni Association
•    Greater Los Angeles B2B Sales Executive Circle of Excellence
•    Pasadena Chamber of Commerce
•    Pasadena Professionals
•    SCAA [ Specialty Coffee Association America ]

Paul Comi’s Honors:

Sales Excellence winner - 154% of quota 2002
Sales Excellence winner - 147% of quota 2003
Sales Excellence winner - 131% of quota 2004
Sales Excellence winner - 139% of quota 2007

Paul Comi’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch