Founder/CEO of SMB Consulting, Inc. [roger.bauer@smbconsultinginc.com]
Louisville, Kentucky Area
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- Founder/CEO at SMB Consulting, Inc.
- Past
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- VP Ohio Valley Region at Digital Connections
- Senior Account Executive at E&H Integrated Systems
- Systems Programmer IV at University of Louisville
- Network Services Manager at Integrated Health Systems/Dairyland
- Education
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- Sullivan University
- Louisville Technical Institute
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Roger Bauer’s Summary
I am a business and marketing junkie who is obsessed with helping businesses achieve profitable growth.
Some past accomplishments:
**Integrated Return on Investment (ROI) analysis with company’s “best selling practices.” This produced increased margins and improved bottom line value by demonstrating alignment of technical solutions with key customer business objectives.
**Coordinated the successful implementation of several technology projects spanning numerous vertical markets and departments. This led to improved project turnover which enabled the company to exceed expectations and meet or beat budget projections.
**Determined current and future needs of an organization by talking to people at all levels about the present work system and figuring out how it could be improved. This propagated process improvements, productivity increases, and/or cost reductions.
**Identified problem areas and found solutions by considering alternatives, taking into account the benefits and costs of any recommendations. This resulted in improved performance for the company and/or prospective customers.
**Conducted feasibility studies by discussing needs/information with management and determined the costs and benefits of implementing a given solution. The resulting business case outlined potential choices and metrics to support a sound decision.
**Started a nationally recognized small business consulting firm specializing in strategic planning, business analysis, search engine optimization (SEO), technology, sales and marketing. The firm continues to evolve daily.
Roger Bauer’s Specialties:
I help companies profitably grow their businesses.
SMB Consulting's brand essence: Genuine Business Improvement
Roger Bauer’s Experience
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Founder/CEO
SMB Consulting, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
June 2005 — Present (3 years 5 months)
Do you know how nearly 2 of every 3 CEOs state that revenue growth is their top objective? We help businesses of all sizes increase their revenues by 5% or more annually, compress sales cycles by 25% or more, increase awareness, build brand equity, and align sales and marketing to achieve that key objective.
SMB Consulting, Inc. is a nationally recognized, Louisville, Kentucky based small business consulting firm specializing in sales and marketing development, search engine optimization (SEO), and business and strategic planning.
SMB primarily serves the lower 48 United States with clients spread throughout the US. -
VP Ohio Valley Region
Digital Connections
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2004 — July 2005 (1 year 7 months)
Enterprise sales position calling upon government, education, healthcare, financial, and large multi-site corporate accounts in the states of Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. Responsible for prospecting, qualifying, relationship building, closing, collection, and on-going management for a systems integrator specializing in converged networking solutions. Integrated Return on Investment (ROI) selling methodologies into company best practices. Company is an authorized partner for AT&T, Bell South, Cisco Systems, Dell, HP, Juniper, Nokia, Nextel, Nortel, Sprint, Tandberg, Trend, and several others.
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Senior Account Executive
E&H Integrated Systems
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2002 — October 2003 (1 year 8 months)
Outside sales position calling on Enterprise Business in the Louisville metropolitan area. Responsible for prospecting, qualifying, relationship building, project management, engineering, closing, collection, and on-going management of self generated accounts for a Nortel telecommunications and data networking hardware equipment distributor.
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Systems Programmer IV
University of Louisville
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)
October 1999 — October 2001 (2 years 1 month)
Provided Novell NetWare 4.11, 5.0, 5.1 and Windows NT 4.0 and 2000 network technical support; maintained Novell GroupWise 5.5 e-mail servers; extensive project management; teaming; coordinating; problem solving; training; written/oral communications.
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Network Services Manager
Integrated Health Systems/Dairyland
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 1998 — October 1999 (1 year 5 months)
Developed network services department into revenue generating entity along with increasing the line of services offered to clients; helped negotiate support contracts with vendors and customers; cultivated and maintained strong customer relationships and promoted customer loyalty; provided primary Windows NT 4.0 and Novell NetWare 4.11 network technical support to in-house end users and customers; designed, planned, setup, configured, and implemented client networks including the specification of hardware, cabling, topology, and group-ware for Clinical Information Systems in supported hospitals; researched, analyzed, evaluated and recommended new products and methodologies to clients and upper management; project management; coordinating; leadership; teaming; training; written/oral communications.
Roger Bauer’s Education
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Sullivan University
BS, Business Administration, 1994 — 1998
Graduated Summa Cum Laude (GPA: 3.86/4.00). Concentration Emphasis on Computer Science.
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Louisville Technical Institute
AAS, Computer Engineering Technology, 1989 — 1991
Graduated Summa Cum Laude (GPA: 3.88)
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Roger Bauer’s Interests:
Management, strategic planning, media relations, technology, search engine optimization (SEO), marketing, and sales.
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