Sandra Parker

Current

• Customer Service Manager at Lulu.com
• "Voice of Red Hat" at Red Hat

Past

• Business Development Specialist, Education at Lulu Enterprises, Inc.
• Account Executive, Inside Sales-Telecommunications at Red Hat
• Runtime Partner Account Executive at Red Hat, Inc.

• ISV and IHV Account Manager at Red Hat, Inc.
• Sales Development/Lead Generation Representative at Red Hat, Inc.
• Customer Service Representative at Red Hat, Inc.
• Installation Support Technician at Red Hat, Inc.
• Customer Order Management Rep/Acct Mgr/Collections at Red Hat, Inc.
• PreSales Technical Support Representative at Red Hat, Inc.
• Receptionist at Red Hat, Inc.
• Accounts Receivable Manager at Red Hat, Inc.
• Inventory Control Manager at Red Hat, Inc.
• Executive Assistant to Bob Young, Mark Ewing at Red Hat, Inc.
• Sales Representative at Red Hat, Inc.
• Teller Coordinator at First Union National Bank

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Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Alamogordo Senior High School

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Industry

Publishing

Websites

• My Company

Sandra Parker’s Summary

Responsible for unveiling new opportunities for schools, businesses and associations to self-publish their content through Lulu.

Sandra Parker’s Specialties:

program development, customer liasion, salesforce.com, presentation and negotiation skills, voice over experience, accounts receivable management, inventory control management, light business contract management, contract negotiation, strategic sales strategy, process development and management, linux and open source technologies knowledge and experience, light system administration, technical support experience (installation of Linux operating system and troubleshooting)

Sandra Parker’s Experience

• Customer Service Manager

  Lulu.com

  (Privately Held; Publishing industry)

  December 2008 — Present (8 months)

• "Voice of Red Hat"

  Red Hat

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHT; Computer Software industry)

  February 1998 — Present (11 years 6 months)

  Voice of phone menu for most of Red Hat's North American offices.

• Business Development Specialist, Education

  Lulu Enterprises, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHT; Computer Software industry)

  January 2008 — September 2008 (9 months)

  Actively pursue opportunities in the educational sector to establish publishing and print relationships. Focus on community colleges, technical colleges, and K-12. Very active partnership with the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD). We provide the NISOD Community Press partnership for all of the 700+ NISOD member schools. For more information visit http://www.lulu.com/partners/NISOD.

• Account Executive, Inside Sales-Telecommunications

  Red Hat

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHT; Computer Software industry)

  March 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 11 months)

  Global account management for telecommunications partners of Red Hat. Worked with four field sales representatives to actively pursue, sell to, manage and upsell to Red Hat's telecommunication vertical. Followed up on new leads, facilitated conference calls, onsite visits, processed orders, tracked orders, collected accounts receivables, managed special projects and acted as liasion between partner and Red Hat.

• Runtime Partner Account Executive

  Red Hat, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHAT; Computer Software industry)

  March 2004 — March 2006 (2 years 1 month)

• ISV and IHV Account Manager

  Red Hat, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHAT; Computer Software industry)

  June 2003 — March 2004 (10 months)

• Sales Development/Lead Generation Representative

  Red Hat, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHAT; Computer Software industry)

  June 2002 — June 2003 (1 year 1 month)

• Customer Service Representative

  Red Hat, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHAT; Computer Software industry)

  December 2001 — June 2002 (7 months)

• Installation Support Technician

  Red Hat, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHAT; Computer Software industry)

  May 2001 — December 2001 (8 months)

• Customer Order Management Rep/Acct Mgr/Collections

  Red Hat, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHAT; Computer Software industry)

  July 1999 — May 2001 (1 year 11 months)

• PreSales Technical Support Representative

  Red Hat, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHAT; Computer Software industry)

  February 1999 — July 1999 (6 months)

• Receptionist

  Red Hat, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHAT; Computer Software industry)

  December 1998 — February 1999 (3 months)

• Accounts Receivable Manager

  Red Hat, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHAT; Computer Software industry)

  September 1997 — December 1998 (1 year 4 months)

• Inventory Control Manager

  Red Hat, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHAT; Computer Software industry)

  April 1998 — November 1998 (8 months)

• Executive Assistant to Bob Young, Mark Ewing

  Red Hat, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHAT; Computer Software industry)

  September 1997 — January 1998 (5 months)

• Sales Representative

  Red Hat, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHAT; Computer Software industry)

  February 1997 — September 1997 (8 months)

• Teller Coordinator

  First Union National Bank

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

  May 1994 — February 1997 (2 years 10 months)

Sandra Parker’s Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  B.A. , English , August 1990 — May 1994

  Activities and Societies:

  Carolina Athletic Association, Black Student Movement, Carolina Fever, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Freshman Camp, Campus Y Member

• Alamogordo Senior High School

  Diploma , High School , 1986 — 1990

Additional Information

Sandra Parker’s Websites:

• My Company

Sandra Parker’s Interests:

golf, music, singing, dancing, gardening, reading, new technologies, SCRAPBOOKING