
Director of Development at The Lighthouse Family Retreat
Greater Atlanta Area

Director of Development at The Lighthouse Family Retreat
Greater Atlanta Area
Sales and Marketing Executive with a leadership in business to business development and product sales.
My background includes starting up companies and then selling them.
I have been very successful in business generation and customer Retention of loyalty
Assisting companies in managing their sales force and generating more sales
Product Sales, Software and Hardware, Audio Visual Equipment Sales, Vice President of Sales, Vice President of Customer Relations, branding and marketing, Web developing, HTML
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
The Lighthouse... serving children with cancer and their families at a seaside retreat helping them to laugh, restore family relationships and find hope in God.
I am currently working on our Pro-Am Tournament sponsored by St. Ives Country Club, Nalley Lexus and Mi-Tech Metals on November 2, 2009. Polo
(Management Consulting industry)
January 2009 — September 2009 (9 months)
Sales, Branding and Business to Business Development
10 + years of managing Channel Reps who sell to Dealer /Channel Reps
Managed over 350 dealers and grew them into 600 dealers worldwide.
Brand development, web site traffic growth, web site SEO, brand image strategy.
Strategic Consulting, including business plan & sales strategy development.
(Telecommunications industry)
1997 — 2004 (7 years )
Smoltz Distributing, Warren MI, 1997 to 2004
Distribution Company selling Audio, Video Conferencing and medical related products
Vice President
• Reorganized company from Circle Communications, Inc to Smoltz Distributing.
• Full P/L Responsibility.
• Developed, implemented and lead all sales and marketing objectives. This included marketing and strategy presentations for our worldwide dealer network.
Highlights:
• Exceeded quotas by signing distribution agreements with major manufacturers including Polycom, Sony of America, Sanyo Electronics, Olympus of America, US Robotics and Philips Electronics. Along the way I became the largest individual contributor selling Polycom audio and video conferencing systems.
• Established exclusive agreement with Center for Disease Control (CDC) to use the Polycom Line.
• After growing the business to $7 million (including $3.5 million in the first four years) in sales and creating a 600 dealer worldwide network with thousands of customers, I sold my shares in 2004.
(Wholesale industry)
1988 — 1996 (8 years )
• Became the largest Code-A-Phone commercial answering machine dealer in US, and purchasing $400,000 in machines in the last year of Code-A-Phones existence.
• Became the largest Coherent & US Robotics Audio Conferencing distributor to resellers and end users.
• Became a partner in 1991
• Became the largest distributor for ClearOne and made them the 1998 Telecommunications Product of the Year by assisting them in the reengineering of the product.
• Created national accounts with General Motors, Ford Motor, Chrysler, Center for Disease Control, and many more.
Supplements, Working out, Photography