Tom Cattes "tcattes@gmail.com"

Current

VP, Director of Business Development at Reliatex LLC
Owner at NetVenture Marketing (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

Sales and Marketing Manager - Cellular Division at Universal Power Group (UPG)
Chief Operating Officer and Director of Sales/Marketing at c5
President/ Director of Sales at TTS Prepaid

National Account Manager/Sales Manager at American Prepaid Services
Account Manager at National Cellular Investors (NCI)
Distribution Manager at Let's Talk Cellular and Wireless

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Tom Cattes "tcattes@gmail.com"’s Experience

VP, Director of Business Development

Reliatex LLC

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Construction industry)

January 2006 — Present (2 years 8 months)
Owner
NetVenture Marketing (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

February 2001 — Present (7 years 7 months)

NVM's services and offerings include:

- Business Plan Development and Implementation
- Web Design
- Web Development
- Marketing - Online, Social Media, Print, Radio and TV
- Guerrilla Marketing Consulting
- Sales Training / Consulting
- Executive Consulting and Training
- 3rd Party Management Services
- Import - Export Consulting
- Worldwide Product Sourcing
Sales and Marketing Manager - Cellular Division

Universal Power Group (UPG)

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; UPG; Wireless industry)

November 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 2 months)

Responsibilities at UPG included:
-Brand Development
-New Product Development
-Business Development
-Talent Acquisition
-Retail Development
-Web Development
-Web Marketing

UPG brought me aboard shortly before their IPO in late 2006 with the sole purpose of starting a completely new division/product line for the company.

This includes:
-Hiring all New Staff
-Sales and Marketing Plan
-Business Development Strategy
-All aspects of product development, idea to launch
-All aspects of operation within this new division/product line
-Brand Development of the UPG name with the Wireless industry

The UPG Wireless/Cellular product line now includes lines from:
BlueAnt, Krusell, Motorola, Nokia, Pama, Panasonic, Parrot, Samsung, SanDisk, Sony/Ericsson and many more . . . .

UPG is also a premier supply chain management company specializing in third party logistics services and value-added services.
Chief Operating Officer and Director of Sales/Marketing

c5

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Wireless industry)

January 2004 — November 2006 (2 years 11 months)

AleEv/c5 Inc - Wholesale Wireless Accessories

Responsibilities at C5 included:

- All aspects of daily operation
- All P & L
- Marketing Strategies
- Brand Development
- Business Plan and Sales Strategy Development
- Staff Development

Under my watch at C5 many improvements were implemented on the way to making the company profitable after a considerable amount of time in the red.

- Better Inventory forecasting
- Web Development B2B
- Complete new sales strategy
- Completely New Sales Staff
- Many New Product lines
- Various cost cutting initiatives
- Logistic and technical changes to make the day to day operations more efficient
- Various partnerships including BlueAnt, Sony/Ericsson
President/ Director of Sales

TTS Prepaid

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)

August 2000 — January 2001 (6 months)

Prepaid Telecom
National Account Manager/Sales Manager

American Prepaid Services

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

October 1998 — August 2000 (1 year 11 months)

Prepaid Telecom
Account Manager

National Cellular Investors (NCI)

(Wholesale industry)

April 1998 — September 1998 (6 months)

Wholesale Wireless Phones and Accessories
Distribution Manager

Let's Talk Cellular and Wireless

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; LTCW; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

May 1996 — April 1998 (2 years)

Distribution Center for Wireless phones and accessories