SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• A highly skilled Corporate Project Manager with more than 15 years of hands-on practical experience in directing corporate marketing operations spanning multi-million dollar budget management, IT hardware/software integration, and vendor relations.

• Thoroughly knowledgeable in the full range of project management functions including project design (scope), budget development, staffing, work scheduling/prioritizing, monitoring for timeliness and quality assurance (QA), and progress reporting to senior management, as well as SDLC methodology, Waterfall and Agile system development.

• Exceptional leadership and team building qualities with a well-documented background of mentoring, training, supervising and evaluating the performance of personnel.

• A reliable and flexible team player with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities; excellent interpersonal and verbal/written communications skills.

• An equally-talented sales professional with successful experience in sales territory management, cold-calling, new account development, generating new revenue streams and expanding market share; skilled in pricing/contract negotiations and delivering sales presentations.

• Proficient in the use of laptop and desktop system as well as MACs. Expert user of Microsoft applications including Microsoft Project, Project Server, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio and SharePoint software.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

03/11 - Confidential,Jacksonville, Florida
03/12 Project Manager - Contract Employee (Randstad)
• Served as a Project Manager and Member of a Level 2 CMMI PMO that included responsibility for cost-effective management of a $4M software and hardware upgrade as well as 45 custom interfaces and oversight of both project business plan and budget.
• Full-charge project responsibility from beginning to end, directing, supervising, supporting and coordinating free of organizational authority; successfully managed a major upgrade, moving applications and databases to a virtual environment.
• Established time lines and work plans, tracked project deliveries using Microsoft Project, Visio and Project Web Access; conducted bi-weekly project updates with Technology Services Directors, and prepared and delivered progress reports to senior management.

11/07 - Confidential,St. Petersburg, Florida
03/11 Senior Account Executive
• Successfully managed a large northeast Florida territory spanning 11 counties and over 4,000 accounts conducting extensive cold-calling and new account development to drive revenues and increase market share, typically calling on a minimum of 150 clients monthly.
• Represented a broad line of high-quality printing products and services; assessed client needs, prepared bids and quotations, negotiated pricing, delivered formal presentations and closed on sales.
• Met annual sales of goal of $1 million and increased overall sales by 10%.

03/05 - Confidential,Jacksonville, Florida
11/07 Marketing Project Manager
• Broad-ranging leadership responsibilities spanning budget management, launching and scheduling of projects, coordinating work flow of a large staff of marketing managers, copywriters, graphic designers and Web developers, and providing overall direction for this bank\'s internal advertising agency.
• Played key decision-making role in determining the image and brand of the company; developed Charter, Project Scope, scheduling and work flows, weekly status updates, milestones and coordination with project stakeholders.

10/98 - Confidential,Jacksonville, Florida
01/05 Marketing Project Manager
• Hands-on marketing management across full spectrum of activities including design and planning of new programs/products, budget development and the creative process to include liaison among multiple graphic artists, copywriters and legal resources for production of all printed materials including complex packaging.
• Oversaw entire logistics planning and execution for multiple trade shows, and handled all related trade show printed materials and vendor relations.

10/96 - Confidential,Jacksonville, Florida
10/98 Project Coordinator
• Working in close concert with the Project Administrator and project managers, facilitated work flow and served as a point of contact from project launch to project completion, also maintaining a liaison among multiple printers and direct mail houses.
• Conducted aggressive pricing negotiations for wide array of printed materials including extended warranty packages, brochures, buckslips, etc.; followed up with scheduling and timely distribution/delivery of materials.
• Provided input and direction for the designers in the Creative Services Group in the development of a broad range of marketing collateral and customer satisfaction strategies.

Volunteer Experiences:

Florida Trail Riders (FTR) 2002-2005. Chairman for the state coordinating all events. Successfully increased membership as well as event growth and sponsorship throughout Florida.
West Duval Youth Association (WDYA) 1985-2000. Held various positions in athletic association, up to Vice President of organization as well as Athletic coach for 15 years.
Prudential Recreation & Athletic Club (PRAC) 1993-1995. Held Vice President and President position for PRAC. Coordinated all companywide events for employees. Managed budget and employee resources for Prudential.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Confidential,UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Science, Business Management
Degree conferred 2008

Continuing Education:
Sandler Sales Training (2008)
Direct Mail Production Strategies (2006)
PMI PMBOK (2005)
Assertive Leadership Course (2003)
Project Tracking Course (2003)
Project Management Concepts (2002)
ISO 9000 (2002)
Proofreading Course (2002)
Print Production Course (2001)
QS-9000 Internal Auditor (2000)
Advanced Product Quality Planning - APQP (2000)
Printing and Prepress (2000)