Dates Employed
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Job Title |
Company |
| 2006 - Present |
President |
Pine Valley Capital, Inc.
Wendell, NC
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- Led organization in successful growth from a part-time endeavor of single unit investing to a full-time enterprise including multi-unit purchase and management as well as residential development.
- Planned and implemented sales and marketing strategies on a lean budget that resulted in end sales as well as fostering new investors that allowed the enterprise to expand.
- Developed and presented business plans to investors and venture capitalists that secured necessary funding for various projects that allowed the organization to continually expand and reinvest working through forged partnerships to build a combined enterprise of over $6 million in assets.
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| 2003 - 2007 |
Vice-President of Finance and IT |
Wil-Dor, Inc.
Wendell, NC |
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- Organized and implemented the accounting transition of company-held convenience stores into six separate individual corporations with complete accuracy and no downtime while all stores continued uninterrupted daily operation. Simultaneously migrated accounting functions to include both wholesale and retail environments without a hitch.
- Oversaw the creation and presentation of monthly and year-end financial reports and forecasts to the Executive Board with recommendations that influenced the corporate direction toward continued financial success.
- Used analytical skills to uncover a vendor calibration error that was costing a few cents per transaction that would have otherwise gone undetected resulting in savings of thousands of dollars each month.
- Negotiated with lenders to increase credit lines and reduce interest rates and associated costs expanding the company's ability to grow while saving almost 25% on the cost of money.
- Implemented two major software upgrades as well as the technical transition from one company unit to seven saving thousands of dollars in support and supervised the department's progression from keeping one set of books to seven.
- Developed in-house forms and procedures that streamlined the monthly accounting process saving time, eliminating redundancy, and allowing the department to take on a greater workload without expansion of staff.
- Evaluated, installed, and managed and integrated software system for Inventory, A/P, A/R, and G/L that saved $150,000 per year in labor costs, improved accuracy, and reduced tax accounting costs.
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| 1996 - 2004 |
Vice-President of Operations |
Affcom, Inc.
Garner, NC |
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- Oversaw
all aspects of startup business that grew from a small computer shop to
an onsite IT services enterprise.
- Organized and implemented the financial strategies that moved the company
through growth phases and beyond crushing competition in the industry by
shifting the business plan toward a more lucrative direction that kept
the enterprise growing.
- Led retail sales and service outlet as well as corporate service arm
while creating a training partnership with the local community college
that served to benefit the area and improve corporate relations with the
public.
- Directed the automation of corporate financial records after evaluating
software which saved the company thousands of dollars in bookkeeping
expense while providing additional experience that allowed the company to
understand and better serve clients in financial industries.
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| 1997 |
International Account Executive |
Ki Networks, Inc.
Raleigh, NC |
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- Responsible
for international sales of specialized network management software.
Developed sales from prospecting as well as soliciting existing customer
base for new product sales. Handled correspondence extensively through
e-mail and telephone contact.
- Maintained entire sales resources and
database via Internet and local network interfaces.
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| 1994 - 1996 |
Logistics Consultant |
ADC Logistics Group
Garner, NC |
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- Used
financial acuity to audit corporate shipping records to recover revenue
lost in overcharges and assisted clients in implementing measures to
prevent overcharges in the future saving them thousands of dollars while generating maximum profit for the company.
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| 1989 - 1994 |
Branch Manager |
Transus, Inc.
Raleigh, NC |
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- Took
over an unprofitable branch and through shrewd management and fiscal
discipline turned it profitable within 18 months producing over over $1.5 million in revenue turnaround for the
company.
- Supervised the day-to-day operations and sales efforts with a staff of
twenty-one with minimal turnover while increasing productivity and
profitability for the company.
- Developed budgets and forecasts assuming full responsibility for
financial reports while reporting directly to the Vice Presidents of
Sales and Operations for total activity of the branch.
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