Effective and efficient relationship sales and customer success professional, leveraging “customer for life” approach to consistently maintain a near zero churn rate while achieving double and triple digit growth year-after-year. Proven track record developing pro-active customer relationships, listening to customers and developing creative solutions that solve today’s problems while building trust for tomorrow’s growth. Entrepreneurial background of start-up to established retail and service based businesses resonates with clients while diverse skillset, including sales, marketing, social media, imaging, retention, technology ensures ability to respond and adapt to a rapidly shifting economic climate.
ACHIEVEMENTS
BUSINESS OPERATIONS
CRUISE PLANNERS | Nampa, ID, Winchester, CA | 2018 – Present
Franchisee | Adventure Specialist
Cruise Planners is the largest travel advisor franchise in the United States. We specialize in group, for-a-cause and individual cruise vacations.
Training & Memberships
CLEARLY ENTERPRISES, LLC | Nampa, ID, Winchester, CA, Fort Collins, CO | 2016 – Present
Founder | CEO
Comprehensive business consulting firm focused on helping small to mid-sized businesses flourish based fostering Customer – Centric Experience. Clearly Enterprises has developed into a comprehensive organization that includes Clearly Giving (helping non-profit organizations with unique fundraising), Clearly Concepts (web design and hosting, as well as SEO marketing and SM), Clearly Consulting (imaging, customer service, etc.), Clearly Cruising (Cruise Planners franchise) and Clearly Photo freelance photography.
HANDY NETWORKS, LLC | San Diego, CA, Denver, CO | 1997 – 2016
Co-Founder | COO
Multi-million-dollar enterprise offering reseller hosting, fully and self-managed dedicated servers, domain registration, server sales, consulting and colocation services. One of the first IaaS / SaaS providers, specializing in fully managed Windows hosting solutions and operating debt-free. Managed sales, customer success, marketing, social media, inventory management, server assembly / configuration / upgrades / repair, abuse management, helpdesk, vendor relationships, government / law enforcement relationships, datacenter management
Skills
Relationship Sales | Customer Service | Customer Success | Customer Loyalty / Retention | Client Advocacy | Helpdesk | Inventory Management | Computer / Server Assembly | Server Configuration | Server Deployment | Server Repair | Technical Support | Social Media | Marketing | Abuse Management | Photography | Problem Solving / Prevention | Vendor Relationships | Software Licensing | Datacenter Management | Computer Lab | Project Management | Logistics | Partnerships
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Purchased an existing, established Mail Boxes Etc. franchise in the San Francisco Bay Area (now known as The UPS Store) while in college. More than doubled sales, with continued yearly sales growth prior to selling the business to an area franchisee. Assisted and mentored new franchisees, including on-site operating assistance. Assisted two additional Mail Boxes Etc. franchisees.
Simultaneously owned and operated a growing design and communications company providing desktop publishing, web site design and various communications services.
DESKTOP: Microsoft Windows & Apple OSX desktop operating systems, Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite
SERVER: Windows Server, Exchange Server, Hyper-V, CentOS, Red Hat Linux, Ubuntu, Debian, QuoteWerks, Ubersmith, helpdesk applications, WordPress and associated plugins, WordPress page builders, cPanel, DirectAdmin, Windows hosting control panels
HARDWARE: Configuration, sourcing, assemblage and configuration of rackmount & tower servers and desktop computers (1,000+), NAS, WiFi, RAID, KVM-over-IP, firewalls
Freelance photography largely focusing on aerial firefighting and human interest related events including nonprofit events and first responder memorials / processions.
Volunteer (personal, corporate & family)
Diablo Valley College | Pleasant Hill, CA – Business & Technology