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Summary

Moving to new IT career with 25+ years of experience in Marketing/Sales & Finance.  Much of this time was customer facing account management, and sales.  Ample experience in Finance & Accounting prior to this. 

Seeking an IT position where I can contribute to team successes and develop IT management skills to evolve into a new career.

Full CV available on request.

Work experience

Azuris

June 2024 Present

Executive Account Manager

Duties

Began IT career journey in a sales capacity while building IT skills. 

  • Have worked on two installations involving Fortinet network equipment and one with Rhombus cameras.
  • Responsible for creating and implementing marketing campaigns for local IT business with a focus on Small-Medium Businesses.
  • Creating ‘pull’ strategies to generate inbound leads.
  • Leading development of social media presence.
  • Leveraging existing Partner marketing resources.
  • Helping growing local consultancy expand by creating systems & processes.
  • Implementing HubSpot for sales & marketing, integrating it with Microsoft Teams and QuickBooks.

Beyond Finance

June 2022June 2024

Certified Debt Specialist

Duties

  • Conducted credit/debt consultations by phone.
  • Sold debt resolution services.
  • Advanced to sales management training program.

America Family Law Center

August-21April-22

Client Intake Director

Duties

  • Met with applicants by telephone (inbound calls) to enroll them in legal services program offered by Texas family law non-profit organization.
  • Ensured maximum number of prospects are seen, and both paid and enrolled during the actual intake meeting.  
  • Provided road-map solution at a high level, without offering actual legal advice.

Vacations To Go

November 2015August 2021

Sales Agent

Phone sales in travel industry, primarily river cruise packages and resorts. 

Caterpillar Financial Services

January 2005October 2015

Territory Manager/Area Territory Manager

Worked with and supported Caterpillar dealers in Texas, Louisiana & Arkansas, as well as in Russia and Mongolia.

Education

University of Washington

19941998

Bachelors in Business (Finance)

Completed as part of concurrent double degree program.  Also completed Certificate in International Studies in Business (Russian track).

University of Washington

1994 1998

Bachelors in Russian Language & History

Completed as part of concurrent double degree program.  Completed 6-month academic exchange program in Vladivostok, Fall 1997

Skills

Microsoft 365

Skilled at setting up and using Microsoft Office suite as well as working in 365, Outlook and Teams environment.

Network Installation

Participated in two site installations, involving Fortinet firewalls, switch panels and wireless access points.

Sales & Account Management

Over 25+ years experience in customer facing roles.  Experienced Salesforce user.

Digital Advertising
  • Google Ads Certified
  • Facebooks & Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
Website Building Experience
  • HubSpot
  • Shopify
  • Wordpress

Certifications

  • Comptia A+
  • Comptia Security+ in progress
  • Fortinet Cyber Fundamentals
  • Fortinet Cyber Associate (October 24)
  • Google Cybersecurity Course (October 24)
  • Six Sigma Green Belt
  • Google Ads