Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

Experienced Business Development Manager in the consumer electronics industry for the past 7 years, responsible for top earning sales periods and creating an entirely new $10,000,000 annual sales channel from the ground up. Excellent networker who builds client relationships with strong communication and problem solving skills, in order to best understand and execute upon their needs. Collaborative skills support working effectively on teams, and on an individual basis with all levels of management and employees. Fast learner with a lifelong aptitude for teaching others acquired knowledge. Possesses the drive of an achiever who always exceeds goals, and a true lover of consumer electronics.

Work History

• Best Buy Co.
• Business Development Manager
• April 2009 to April 2020

• Think Tank Member of the secondary markets initiative who oversaw the development of new sales channels by creating partnerships with vendors and e-tailers, which resulted in higher net recovery and more revenue dollars flowing through Best Buy.

  Project Manager for Reward Zones Daily Deal website from conception to completion, which facilitated company’s breakthrough into the “deal” market and supplied them with a new $10,000,000.00 plus annual sales channel (https://rzdeal.dtdeals.com/auction/index.cfm)

  Performed market analysis for consumer electronic “deals” within ecommerce for secondary market sites as well as primary retails end of life planning, saving the company time and money on EOL logistics.

• Woot! Inc.
• Purchasing Agent
• June 2008 to April 2009

• Accountable for minimum of $1,000,000 a month in company purchases that included finding and researching new companies to partner with for vendors, expanding current vendor relations, negotiating product pricing and terms of sale, reviewing legal agreements, and testing product samples for viability.

  Expanded the value of the company by creating some of the most profitable purchases the company had seen to date including a 24-hour period that broke $300,000 in margin dollars for one item.

  Managed inventory levels, pricing and channel flow of all products purchased, which kept the purchasing tracker extremely clean.

Education

• Southern Methodist University
• BA Liberal Arts, Philosophy, Political Theory, Religious Studies
• 2003 - 2006