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Work History

Nortel
Named Account Manager
September 2008 to Present
Develop business in 10 named accounts (9 prospects, 1 existing customer) in the Richmond area.

Sprint
Director, National Accounts
August 2007 to September 2008
My last position in 11 years at Sprint, I managed 4 NAMs in Richmond and 4 in Pittsburgh. I was responsible for over $40 million in annual wireline and wireless service revenue and overachieved quota consistently.

Education

Towson University
Master of Arts in Teaching, Elementary Education, Social Studies
1997 - 1998
I graduated in December of 1998 with intentions of taking over my own classroom in September 1999, but wound up finding a career that I loved before I could ever teach for pay.

St. Mary's College of Maryland
BA, Political Science
1993 - 1997
St. Mary's College Campus is still the most beautiful college campus on the Earth.

Interests

Spending time with my kids and wife, playing basketball, golf, and following the Terps (basketball, mostly) and Ravens.

Goals

Find a career where I can build, develop, and manage a national-level entrerprise sales organization
Learn and practice three new home improvement skills in 2010
Play and work hard, but maintain myself so that I'm around to see my kids grow up, get married, etc.
Drop my handicap 5 strokes in 2010
Dunk a basketball every year until I'm 40 (at least)

Specialties

Business development, particularly in the fields of wireless and communications technology

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