Objective

My objective is to join a established, progressive, growing company where I will use my marketing, sales, communication skills and creative talents developed over the past 20 years and serve in a marketing role developing new business opportunities, creating strong business relationships and closing sales.

New business development

Account Management

Strong background with national financial and credit card companies.

American Express, Capital One, The Associates (now Citicard)

CitiAssurance, Southtrust (now Wachovia) as well as Real Estate, Automotive, Financial Services, Healthcare and other industries.

Team building

Solid knowledge base for:

Marketing & Advertising, Database marketing, Direct mail

Transactional mail, Print production

Creative thinking, excellent writing skills, presentation skills and creative ideas.

Computer skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point

Read Steel Company, Birmingham AL

Manager – Advertising/Marketing and Training

The Birmingham News, Birmingham, AL

Project Director/Public Affairs

Event planning and promotion; i.e. Southern Living Cooking School and other large events.

In-house employee magazine editor

Television and radio promotion, writer/producer

First Alabama Bank, Birmingham, AL

Advertising Officer

Managed $ 3,000,000 advertising budget

Directed creative direction for institution

Wheeler Automotive Advertising, Birmingham, AL

Creative Director, Broadcast writer/producer

Television and radio production

NCP Solutions, Birmingham, AL

VP/Direct Marketing Division and Company Officer – Managed approximately $ 8.4 million in business.

Awarded Sales Executive of the Year by Birmingham Business Journal s& Sales Executives International in 1998.

FALA Direct Marketing, Long Island, NY

Regional Sales VP- Southeast

SunGard EXP , Birmingham, AL

National Sales Executive, EXP Mailing Division

1970 Graduated Banks High School, Birmingham AL

1971 – 73 Attended The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

1973 – 1975 Attended UAB, Birmingham AL

1975 – Supervisory Training – University of Wisconsin

1986 – Bank Marketing School – University of Colorado

PCC – Postal Customer Council, Birmingham AL

Birmingham Advertising Federation

Direct Marketing Association

International Association of Business Communicators

Active Member at The Cathedral Church of the Advent

Magic City Kiwanis, past board member

Diabetes Foundation, past board member

Mr. Larry Hodges, Sales Manager-Cardinal Health Care, 205-981-9849

Mr. Bill Crawford, Publisher- Golf South Magazine, 205-979-1512

Mr. Steve Brickman – Sirote & Permutt , 930-5121

Ms. Betty Massey – Sterne Agee & Leach, 414-3396

Rev. Joe Warren – Cathedral Church of the Advent, 251-2324

Mr. John Blake, VP – SunGard EXP Mailing, 205-307-6843