Dave Boller

 

Southern California * 323-306-0114 * thinkgreat09 –AT-gmail.com * Messenger AIM-Yahoo-Live: thinkgreat09

 

 

 

 

Exceptional Sales ~ Business Development Professional

 

Dedicated to building dynamic business relationships and fostering significant organizational growth

 

 

 

 

Competitive Advantages

 

Accomplished sales and business development professional with extensive experience cultivating long-lasting client relationships. Top performer with a proven record of exceeding rigorous sales goals in highly competitive markets and across diverse industries. Consistently close multimillion-dollar technology product and service sales. Dynamic leader recognized for ability to leverage core strengths to increase profits and maximize growth.

 

 

 

Areas of Excellence

 

Channel/Direct Sales

  Client Relations

  Account Mgmt & Sales Strategies

Competitive Intelligence

  Solution Presentations

  Web 2.0/SEO/SEM

  Strategic Alliances

  Market Evangelism

  Social Media/Advertising

  Consultative Sales

  Product Positioning

  Venture Capital/Start-Up

 

 

 

Professional Experience

 

 

Chief Strategist / President / Founder | INDUSTRYSOURCER, Southern California - 2002 to Present        

 

Develop the organization's short/long-term business strategies and oversee sales and marketing to ensure rigorous growth. Provide recruitment talent acquisition consulting strategies to clients across numerous industries nationwide. Devise corporate branding, media, and video employee event productions for recruitment and human resource functions. Advise clients on innovative Web 2.0 strategies, search engine optimization, search engine marketing, video online recruiting, social media optimization, and viral marketing strategies. Design and deliver comprehensive group training programs on search engine strategies. 

 

Delivered Results:

•       Propelled sales 200% in just one year by designing and delivering persuasive national presentations and webinars in conjunction with top Human Resource & online marketing associations and groups.

•       Cultivated instant rapport with clients, built business, and provided premier executive search firms and corporate HR departments across the globe with technology and consultative services.

 

 

 

E|Solutions Sales Executive | SPRINT, ESOLUTIONS DIVISION, Costa Mesa, CA - 1999 to 2002

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Fostered key relationships in Southern California by leveraging rapidly changing processes and focusing on core strengths. Effectively promoted high-profile hosting, security, storage, mobility, telecom and online media services.  Provided consulting services and high-end telecom and data center services.  Developed hardware and enterprise IT infrastructures. Prospected new clients and served as a technical subject-matter expert. Built business relationships with Fortune 2000 firms and top national accounts. Challenging divisional start-up environment.  Selected to mentor sales representatives across the US.

 

Delivered Results:

•       Earned recognition as a top sales representative within the largest quota sales position for a $20 billion global company.   Built high profile business with key clients and Ranked #1 out of 50 western US sales executives and ranked #5 nationally out of nearly 200 reps for annual sales.  Generated 150% over quota.

•       Exceeded an $8 million annual quota. Reached #10 ranking in US sales for the previous year 2001. 

•       Closed and managed a $4.4 million deal, the first major deal nationwide for Sprint.  .

•       Initiated client relationships that generated high-profile positive global public relations for company.

 

 

 

Enterprise Solutions Area Sales Manager, 1999 & Digital Media Applications Engineer, 1996-98

INTERGRAPH, COMPUTER SYSTEMS DIV., Irvine, CA - 1996 to 1999

 

Utilized a consultative sales approach to provide technological solutions to direct and alliance partners.  Supported digital media, CAD-CAM, graphics prepress, film/video production, and animation clients.

 

Delivered Results:

•       Consistently exceeded a $5 million quota in promotion of complex IT services, management consulting, and enterprise software and hardware products to government and corporate accounts, utilities, engineering, CAD-CAM, digital media, post production and online clients.         

•       Cultivated clients across new channel and direct markets through industry networking, strategic sales, and creative events.  

•       Provided hands on post-production support of Adobe Production Suite, Maya, 3D Studio Max, LightWave, After Effects, Avid, and others. Served as the Windows NT evangelist.

•       Earned a promotion to Enterprise Solutions Area Manager and relocation by the company to California.

 

 

 

Multimedia Systems Engineer/Product Manager

TOSHIBA AMERICA (TACP), Buffalo Grove, IL - 1993 to 1996

 

Spearheaded the Product Management and Developer Program in support of large display video, online video, professional video cameras, digital cinema displays, PDA, and mobile products. Researched and identified market needs; designed product concepts, and managed the development. Negotiated contracts, conducted key marketing, and introduced this breakthrough suite of software and hardware products. 

 

Delivered Results:

•       Devised innovative custom product support programs for major Hollywood studios, including Warner Brothers, Universal, Disney Imagineering as well as visual effects display and broadcast TV producers.

•       Generated a 30% market share in the first year.  Show control, video, PDA, printers, software.

•       Advanced joint product development with Apple Computer, HP, Creative Labs, and other industry leaders.

•       Served as Creative Producer/Project Manager and OEM Sales Engineer.

 

 

 

 

Earlier Roles/Additional Roles:

 

Central Region & Canada Sales Manager | MACROMEDIA, INC. (NOW ADOBE)

  Channel development and direct sales.  New media tools evangelism. Over-quota, increased sales 600%.

 

Major Accounts / National Accounts / Assistant Manager | INACOMP / INACOM COMPUTERS

  Consistently top-ranked sales representative,  Assistant Manager for leading sales location nationwide.

 

Founder, New Media Evangelist, Board Member | ASSOCIATION for MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS

  Founder of successful association for internet & multimedia developers   http://www.amcomm.org

 

 

Education

 

B.A., Psychology / Business Administration Minor | MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY

 

 

 

Technical Expertise / Coursework

 

Relationship eMarketing on the Internet, UC Irvine * Entertainment Development Deals, UCLA * Advanced Internet Recruiter Certification CIR ACIR, AIRS * Competitive Intelligence, FULD * Holden Value Creation Workshop, Financial Selling Skills, Situational Sales Negotiation (Baygroup), Getting Into Your Customers’ Head, VITO, Powerbase

 

* Significant, Broad Experience in Information Technology, Multimedia, Online Development, Show Control, Creative Production and Post-Production and Telecommunications.

 

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Professional Speaker/Market Evangelist ¨ Published Articles and White Papers

 

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