Personable communicator with strong connections to athletes and coaches seeking a challenging role in the sports marketing industry.

  Outstanding communicator with experience working closely with athletes, their families and also coaches.

  More than three years of experience with a financial management firm that helps athletes purchase homes, cars and flights.

  Excellent connections, having traveled with high school athletes on college football recruiting trips.

  Solid listening, verbal communication and interpersonal skills to gain the trust, confidence and respect of key stakeholders, from clients to colleagues to vendors.

  Proactively identified problems in real time and implemented favorable solutions.

Sales Experience:

  Built and grew relationships with key stakeholders over a seven-year period while a sales associate for Cintas, which sells a variety of products to companies to help with their business operations.

  Exceeded performance goals by expanding routes, selling additional products to existing accounts.

  Drafted and negotiated contracts in order to secure new business and retain current clients.

  Displayed excellent follow up skills to maintain strong relationships with customers.

  Worked closely with customers both face-to-face as well as over the telephone.

Mentoring Experience:

  Communicated effectively with young adults, from students of high school age to twenty something s.

  Helped more than 25 individuals from broken homes, including those that were in foster care.

  Created a training curriculum that included teaching young adults key life management skills. 

  Provided training to help foster care children transition to independent living and employment.

  Taught young adults how to search for employment; interview for jobs; open a bank account; manage their health and nutrition, including cook; and resolve problems.

Shuttle Driver, Performance Food Service Hickory, NC 2014-Present

Title, Redwood Wealth Management Charlotte, NC 2013-Present

Delivery Driver, Coca Cola Consolidated  Greenville, SC 2012-2014  Service Sales Representative, Cintas Columbia, SC 2005-2012
Direct Care Counselor, New Foundation Group Home  Anderson, SC 2002-2005
Package Handler (formerly, Handler/Courier), FedEx Ground  Greenville, SC 1997-2002

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Limestone College Gaffney SC; earned 2004

Woodland High School Dorchester, SC; traveled with athletes on college football recruiting trips.