Resume

Andrew Green Harris

Sales + Marketing + Design + Full Life-Cycle Recruiting

I am not looking for just sales+marketing+design roles and would really welcome a ground floor opportunity in any domain. Very much interested in: Customer Service, Technical Support, Help Desk, Office/Operations, Warehouse, Shipping, Order Fulfillment, Mash/Lauter Tun Cleaning or anything else I can do to become an asset and prove I have potential for growth.

I have experience in business development, website sales and development, planning and project management, as well as software sales. I possess excellent computer skills on both the Mac and PC, with solid understanding and usage of many creative+management software applications.

I am a team player that can work with little to no supervision as well as organize, direct and lead. An excellent listener which enables success by more than any other means. I understand reporting obligations as well as monthly goal accountability, sales forecasting, as well as being professional in appearance and presentation for both B2B and Consumer based business.

Career Summary
(The Early Years) Working for a mom and pop hardware and lumber yard responsible for stocking, unloading trucks, pulling deliveries, making deliveries, inventory control, warehouse work, commercial sales, and anything in between all four years of high school has helped in developing life-long customer relationship and learning skills.

Soon after college I was employed by a large-box home building supply retailer as a certified kitchen and bath designer creating custom kitchen and baths for consumer and commercial customers while later being promoted to commercial sales, handling major chemical and oil & gas companies such as Dow Chemical, BASF, DuPont, Phillips 66, and others.

Natural progression followed and was employed by a manufacturers representative to promote and merchandise approximately 14 brands in major box DIY chains and a local (Texas) distribution company, then promoted to do new store setups for The Home Depot in the southwest region for various product lines.

(The Turning Point) Being driven by technology a new path was taken, and the technology career was born in Houston mid 1998 after interviewing with and being hired by a startup Internet marketing company.

Proven customer service skills, demonstrated sales experience, attention to detail, the ability to learn quickly, and a deep understanding of technology; true assets to any organization.

Experience
Mercury Payment Systems
1/2012 – Present
Recently accepted offer and will start training 1/30/12.

Technical Recruiter and Group Manager, HireUp, LLC
1/2010 – 1/2012
Recently worked with a contingency team of headhunters for the placement of software engineers and product marketing candidates at well-funded startups in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a full life-cycle recruiter I source, cold call, pre-screen, pre-sale, set up interviews, pre-close, and negotiate salary for engineers on a daily basis.

Photographer, Self
2008 – Present
Passion for digital and film photography; Fine Art, Architectural, Real Estate, Editorial,  Product, and Commercial.

Technical Support, Hostgator
2009 – 2010
Front line support via live chat and telephones. Troubleshooting a variety of technical and non-technical issues customers were having with their web hosting plans and services. Provided technical support for level one escalation issues via helpdesk.

Sales + Marketing, ExecuTrain/Solo Learning of Houston & Austin
2008 – 2010
While managing the existing marketing efforts, worked to rediscover the learning and development market in Austin and Houston introducing new and fresh corporate websites and marketing collateral that were outdated.

Owned the web development process as well as other marketing factors to orient our business in a very tough market segment due to economic conditions. Worked with an external web application developer on numerous web related projects. Owned the following efforts: search engine optimization , social media marketing, Internet marketing, email campaigns, email template design, brochure design, any graphic design, creative writing, content (imagery), writing press releases, as well as maintaining overall content freshness.

Past duties included business development, account management, customer relations, and cold calling on companies with learning and development needs in the Austin and Houston market place.

Owner, Divergix
2005 – 2008
Network administration and IT needs for small business. Duties included virus and spyware removal, technology consulting, data backup and recovery, disaster planning, PC/Mac repair and troubleshooting, and workstation/server installation and maintenance.

Business Development, Blue Lizard Software (deadpool)
2004 – 2005
Development of collateral material for sales and marketing including package design, development of website, online content, online manuals for software products, community networking, and cold calling to potential clients for this early stage startup.

New Media Consultant, Freedom Communications
2002 – 2004
Business Development for three newspapers owned by Freedom Communications. Promoted our Internet portal to the communities as well as worked with national advertisers for placement of rich Internet advertisements on our portal. Acted as project manager for clients with internal production and programming departments.

Business Development, Houston Interweb Design
1998 – 2001
Began technology career selling templated websites to SMBs, was rapidly rewarded with advancement into custom web development sales. Successfully developed Internet marketing campaigns for companies with web-traffic concerns. Account management and new business development was primary focus.

Manufacturer Representative, Puddington & Gatewood
1996 – 1998
Represented manufacturers in Ace Hardware, Handy Hardware, The Home Depot, Builders Square, Lowe’s, and various independent hardware stores from New Mexico to Florida. Conducted employee product knowledge training on product lines in various departments, involved heavily in merchandising, new product introductions, as well as customer relations from hiring part-time help for The Home Depot stores for our product lines to understanding store management and corporate needs.

Education
Texas State Technical College — 1995

Skills
Business Development, Contract and Salary Negotiations, Cold Calling, Web 2.0, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Technical Sales, Customer Support, Account Management, Active Listening, Help Desk, Graphic Design, Identity Branding, C-Level Sales, Sourcing, full-lifecycle recruiting, and an extreme passion for Photography

Interest
Photography, Homebrewing, Design, Traveling, Salt Water Kayak Fishing, Frisbee Golf, Hiking, Backpacking, Camping, Overlanding, and New Technology.

Contact
Feel free to contact me to set up a time to chat