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* Responsible for all Internet related marketing activities. * Website maintenance and development. * Responsible for driving marketing and distribution solutions that will increase sales

* Managed a construction project of a web site corresponding all neeeds of dealers with different car brands. * Supervised sponsorship activities and relations of the firm. * Planned and managed all on-line and printed media purchases. * Created an e-news letter and edited it for more than 24 issues. * Responsible for all search engine marketing, optimization, analytics, tracking and reporting. * Handled customer database and coordinated SMS and E-Mailing activities. * Responsible for building and controlling all the marketing budget. * Designed and executed a sales campaign that resulted in 730 hot leads followed by 75 retail cars sold which increased sales figures by 27%.

* Directed a joint project on hi-tech employee attendance systems with Cem Electronics. * Provided information technology solutions for small and medium enterprises.

E-marketing advice, coaching and campaign management. Web site business plan, strategy planning and project implementation.

Manager responsible for assessment of technological needs, designing and implementing remedial technological business solutions in accordance with customer/supplier needs, supervising and training technology staff. Re-designed and implemented an online reservation system that increased the number of online reservations by 400% for a total of 15 hotels & resorts, and brought in incremental revenue of $500.000 USD annually. Created an online customer acquisition system that enabled the sales team arrange meetings with potential customers in maximum 48 hours. Auditing the business processes by interviewing hotel employees, assessed the need for a new system that would shorten the processes and cut costs. Introduced a reengineering study that decreased the amount of time spent in purchasing, maintenance and reporting processes.

* Taught “Information Technology” and “Database Management” to 2nd and 3rd year students. * Provided IT consulting to small and medium enterprises.

* Sales Agent 01/2003-06/2003 * Responsible for making proactive sales, generating new businesses, research studies for interactive marketing and negotiating marketing contracts. * Received six sigma training and attended related seminars. * Guest Service Agent 12/2001-12/2002 * Responsible for daily Front Desk operations and supervision of related Front Office areas including Bell Staff, Switchboard and Concierge/Guest Services.

* Worked as a marketing team leader of the well known national pizza chain with 11 branches. * Expanded the company with new franchise contracts and added new services such as consumer promotion coupon sending, online ordering system. Supervised marketing activities. * Managed the sales and marketing team of 20 employees in 11 total stores. * Provided Total Quality Management training for the employees in cooperation with TQM consultants.