sheldon wermes

About

Extensive experience in sales and sales management, business development and fundraising; - Corporate client acquisition - Major Donor/Gift acquisition - Recruiting, training & managing national sales & fundraising teams.

Country

united states

City

new york

Industry

management consulting

Skill

leadership, packaging, strategic partnerships, public speaking, sales, event planning, start ups, business development, fundraising, strategic planning, sales management, direct sales, marketing, new business development, nonprofits, leadership development, direct mail, management, marketing strategy, mergers and acquisitions

Experience

principal

bell & partners

1971-1 - 1985-1 · 14 yrs 1 mo

Founder/President of a start-up marketing services and design agency that served corporate clients in the NY-CT-NJ marketplace. Major clients for 14 years were GE Capital, IBM and Richardson-Vicks (P&G). Sold the firm 14 years later.

sales manager

rr donnelley

1994-1 - 1999-1 · 5 yrs 1 mo

Started a national sales and business development unit to acquire large corporate clients and marketing agencies to drive sales for 20 commercial printing plants and related graphic production services.

sales manager

merrill corporation

1985-1 - 1994-1 · 9 yrs 1 mo

Sales managerment role that played a key part in transforming a Boston-based commercial printing company into a large regional and national company.

1st lieutenant and infantry

us army

1967-11 - 1970-11 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Served as Company Commander and Military Advisor in Vietnam

chief development officer

mission lazarus

2016-1 - Present · 10 yrs 9 mos

Institutionalizing Development for a faith-based organization that rescues and restores children and marginalized woman living in remote, mountain regions of Honduras and Haiti.

chief development officer

medsend

2010-8 - 2016-2 · 5 yrs 7 mos

Institutionalized fundraising and major donor development and turned-around declining revenue for a global, faith-based healthcare organization.

principal

tandem

1999-1 - 2010-8 · 11 yrs 8 mos

* Sales solutions for client-acquisition: * Acquiring new corporate clients * Opening new markets * Optimizing direct sales using technology

chief development officer

beacon christian community health center

2015-8 - Present · 11 yrs 2 mos

Development of private funding for a faith-based health center that specializes in whole person care for Medically Underserved Populations living in urban Amercia.