Dan S.

Currently a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer teaching scuba diving courses. My primary instruction focus areas are: Open Water, Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver and several specialities (can teach five different specialities), and Emergency First Responder (CPR & First Aid). Additional responsibilities include: Working in the retail store providing advice and assistance with equipment, education, and travel.

Outside Sales Representative covering the Metro area, Southern Minnesota and Central Minnesota. -Develop relationships with new customers to expand services and products currently offered. -Identify and sell prospective accounts through counseling customers on improving their manufacturing processes. -Negotiate optimal pricing and delivery terms, while ensuring adequate sales margins are maintained.

ISS is a leading provider of commercial shades, blinds and draperies in the Minnesota and North Dakota area. Managed all aspects of the business, including project management, resource planning/allocation, purchasing, HR, collections and vendor management & payment. Successfully oversaw the completion of 9 large projects during this time.

District Sales Manager for the Southern Minnesota and South Dakota areas. -Negotiate optimal pricing and delivery terms, while ensuring adequate sales margins and inventory levels are maintained. Keep customers informed of market changes. -Actively influence management to expand product lines to enable further penetration to existing customers. -Manage inventory levels, ensuring sales at the highest level of profitability, while limiting inventory write-downs and obsolescence. -Analyze and forecast sales for the district.

Outside Sales Representative covering the Metro area, Southern Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. -Identify and sell prospective accounts through counseling customers on improving their manufacturing processes. -Negotiated optimal pricing and delivery terms, while ensuring adequate sales margins were maintained. -Actively influenced management to expand services offered by purchasing new equipment.

-Secured new business with prospective customers, and increased sales to current customers, by introducing new product lines that streamlined their individual manufacturing processes and implemented system based pricing.