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Kelly Jon Gillespie

516 25th Street, Denver, Colorado 80205

KellyGillespie@consultant.com

(720) 690-0798

 

EDUCATION:

01/89 - 05/94               Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
B.B.A. in Business Analysis / Management Information Systems
B.B.A. in Management

 

HONORS:

05/89                             United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

                                        Competitive Nomination by United States Congressman Mac Sweeney

CERTIFICATIONS:

                                        Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

                                        Cisco Certified Academy Instructor (CCAI)

 

EMPLOYMENT:

 

12/08 – Present           Terma Software Labs, Boulder, Colorado

                                        Sales Development Manager

• Proactively acquire new prospects through networking, lead development, and cold calling

• Gather intelligence regarding prospects, decision makers and their needs

• Create and conduct effective proposal presentations that identify prospects’ business issues, the effects of these issues, and the solutions to their issues

• Update CRM application with client and prospect information

• Strategize with sales team to accomplish monthly business growth goals

• Manage pipeline expectations and sales cycle

• Enhances the commercial effectiveness of the sales force by supporting the learning and implementation of campaign strategies

• Develop processes, training, and development programs to increase the effectiveness of the sales staff

• Continually work on increasing the quality of business intelligence obtained

• Provide communication on qualitative performance measures to sales force

• Coordinate and streamline sales force reporting requirements

• Collaborate with Account Management team on all closed accounts

• Maintain constructive, efficient working relationships among staff, customers, vendors and outside consultants

• Build trust, value others, communicate effectively, drive execution, foster innovation, focus on the customer, collaborate with others, solve problems creatively and demonstrate high integrity

• Use proven business development and technical background to develop and grow client base by marketing products and services

• Demonstrated success in business development, negotiation, communication and problem-solving skills.

• Monitor competitors and Strategic Programs differentiators

• Attend, exhibit, and present at conferences and trade associations

• Developing ideas for new products and/or enhancements to existing products

• Defining the product/service and its market

• Writing business requirements

• Developing use cases

• Developing the market strategy

• Presenting business cases supporting the product/service.

• Create product management/development plans from concepts, customer requirements, and business strategies.

• Ability to manage cross-functional areas (technical, sales, marketing) in order to achieve market driven product requirements.

• Strong analytical skills, including financial modeling and creative problem solving.

• Excellent written and oral communications skills

 

07/08 – 10/08              Coverity Inc., Boulder, Colorado

                                        Sales Development Contractor

                                        Work with enterprise customers to uncover opportunities through the ability to interact with many different types of individuals, including VPs of Software Engineering, Software Architects, CTO’s, Engineering Managers and business professionals.  A broad background and general knowledge of technical areas and a basic understanding of related terms and software development processes

• Cold call into prospect accounts to establish a dialogue around source code analysis tools

• Develop and move prospects through a shorten sales cycle via demonstrations, trails, and closed deals

• Solid communication skills, project management skills, sales ability, and technical expertise

• Demonstrated confidence in conducting demonstrations, training, and experience working in Business-to-Business situations

• Develop outbound leads by researching and calling into target accounts, indentifying appropriate contacts, qualifying the lead and developing opportunities

• Qualify and develop inbound leads and convert them into opportunities

• Collaborate with sales to hand-off qualified opportunities and generate and execute on strategies to develop business in your territories 

• Manage and track leads in the lead database through salesforce.com.  Track and report lead metrics

• Collaborate with marketing on lead generation activities

 

10/06 - 07/08               Three Value Logic Sales Institute, Denver, Colorado

                                        Senior Sales Associate

                                        Oversee various Sales Augmentation projects as a principal account manager.

                                        Manage every step of the sales process for clients.  Working closely with clients to create goals, find Ideal Target Profiles and provide a variety of reporting structures.

 

• Provide on-going progress reports

• Intimately understand the client's business and their needs

• Maintain constant and responsive communications with the clients

• Complete responsibility Sales Team, including training, coordination and motivation

• Provide responsive coaching and clarification as needed

• Maintain Quality Control of all the Associates' activities

• Plan and execute various Campaigns to meet your clients' needs

• Resource Acquisition: maintain awareness of potential Associates

• Salesforce.com Administration

• Experienced in the entire business-to-business sales process

 

Sales Augmentation Projects Clients:

 

Curl Inc.

I am the lead US Sales Representative for the Curl Rich Internet Application (RIA) platform used by developers to implement a new class of complex, business-critical, web-based applications

I am also the US Sales Executive on the Curl project, defining Ideal Target Prospect criteria, Curl Value Positioning, and development of a consultative-oriented sales/evaluation process

 

Clear Technology

Led the demands creation/prospecting efforts for Clear Technology’s suite of employee-centric software products for insurance companies

 

PROGNOSIS

Led the demands creation/prospecting efforts for the Prognosis Integrated Research precise Voice over IP monitoring solutions

 

Servion

Led the demands creation/prospecting efforts for the Servion contact center solutions that improve optimization & efficiencies with customer interactions.

 

 

07/00 - 08/04               Westwood College of Technology, Denver, Colorado

                                        College Instructor

                                        Provide instruction to computer programming and computer networking students. Courses include Windows 2000, A+, Cisco CCNA, Database Design, Cisco Top Down Network Design, Unix/Linux, PC Hardware / Workstation OS, and Access development Windows programming.

 

07/00 - 09/01               Devry / Denver Technical College, Denver, Colorado

                                        College Instructor

                                        Provide instruction to computer programming and computer networking students. Courses include Windows 2000, A+, Database Design, C+, COBOL programming, and Perl Scripting.

 

01/00 - 04/00               State of Arkansas, Hot Springs, Arkansas

                                        I. T. Contractor

                                        Consultant to Hot Springs Rehabilitation Center

                                        Development and support in AS/400 environment utilizing RPG programming. Smaller systems administered on NT servers, which include Access databases, and AS/400 data downloads. Develop documentation on internal LAN systems and document all RPG programs running on AS/400. Provide helpdesk support to all site end users.

 

11/98 -  03/00              Analysts International Corporation, Little Rock, Arkansas

                                        I. T. Contractor

                                        Client: TRW

                                        Development of client tracking system Convert Microsoft FoxPro database to Microsoft Access database. Multiple user interface changes, query by form report generation screens, and background code for password administration and security features.

                                       

                                        Client: TRW

                                        Y2K analysis, COBOL program and JCL corrections, and testing of mainframe systems in a MVS/TSO environment

                                               

                                        Client: Arkansas Crime Information Center - State Police
Development of Automated Fingerprint Information System.  COBOL II online and batch development in an MVS/TSO environment utilizing VSAM and flat files

 

07/97 - 11/98               Software Innovators, Little Rock, Arkansas

                                        I. T. Contractor

                                        Client: Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield

                                        Development and support of existing Medicare systems These systems include COBOL and Assembler code. Batch processing is done at night with the majority of daily processing being done in an on-line CICS environment. These cycles are executed using MVS/JCL, VSAM, and flat files. Development of data download COBOL programs to transfer EBCDIC mainframe files to ASCII PC files for import into Microsoft Access database utilized by quality assurance department. I support nine Blue Cross / Blue Shield sites which rely on Arkansas for their Medicare systems.

 

02/96 - 04/97               Regal Ware Inc. Kitchen Fair Division, Jacksonville, Arkansas

                                        Computer Programmer / Systems Analyst

                                         Design computerized systems per user department specifications, code, test, implement, and maintain the programs these systems require. Act as a lead person coordinating major projects. To review hardware and software literature on products available and make recommendations to use where appropriate. Carry out related or special projects as required.  Report to the president of Kitchen Fair.  Provide functional or technical guidance to all departments. Development of Microsoft Access databases and Visual Basic projects for monthly sale promotion incentives utilizing data from mainframe COBOL VSE/DOS environment.  Development of annual sales qualification program with Visual C++.  Architect information system for startup of new sales division, Savour International. Procured equipment and software utilizing Microsoft NT 4.0 network and Visual FoxPro database to handle all functions for Savour International a division of Regal Ware

 

10/95 - 02/96               ALLTEL Information Services, Little Rock, Arkansas

                                        Computer Programmer / Marketing Support

                                        Plan enhancement needs, conversion cost, and business needs of potential systems solution clients. Prepare formal proposals with technical estimates concerning software, hardware, architecture, implementation, support, training, and documentation services. Provide insight into the paging industry to Virtuoso development team. Help team modify product to handle pagers as well as cell phones. Design practical approach to producing formal proposals. Development of Microsoft Access documentation database in Novell environment. Database function is to record Virtuoso system solution functionality and technical information about hardware and database engine requirements. The purpose of database is to speed the time required to gather information for potential system solution clients. Once client’s information is input into the query by form screens the relevant information gathered from previous client proposals is imported into Microsoft Word proposal document template.

 

06/94 - 08/95               PageNet, Plano, Texas

                                        Computer Programmer / Systems Analyst

                                        Design, develop, and test software in UNIX environment. Design, develop, and test documentation to support computer operations, related manual procedures, and technical references. Define customer requirements and design required systems functions. Define new business processes to be implemented with new information systems. Execute test plans to adequately test new information systems. Resolve customer problems. Provide high-level of customer service to all users. Develop high-level design for components of large systems. Development with Applixware a G.U.I product for UNIX environment. Development of customer invoice modification application for collections department. Develop text-paging software, which held pager numbers for entire office staff, allowing users to page anyone by name, with a text message, from their desktop. Review detail design for software and related systems work products. Develop and deliver user training in twenty-three cities through out the United States.

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COMPUTER

SKILLS:

 

NETWORKING TECHNICAL:                            PROGRAMMING TECHNICAL:

A+ Maintaining Your PC Hardware                                                                                                             Advanced SQL

A+ Supporting DOS/Windows Operating Systems                                                                                       Algorithms / Flow Charting

Accessing Data In Distributed Systems                                                                                                         Analyzing Business Requirements

Accessing Remote Data                                                                                                                                 ANSI C

Active Directory And Network Design Including Networking PC Systems With TCP-IP                          ASP

AD Replication Strategies                                                                                                                              Automating Tasks And Loading Data

Administering DHCP                                                                                                                                      BASIC

Administering DNS                                                                                                                                        C++

Administering Resources                                                                                                                               Classes And Inheritance

Administering Users                                                                                                                                       COBOL

Administering Web Sites                                                                                                                                Creating Internet Applications

Analyzing Network Requirements                                                                                                                Data Access

Analyzing The Network Security Design                                                                                                     Data Base Programming

Automating Installation Data Communications Configuring Active Directory                                            Data Warehousing

Configuring Hardware Devices                                                                                                                    Database And Built-In Objects

Configuring Network Connectivity Database Objects And Security Configuring Network Protocols       Database Structures

Configuring Networking Services                                                                                                                 Databases

Configuring Remote Installation Services                                                                                                     DB2

Configuring Server Resources                                                                                                                       Debugging And Compiling Applications

Configuring Storage Use Decisions / Looping Configuring Web Services                                                  Designing Databases And User Interfaces

Customizing Desktops                                                                                                                                    Desktop Programming

Data Warehousing                                                                                                                                         Distributed Programming

Designing A Wide Area Network Infrastructure                                                                                         Enterprise Wide Application Programming

Designing Access Solutions                                                                                                                           Exceptions And Threads Developing

Routing Strategy                                                                                                                                             FORTRAN

Developing Logical Design Functions / Arrays                                                                                            Developing Technical Architecture

HTML Exporting Virtual LAN Implementing Data Integrity Frame Relay And ISDN                              Indexes And Constraints

IE 5.0 Setting Up Components                                                                                                                       Internet Programming And Deploying

Implementing Change And Configuration Management Logical Storage Structure                                   Interoperability Managing Data Processing

Implementing IP Routing                                                                                                                                Managing Databases

Implementing Local Security                                                                                                                         Microsoft Visual C++

Implementing Virtual Private Networks                                                                                                        Multi Threaded Programming

Installing Windows 2000 Member Server                                                                                                     Natural Adabase

IP Routing Configuration                                                                                                                                Network Programming

IPX Routing                                                                                                                                                    Object Oriented Analysis And Design

LAN Switching                                                                                                                                               Optimizing Query Performance

Maintaining Windows 2000 Server                                                                                                               Pascal

Managing Active Directory Objects                                                                                                             Perl

Managing And Monitoring Network Services                                                                                              Procedural Languages

Managing File And Print Resources                                                                                                              Programming And Tuning

Managing Resources                                                                                                                                      Retrieving Information

Managing Terminal Services                                                                                                                         RPG

Managing User Environment And Software Deployment                                                                            Server Side Programming

Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 Administration, Design, And Implementation                                        Shell Programming

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Administration                                                                                                  SQL Programming And Database Design

Monitoring & Optimization Startup, Shutdown Process Network Operations                                              Statements & Variables

PC Maintenance, Upgrading & Repair                                                                                                          VBScript

Storage Architecture                                                                                                                                      Visual Basic

Performing Unattended Installation                                                                                                               Web Development

Understanding Storage Allocations

Providing Security In A LAN Environment

Providing Security In A WAN Environment

Securing Applications On The Internet

Sharing Resources Over The Internet

TCP/IP Services

Telnet & SSH

 


PC APPLICATIONS:                                              OPERATING SYSTEMS:

Access 2000                                                                                                                                                   DOS

Access 2002                                                                                                                                                   Linux

Access 97                                                                                                                                                       MVS / TSO

Act! 2000                                                                                                                                                        OS / 400

Adobe--Acrobat                                                                                                                                             UNIX

Corel Presentations 9                                                                                                                                      VSE / DOS

CorelDraw 9                                                                                                                                                   MS-DOS 6.22

Excel                                                                                                                                                               Windows 3.11 for Workgroups

Excel 97                                                                                                                                                          Windows 95

Excel 2000                                                                                                                                                      Windows 98 

Excel 2002                                                                                                                                                      Windows ME

Excel 2003                                                                                                                                                      Windows NT

Excel 2007                                                                                                                                                      Windows 2000 Professional

FoxPro                                                                                                                                                             Windows XP Home

FrontPage                                                                                                                                                        Windows XP Professional

FrontPage 2000                                                                                                                                               Windows 2000 Server

FrontPage 2002                                                                                                                                               Windows 2000 Advanced Server

FrontPage 98                                                                                                                                                   Windows Vista

Internet Explorer                                                                                                                                            Windows Vista Basic

Internet Explorer 5.0                                                                                                                                      Windows Vista Home

Internet Explorer 6.0                                                                                                                                      Windows Vista Business

Internet Explorer 7.0                                                                                                                                      Windows Vista Enterprise

Internet Explorer 8.0                                                                                                                                      Windows Vista Ultimate

S afari

FireFox

Mozilla

Thunderbird

Lotus 1-2-3 97                                                                                                                                               

Lotus FastSite Millennium                                                                                                                             

Lotus Notes 4

Lotus Notes 5

Lotus Notes Deluxe 4.5

Lotus Organizer--Millennium

Lotus Word Pro 9.1

Microsoft Excel

Netscape Communicator

Outlook

Outlook 2000

Outlook 2002

Outlook 2003

Outlook 2007

Outlook 98 Pocket PCs

PowerPoint

PowerPoint 97

PowerPoint 2000

PowerPoint 2002

PowerPoint 2003

PowerPoint 2007

Project 2000

Project 98 Deluxe

Publisher 2000

Publisher 98

QuickBooks Pro 5.0

Quicken 2000

VBA For Access 2000

VBA For Access 97

VBA For Excel 2000

VBA For Word 2000

Word

Word 97

Word 2000

Word 2002

Word 2003

Word 2007

WordPerfect 9