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Alex Robbins

Merrimack,NH

Summary

Motivational Golf Instructor with over 20 years experience and over 30,000 lessons taught. Friendly and patient professional having trained and mentored dozens of fellow instructors as well as thousands of students.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Golf Instructor

Self-employeed
03.2024 - Current
  • Provided private instruction to individuals and small groups.

Center Manager / Director or Instruction

GOLFTEC
05.2018 - 03.2024
  • Managed a Center with annual sales of $1M
  • Trained and helped promote three other Center Managers in the Boston Region (6 Centers)
  • Burlington lead region in Merchandise sales and renewal lesson sales
  • Maintained teaching quality in center through coach lesson reviews
  • Ensured proper function of Foresight and Skytrak launch monitors for teaching and clubfitting
  • Recruited, hired, and trained initial personnel, working to establish key internal functions and outline scope of positions for new organization.
  • Tracked trends and suggested enhancements to both challenge and refine company's product offerings.
  • Handled problematic customers and clients to assist lower-level employees and maintain excellent customer service.

Certified Personal Coach

GOLFTEC
09.2012 - 04.2018
  • Organizing and executing detailed lesson programs in duration from one week to several years.
  • Lessons conducted using high speed video, motion sensor analysis and Foresight flight monitors to help students understand swing changes and produce quality practice.
  • Outdoor lessons on range and on course
  • Exceeded nearly all of GOLFTEC national benchmark performance metrics in sales, lessons taught, close rate, client renewals.

Patient Education Counselor

ClearChoice
08.2010 - 03.2012
  • Conducting consultations for patients needing dental implants,
  • Educated patients about mechanics and sequence of events involved in various types of implant treatment, and
  • Collected payments including health care financing and promissory notes.
  • Patient educators also worked closely with the doctors to distill and convey the patients' motivation for treatment and any unique concerns before the two parties are introduced.

    $3M in collected payments
    Average case size $9000
    12 out of 15 months exceeded corporate sales targets
    30% of total sales derived from call backs
    Daily use of Salesforce.com for managing sales pipeline
    Facility in use of ICAT and Prexion CT scanning hardware and software applications

Certified Personal Coach

GOLFTEC
09.2007 - 08.2010

Responsible for golf lesson sales, providing golf instruction and overall store income. Store manager responsibilities include hiring and training new employees, staff scheduling and monitoring store performance metrics to establish a monthly sales performance goal. Exceeded nearly all of GolfTEC national benchmark performance metrics in sales, lessons taught, close rate, client renewals.

$450,000 individual sales for term of employment (franchise high)
70% close rate
66% renewal rate
20% higher total sale vs. franchise average

Golf Instructor

Yirongyi Golf Acadeny
11.2004 - 09.2007

Responsible for selling golf lessons, giving golf instruction, developing golf programs, and coordinating golf tournaments to a Mandarin speaking clientele. Consulted with staff and golf club managers on customer service standards and practices. Conducted individual and group lessons and corporate golf clinics. Hired and trained expatriate teaching professionals.


Taught over 2000 1-hour lessons
Trained 130 new caddies at Nanjing Zhongshan International Golf Course
Developed and taught a weekly junior golf program for Active Kidz Shanghai
Created the 1st Annual Yirongyi Hongqiao Scramble Tournament
Coordinated joint UK/Chinese instructional kiosks at the 2005 HSBC Champions Tournament in Shanghai

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Education

University of Southern Maine
Portland, ME
06.2003

Bachelor of Arts - History

Furman University
Greenville, SC
06.2000

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin)
Elementary

Timeline

Golf Instructor

Self-employeed
03.2024 - Current

Center Manager / Director or Instruction

GOLFTEC
05.2018 - 03.2024

Certified Personal Coach

GOLFTEC
09.2012 - 04.2018

Patient Education Counselor

ClearChoice
08.2010 - 03.2012

Certified Personal Coach

GOLFTEC
09.2007 - 08.2010

Golf Instructor

Yirongyi Golf Acadeny
11.2004 - 09.2007

Bachelor of Arts - Education

University of Southern Maine

Bachelor of Arts - History

Furman University
Alex Robbins