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CARRIE MIHAL

Milwaukee,WI

Summary

Well-qualified sales and development professional with proven success in improving operations and solving problems. Highly proficient in building lasting relationships with key decision makers, customers, and team members to further company goals. Ready to leverage training and experience to take on new professional challenges.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Licensed Real Estate Agent, Realtor

Keller Williams Realty and Berkshire Hathaway Realty
05.2022 - Current
  • Company Overview: Milwaukee's fastest growing real estate brokerage. Providing our clients with exceptional customer service and in-depth knowledge of local real estate.
  • Responsible for facilitating property transactions, building and maintaining client relationships, and staying updated on the local real estate market.
  • Additional responsibilities include: negotiating terms and contracts, working closely with industry professionals (loan officers, appraisers, contractors, inspectors, etc.), creating a database in CRM, develop and implement a marketing plan using materials created through Canva and utilizing social media and print/mail.
  • Successfully closed 12 residential transactions in 2024, totaling over $2,500,000 in sales volume.
  • Conducted market research and analysis to advise clients on property values, market trends, and investment opportunities.
  • Extensive use of CRM, Canva, Social Media, Microsoft Office, Zoom, Teams, and Adobe.

Development Manager

AIA Wisconsin
09.2024 - 05.2025

Led the fund development activities of AIA Wisconsin, including annual partnership sales, conference exhibitor sales, and event sponsorship, and assists with giving campaigns for the Wisconsin Architects Foundation. Assisted with AIA Wisconsin's member recruitment, retention, services, and benefits activities. Cultivated and nurturesdrelationships with sponsors, members, individual donors, and board members, and plans, implements, and evaluated sales and fundraising strategies.

Account Executive, Professional/Commercial

Kelly Services
03.2020 - 04.2022
  • Company Overview: Kelly Services, Inc. is an American office staffing company that operates globally. The company places employees at all levels in various sectors including financial services, information technology, and law.
  • Responsible for prospecting new business and building existing accounts.
  • Sold staffing services for Light Industrial and Professional roles, temporary and direct hire.
  • Developed relationships with recruiters.
  • Intensive Salesforce reporting and use.
  • Brought in new business and achieved activity goals consistently.
  • Received in depth staffing training as a new hire.
  • All virtual selling using home office.
  • Consistently met or exceed goals, performing in top 15% for sales.
  • Extensive use of Salesforce, Teams, and Microsoft Office products.
  • Kelly Services, Inc. is an American office staffing company that operates globally. The company places employees at all levels in various sectors including financial services, information technology, and law.

Sales Representative

Legacy Brands
01.2018 - 03.2020
  • Company Overview: Legacy Brands is the wine & spirits division of Triangle Distributing Company a family owned and operated business located in Green Bay, WI. Legacy Brands is a collection of wine and spirits from local and international producers.
  • Responsible for creating and developing the Milwaukee area market through strategic prospecting and cold calling.
  • Created home-based office that allowed me to utilize the following skills: organization and planning, time management, customer service.
  • Increased sales 483% in first year at Legacy Brands; year to date sales for 2019 are up 163%.
  • Developed and built an account base from 8 accounts to over 60 accounts.
  • Initiated and planned first trade show for Legacy Brands in the Milwaukee area.
  • Planned and coordinated events for the public and buyers featuring winemakers.
  • Legacy Brands is the wine & spirits division of Triangle Distributing Company a family owned and operated business located in Green Bay, WI. Legacy Brands is a collection of wine and spirits from local and international producers.

Retail Relationship Banker

BMO Harris Bank
01.2017 - 12.2018
  • Company Overview: BMO Harris 8th largest bank, by assets, in North America, serving more than 12 million customers for personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment services.
  • Built and maintained customer relationships and advised customers how to optimize and manage their accounts.
  • Every day gave me the unique opportunity to utilize my written and verbal communication skills, strong grasp of numbers and passion for customer service.
  • Consistently met or exceeded quotas.
  • Participated in outreach programs to teach financial literacy.
  • Excelled in phone sales and achieved the highest sales on team through cold calling.
  • Demonstrated in depth product and service knowledge.
  • Effectively used Salesforce to log and record account information as well as a sales tool for leads.
  • BMO Harris 8th largest bank, by assets, in North America, serving more than 12 million customers for personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment services.

Sales Representative

Square Root
01.2014 - 12.2017
  • Company Overview: Square Root is an importer and wholesale distributor of fine wines. The co-founders believe that expert palates and the development of long-term, meaningful relationships are the keys to building a successful company.
  • Created and developed my own sales territory utilizing my expertise in customer relationship building, marketing and promotion and product training.
  • Fluent in product offering and pairing it with customer needs.
  • Developed territory from no accounts to over 70 accounts.
  • Grew sales from zero to over $400,000.
  • Developed sales promotions to increase revenue and sales.
  • Created an email newsletter to update accounts biweekly.
  • Awarded trip to Spain as top sales person in company.
  • Square Root is an importer and wholesale distributor of fine wines. The co-founders believe that expert palates and the development of long-term, meaningful relationships are the keys to building a successful company.

Education

B.A. - Interdisciplinary Anthropology

UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
Akron, OH

Skills

  • Inside Outside Sales Leader
  • Relationship Building
  • New Business Development
  • Goal Oriented / Self Driven
  • Strategic Lead Generation
  • Collaborative Team Management
  • Exceptional Customer Service
  • Product Sales Training
  • Marketing Promotions
  • Event Planning
  • Highly Organized
  • Transformative Observer / Problem Solver
  • Life-long Learner
  • Understand the Psychology of Buying
  • Time Management
  • Microsoft Office
  • CRM Software
  • Buyer representation
  • Mortgage lending
  • Seller representation
  • Investment properties
  • Closing coordination

Community Service

  • WOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER MILWAUKEE, Event and Programming Committee, 2022, present
  • EAST TOSA BOOK CLUB, Founder, 2012, present
  • MOMS OFFERING MOMS SUPPORT MEDINA CHAPTER, Chairperson/Community Outreach/Book Club Coordinator, 2009, 2012
  • CINCINNATI CIVIC GARDEN CENTER, Volunteer, 2003, 2003
  • LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY, Team in Training Participant, 2001, 2003

Timeline

Development Manager

AIA Wisconsin
09.2024 - 05.2025

Licensed Real Estate Agent, Realtor

Keller Williams Realty and Berkshire Hathaway Realty
05.2022 - Current

Account Executive, Professional/Commercial

Kelly Services
03.2020 - 04.2022

Sales Representative

Legacy Brands
01.2018 - 03.2020

Retail Relationship Banker

BMO Harris Bank
01.2017 - 12.2018

Sales Representative

Square Root
01.2014 - 12.2017

B.A. - Interdisciplinary Anthropology

UNIVERSITY OF AKRON