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Cynthia Garza

San Antonio,TX

Summary

Successful Design Consultant adept at managing large-scale commercial interior projects and high-end residential homes.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Design Development Manager

MODERNO at Alamo Tile and Stone
San Antonio, Texas
08.2024 - 01.2026
  • Designed and managed a two-story showroom, and interacted with end-users, as well as the community of designers. I offered a very personal touch for those who needed special attention to see their personal vision completed.
  • Identified new customers through pipelining, pre-qualification, and territory analysis among the A&D communities for the commercial market, as well as high-end residential.
  • Presented a series of monthly courses (CEUs) to educate the designer on various products, setting materials, and the fabrication process. Emphasis on the quantity of product production by offering plant tours on-site.
  • Managed all vendor relationships, in-house library, and coordination of PKs for our entire sales team, and estimators. Ensured timely material procurement for all projects in accordance with fabrication and installation schedules.
  • Very active in the design organization community, including IIDA, AIA, NKBA, & ASID. Presently, I am a board member of IIDA for the 2025-2026 term.
  • Optimized operational processes to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of installations. Spearhead a round table to create new contract proposal templates, certificates of completion, and modified pricing tables to streamline the estimation of projects.

Business Development Manager (A&D)

COSENTINO
San Antonio, TX
02.2022 - 08.2024
  • Cultivated relationships with key clients to enhance business opportunities in the commercial market by calling on architects and designers.
  • Saturated offices with tools to include full sample sets, binders, literature, and technical advisement.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop targeted marketing strategies by working with teams that handled estimators and fabricators, driving the specification from conception through the full cycle of completed installation.
  • Presented product solutions to potential clients, highlighting unique benefits that were specific to a very small niche in the market as an ultra-compact product with environmental features that surpassed all others.
  • Utilize Salesforce, a CRM, to monitor account activities from the start, to build structures, and a database that measures our daily activity and job performance.
  • Led a group of 15 architects to Spain on a factory tour over the span of a week. The trip included not only touring the factory, but also side trips to neighboring cities.
  • Accomplished specifications for high-end residential, institutional, and hospitality. Project specifications to include: Alamo High School (LPA), Cambridge Elementary (LPA), St. Marks Elementary (LPA), UIW (O'Connell Robertson), Weston Plaza (Insite Architects), some still under construction and all in San Antonio.

Business Development Manager

Texas Bomanite
Central, TX
12.2017 - 12.2021
  • Strategically sought out new business opportunities and implemented effective means for client prospecting by utilizing industry market reports and land acquisitions to track projects in their early stages of design conception.
  • Marketed the brand name by means of networking among industry organizations, coordinating tradeshow booths throughout Texas, and partnering with vendors to ensure all the materials for specifications were in the possession of the target audience.
  • Utilized my public speaking skills to present specification driven education courses (CEU's) to professional firms, company executives, and corporation end-users on the benefits of implementing our materials and services.
  • With full responsibility for the Austin office/showroom, I coordinated all schedules, project meetings, lunch presentations, and walk-throughs while promoting specifications and closing sales.
  • Leveraged cold calling, in-person visits, and referrals to build leads and secure reliable CRM with our Dallas staff.

Showroom Designer

Oceanside Glass Tile @ PIRCH
Dallas, TX
08.2010 - 11.2017
  • Coordinated product selections and design consultations for luxury glass tile projects high-end homes in Highland Park. The value of homes ranges from $1.5 million to $10 million.
  • Collaborated with the sales team to develop promotional strategies for showroom events to include the AIA organization, DWELL, and influencer preview parties.
  • Brainstormed closely with customers, adjusting plans to satisfy clients' needs and requirements. Visited job sites for measurements, layout, and design to fulfill customer needs.
  • Drafted proposals outlining services, costs, and benefits for prospective customers.
  • INDEPENDENT OGT CONSULTANT.

08/2010- 2014, worked as a design consultant representative selling OGT and other artesian tile lines.

Affiliations

Willing to travel and/or relocate

Timeline

Design Development Manager

MODERNO at Alamo Tile and Stone
08.2024 - 01.2026

Business Development Manager (A&D)

COSENTINO
02.2022 - 08.2024

Business Development Manager

Texas Bomanite
12.2017 - 12.2021

Showroom Designer

Oceanside Glass Tile @ PIRCH
08.2010 - 11.2017

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