Erik Dominguez
Lombard,IL
Summary
Full-cycle SMB / B2C sales operator with 4+ years across cold outbound, inhome consultative selling, and full-cycle deal ownership. Built and operate a SaaS-services GTM stack end-to-end using GoHighLevel + GHL AI Studio; daily user of AI tools – Claude, GHL AI Studio) for prospecting, script design, and outreach. 30,000+ lifetime cold calls, ranked top 3 of 12 reps in B2C, assisted a real estate team that closed $3.2M in transaction volume. Targeting SMB or Mid-Market AE / BDR roles at an AI-forward SaaS company.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
FunnelRX
Independent Outbound Project
Lombard, IL
01.2026 - Current
- Self-initiated SMB sales project: built and operate a full outbound stack targeting local service businesses.
- Contacted 250+ small business owners in April 2026 through daily cold dials and Instagram Loom outreach to owner-operated SMBs.
- Built a complete go-to-market stack from scratch - CRM, booking, automations, website templates, payment infrastructure - using GoHighLevel + GHL AI Studio end-to-end.
- Designed ICP, offer, and outbound scripts; sourced and qualified lead lists with Lead Quest; running daily cold outbound (calls and Instagram Loom outreach) targeting owner-operated SMBs.
- Day-to-day SaaS / AI stack: GoHighLevel, GHL AI Studio, Claude, Notion, Loom, Stripe, Google Workspace.
- Self-directed learning lab for the full SMB SaaS-services sales motion: outbound → discovery → demo → close.
Service Specialist
Lovitt Blinds & Drapery
Lombard, IL
08.2023 - Current
- Hybrid field role spanning in-home consultative estimates, sales close, on-site execution, and revenue collection across blinds, drapery, repair, and cleaning service lines.
- Personally close $5K-$8K per month in product and service revenue across the role's hybrid scope, with peak months reaching $15K.
- Average ticket $800-$1,200, with regular premium jobs into five figures.
- Closed a $10,000 cleaning service contract this month - owned the entire cycle: estimate → sell-through → on-site delivery → customer payment collection.
- Operate at the intersection of sales floor and service truck - quote accurately, close in-home without escalation, manage thousands of dollars in invoices end-to-end.
- Sell, measure, install, clean, and repair the full Hunter Douglas line (Silhouette, Pirouette, Duette, Vignette, PowerView motorization) plus competitor brands (Eddie Z's, The Shade Store, 3 Day Blinds).
- Convert high-friction service calls into repeat business and referrals through calm, owner-level problem solving.
- 2.5+ year tenure - longest-running role; reliability and full-cycle ownership.
Real Estate Associate
Realty of America
Chicagoland, IL
07.2025 - 03.2026
- Licensed Illinois agent on a top-producing residential real estate team covering the west-suburban corridor.
- Assisted a top-producing team that closed $3.2M in transaction volume across the engagement period.
- Created lead-generation content and executed cold outbound to drive top-of-funnel pipeline for the team.
- Contributed to negotiation of multi-stakeholder contracts (5-6 figure transaction values) - navigated bidding wars, lender coordination, and inspection contingencies.
- Built familiarity with long-cycle, multi-stakeholder deal motion (buyer + agent + lender + inspector) - directly transferable to mid-market SaaS sales cycles.
Sales Consultant
Value City Furniture
Oak Brook, IL
08.2022 - 08.2023
- Closed $220,000+ in furniture sales over 12 months from a cold start with zero industry experience.
- Ranked top 3 of 12 weekend reps consistently in the back half of tenure.
- Achieved 63% warranty attach rate, upselling $26K in cross-sell revenue on top of base ticket sales - built early muscle for SaaS-style expansion / attach selling.
- Average ticket size $800-$1,300 across sofas, living-room sets, and full-room packages.
Insurance Sales Agent
Globe Life
Chicagoland, IL
11.2021 - 08.2022
- Executed 150+ cold calls per day (30,000+ outbound calls over tenure) using prospecting frameworks and consultative discovery scripts.
- Built foundational sales discipline - script mastery, objection handling, pipeline tracking, and resilience under high-rejection volume.
- Set 80+ qualified appointments through cold outbound; honed close fundamentals that translated directly into top-3 producer status within months at Value City Furniture.
Education
Illinois Real Estate License - Real Estate
Inland School of Real Estate
Oak Brook, IL04-2025
Illinois Life Insurance Producer License - Insurance
Dohrn Insurance
River Grove, IL10-2021
High school graduate -
Glenbard East High School
Lombard, IL04-2021
Skills
- Cold outbound
- In-home selling
- Consultative selling
- Full-cycle ownership
- Cross-sell selling
- Multi-stakeholder negotiation
- Pipeline management
- Objection handling
- Script design
- Offer design
- GoHighLevel
- Claude
- Notion
- Negotiation skills
- Cold calling
- CRM management
- Outbound sales
- Customer acquisition
- Loom
- Stripe
- Lead Quest
- Google Workspace
- SMB sales motion
- B2C consultative
- Insurance fundamentals
- Real Estate fundamentals
Websites
Skills
Cold outbound (calls, email, social), In-home & consultative selling, Full-cycle ownership (prospecting → discovery → demo → close → onboarding), Cross-sell / attach-rate selling, Multi-stakeholder negotiation, Pipeline management, Objection handling, Script and offer design, GoHighLevel (CRM, dialer, automations, websites), GHL AI Studio, Claude, Notion, Loom, Stripe, Lead Quest, Google Workspace, Instagram / Meta Business Suite (CRM and sales-engagement proficiency transferable to Salesforce, HubSpot, Apollo, ZoomInfo), SMB sales motion, B2C consultative, Insurance & Real Estate fundamentals, In-home selling across the Chicagoland territory
Timeline
FunnelRX
Independent Outbound Project
01.2026 - Current
Real Estate Associate
Realty of America
07.2025 - 03.2026
Service Specialist
Lovitt Blinds & Drapery
08.2023 - Current
Sales Consultant
Value City Furniture
08.2022 - 08.2023
Insurance Sales Agent
Globe Life
11.2021 - 08.2022
Illinois Real Estate License - Real Estate
Inland School of Real Estate
Illinois Life Insurance Producer License - Insurance
Dohrn Insurance
High school graduate -
Glenbard East High School