Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
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AccountManager
Kenneth Pastel

Kenneth Pastel

Sudbury,MA

Summary

Successful, experienced technical sales professional with extensive background in test and measurement. Familiar with a variety of technologies including 5G, LTE, 802.11, and EMC testing. Proven track record in boosting market share and expanding customer bases, notably achieving over 35% market share growth at Rohde and Schwarz America. Skilled in territory management and selling technical products, I excel in developing new business and fostering teamwork. Very experienced in Aerospace / Defense, Semiconductor, and Manufacturing markets. Achieved significant sales milestones, including a $27M deal at General Electric, demonstrating both hard and soft skills.

Overview

45
45
years of professional experience

Work History

Account Manager

Rohde and Schwarz America
2004.02 - 2024.07
  • Grew over all market share from 5% to over 35%.
  • Managed sales at major customers as well as smaller accounts. Grew customer base by over 55%.
  • Responsible for selling wide range of products. Maintained up to date knowledge on everything from custom test systems to basic instruments like power supplies and scopes.
  • Initiated direct communication between customers and product managers to ensure our products and services matched customer requirements.
  • Was one of the original twelve sales people hired when company started independent U.S. operations.
  • Helped establish Rohde and Schwarz brand awareness in New England.

Sales Representative

Fusion Sales Partners
2002.05 - 2004.02
  • Represented Agilent Technologies network security and monitoring solutions for VoIP and 802.11 in the enterprise and carrier markets.
  • Grew sales by more than 10% year over year.
  • Increased customer base by more than 20%.
  • Developed lead generation campaign that resulted in $400K in incremental business.

Business Development Manager

Arris Interactive
2000.05 - 2002.05
  • Responsible for driving sales and providing business support to distribution, OEM and direct sales channels for DOCSIS and cable products.
  • Generated over $3M of incremental business at targeted and new accounts.
  • Lead marketing task force to create product sales tools. Increased sales by 12% in target market.
  • Increased sales by $2.5M at largest account by successfully negotiating agreement to become their exclusive supplier.

Major Account Manager

Agilent Technologies (Hewlett-Packard)
1984.08 - 2000.05
  • Finished consistently among top 5 in R.F. test system sales.
  • Developed competitive ATE customer service agreements. Increased sales by 20%.
  • Increased sales by more than 25% by successfully integrating all sales, technical, and support engineers into a focused account team.


Sales Engineer

General Electric Company
1979.07 - 1984.08

Sold over $27M worth of power and control products

Education

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Skills

  • Developing New Business
  • Territory Management
  • Selling Technical Products
  • Exceeding Quota
  • Customer Service
  • Teamwork

Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

Hybrid

Timeline

Account Manager

Rohde and Schwarz America
2004.02 - 2024.07

Sales Representative

Fusion Sales Partners
2002.05 - 2004.02

Business Development Manager

Arris Interactive
2000.05 - 2002.05

Major Account Manager

Agilent Technologies (Hewlett-Packard)
1984.08 - 2000.05

Sales Engineer

General Electric Company
1979.07 - 1984.08

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering

Northwestern University
Kenneth Pastel