Melissa Ollie
Chaska,MN
Summary
Seasoned Director of Regional Sales with a proven track record in successful team leadership. Demonstrates exceptional interdepartmental collaboration to improve processes and procedures to optimize efficiency and cohesion of departments and improve overall client outcomes. Exhibits natural abilities in developing relationships with colleagues and clinical partners. Notable success in increasing sales performance across regions and fostering collaboration between teams for maximum efficiency. Committed to leveraging these strengths to contribute to company wide key initiatives.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of Regional Sales
Talk To Me Technologies, LLC
Cedar Falls, IA
01.2017 - Current
- Leads a team of AAC Consultants to ensure team members are equipped with important training and resources to create a high level of understanding, in order to optimize confidence and performance in the role and connection to company initiatives, while maximizing engagement through support and encouragement of personal and professional development, and work/life balance.
- Coaches AAC Consultants on strategic outreach to establish and maintain strong clinical partnerships and monitors territories of growth to provide recommendations to management for areas of potential expansion.
- Regularly collaborates with fellow Directors of Regional Sales and performance improvement team to plan, implement, and optimize internal reference materials and interdepartmental processes and procedures, increasing interdepartmental cohesion and efficiency, ultimately improving client outcomes.
- Participates in meetings with TTMT/Smartbox hardware and research and development teams to provide important feedback, questions, and perspectives from the sales team, which help guide device development and launch planning.
AAC-Consultant
Talk To Me Technologies, LLC
Cedar Falls, IA
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Collaborated with clients, families, caregivers, SLPs, and multidisciplinary teams to provide pre-evaluation, AAC evaluation consultation, assistance with necessary paperwork and reports, training, and set-up of TTMT equipment with clients and clinical partners.
- Strategic and persistent outreach to establish and maintain strong clinical partnerships, growing the reach of TTMT in the assigned territory to create the need for additional consultants.
- Demonstrated commitment to achieve a high level of understanding of TTMT products, services, processes, and procedures, daily accountabilities, and the overall focus of the sales department goals and company mission and values.
Speech-Language Pathologist
Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
Maple Grove, MN
11.2011 - 01.2015
- Provided evaluation and treatment in a pediatric outpatient clinic setting to children with a wide variety of diagnoses in the areas of articulation delay, receptive and expressive language impairment, pragmatic language, feeding and swallowing, AAC, fluency, and voice and resonance disorders. Collaborated with caregivers, medical professionals, teachers, and occupational and physical therapists to establish priorities for treatment to promote carryover of skills across settings.
Speech-Language Pathologist
Kid Talk, Inc.
Victoria, MN
08.2009 - 10.2011
- Provided speech and language evaluation and treatment in an outpatient clinic setting to children with a variety of diagnoses in the areas of articulation delay, receptive and expressive language impairment, pragmatic language, AAC, fluency, and voice. Worked with families to promote carryover of skills across settings.
Speech-Language Pathologist
Anne Carlsen Center for Children
Jamestown, ND
05.2007 - 09.2009
- Provided speech and language evaluation and treatment for individuals and groups, birth – 21 years of age, with complex medical diagnoses and significant behavioral and sensory needs, in a variety of settings including residential facility, home-based, classroom, and treatment room, in the areas of AAC, language impairment, articulation/phonology, dysarthria, dysphagia, and hearing impairment, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams of therapy, medical, and educational staff to establish plans of care and carryover of skills across environments.
- Provided staff training for direct care staff regarding feeding, oral motor, and communication programming.
Regional Assistive Technology Center (RATC) Graduate Assistant
MSUM – Speech/Language/Hearing Sciences Department
Moorhead, MN
09.2005 - 05.2007
- Assisted SLPs and student clinicians in the selection of appropriate AAC devices and assistive technology software, and arranged for equipment loans.
- Responsible for inventory, maintenance, and troubleshooting of switches, AAC devices, and assistive technology software.
- Instructed full-day 'Boardmaker Make and Take' workshops for SLPs and teachers.
Education
Master of Science - Speech-Language Pathology
Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM)
Moorhead, MN05.2007
Bachelor of Science - Speech/Language/Hearing Science
Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM)
Moorhead, MN05.2005
Skills
- Sales leadership and training
- Sales strategy development
- Territory management
- Sales reporting
- Interdepartmental collaboration
Certification
Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology, American Speech-Language and Hearing Association
Timeline
Director of Regional Sales
Talk To Me Technologies, LLC
01.2017 - Current
AAC-Consultant
Talk To Me Technologies, LLC
01.2015 - 01.2017
Speech-Language Pathologist
Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
11.2011 - 01.2015
Speech-Language Pathologist
Kid Talk, Inc.
08.2009 - 10.2011
Speech-Language Pathologist
Anne Carlsen Center for Children
05.2007 - 09.2009
Regional Assistive Technology Center (RATC) Graduate Assistant
MSUM – Speech/Language/Hearing Sciences Department
09.2005 - 05.2007
Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology, American Speech-Language and Hearing Association
Master of Science - Speech-Language Pathology
Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM)
Bachelor of Science - Speech/Language/Hearing Science
Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM)
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