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Michael Strickland

Marietta,GA

Summary

Experienced sales professional with a strong track record in net new business development. Demonstrates ability to identify, develop, and execute strategies to acquire new clients. Skilled in maintaining and nurturing existing client relationships, ensuring long-term satisfaction and repeat business. Proven success in pioneering new market development across diverse industries.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Account Executive - Commercial

Equifax Inc.
11.2023 - Current

Accomplishments:

  • Exceeded Quota for FY2024 -104% quota achievement
  • Received Sales Recognition Award for NPI sales of Equifax Third Party Risk Solution

Responsibilities:

  • Net new logo acquisition for emerging markets (Utilities/Telco, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Consumer Packaging)
  • Offered a wide range of commercial credit data solutions to support commercial credit decisions and third-party risk management
  • Negotiated large multiyear agreements for commercial credit and third-party risk solutions

Account Executive - Inside Sales

Equifax Inc.
01.2020 - 11.2023

Accomplishments:

  • Exceeding Quota for FY2021 –105% quota achievement
  • Exceeded Quota for FY2022 –114% quota achievement
  • Quota Achievement FY2023 -89% to plan (January - October)

Responsibilities:

  • Net new logo acquisition for USIS Inside Sales Division
  • Offered a wide range of credit and data solutions to various markets including Banking/Credit Unions, Mortgage Firms, Money Managers, Alternate Financial, SME Businesses, FinTech’s, and Healthcare organizations
  • Worked with the finance team and negotiated large multiyear agreements for credit, fraud, and other analytic solutions

Senior Territory Business Manager

Solutions Medical
01.2015 - 01.2019

A distributor and sourcing supplier to GPO hospitals, VA Medical Centers, and other healthcare facilities


Major Accomplishments:

Growth

  • Established new supplier contracts with zero base and grew revenues to $4 million
  • Established territory relationships with implanting physicians, creating a $3 million dollar territory in Georgia.110% to plan

Strategy

Responsible for establishing and managing strategic partnerships in the Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Industries

  • Instrumental in the construction of a medical device division that produced revenues of $2 million in18 months
  • Contract Negotiations: Negotiated multimillion-dollar private label, distribution and national group purchasing organization contracts

Territory Business Manager

Americare
01.2010 - 01.2012

Marketed and distributed medical supplies and devices to VA Medical Centers across the United States

Accomplishments:

  • Increased strategic sales in the southeast region by 53% while increasing profitability in the region by 20%
  • Developed new manufacturer partnerships that resulted in multi-million dollar growth and new sales company-wide
  • Secured multimillion-dollar National Blanket Purchasing Agreement with the Federal Government that resulted in new sales to Veteran Affairs Medical Centers

Account Executive

Priority Medical Solutions
09.2006 - 01.2010

Startup that marketed and distributed medical-surgical supplies and equipment to the Long-Term Care Market in the Southern United States


Accomplishments:

  • Increased sales from a zero base to a territory in excess of a million dollar in a 2-year period
  • Championed creative marketing initiatives, including incontinent in-services with manufacturer partners and introduction of new cost-effective products into facilities on a bi-monthly basis

Sales Awards:

  • 2008 thru2010 Recipient; Million Dollar Sales Club
  • 2008 thru2010 Recipient; Outstanding Salesman of the Year

Purchasing Coordinator

Priority Medical Solutions
01.2006 - 09.2006
  • Purchased on a weekly basis from major industry manufacturers such as Abbot Laboratories, Covidien and McKesson Medical-Surgical
  • Also, purchased from nation's largest distributor buying group to manage inventory minimums and sustain field rate of97%
  • Purchasing Achievements:
  • Proved the ability to negotiate pricing and increase gross margins within one fiscal year by11%
  • These increases were on major nursing products such as traditional/advanced wound care, sharps safety, and diabetic monitoring products
  • Proved ability to work well with internal staff in various departments
  • Worked very closely with inventory managers to minimize company exposure and product liability

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Religion / Philosophy

Morehouse College
Atlanta, GA
2006

Skills

  • Business Development
  • Strategic Account Planning
  • Cross Functional Team Collaboration
  • Presentations and Public Speaking
  • Team Leadership
  • Technical Knowledge
  • Loyalty

Timeline

Senior Account Executive - Commercial

Equifax Inc.
11.2023 - Current

Account Executive - Inside Sales

Equifax Inc.
01.2020 - 11.2023

Senior Territory Business Manager

Solutions Medical
01.2015 - 01.2019

Territory Business Manager

Americare
01.2010 - 01.2012

Account Executive

Priority Medical Solutions
09.2006 - 01.2010

Purchasing Coordinator

Priority Medical Solutions
01.2006 - 09.2006

Bachelor of Arts - Religion / Philosophy

Morehouse College
Michael Strickland