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Michael Wood

Michael Wood

Proven Technology Sales Executive/ Servant Leader/ Leader of Leaders
Wheaton,IL

Summary

Performance-oriented Sales Executive Leader offering exceptional record of achievement over 17-year career. Tenacious large sales organization Executive Leader with strategic and analytical approach to solving problems, bringing in customers and exceeding sales targets. Talented in identifying and capitalizing on emerging market trends and revenue opportunities.


Enterprise, Public Sector (SLED), SMB, and Channel Experience. Mobility, IOT, Security, SaaS, Network, Professional and Managed Services.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Director of Enterprise Sales

Verizon Business Group
Chicago, IL
05.2020 - Current
  • Increased monthly new sales bookings by 60% YOY, 126% to target (2022 through September)
  • Grew monthly new sales by 16%, exceeded revenue targets by 7% in $400M reoccurring revenue business (2021)
  • Lead sales organization through large reorganization with 80% account breakage, created strong culture and high employee satisfaction scores
  • Recruited, trained and mentored salesforce of 50- 100+ with 7-9 direct report leaders. Lead female leadership development program in Midwest (Women of World)
  • Enterprise Sales Director of month multiple times throughout 2020-2022

Director of Sales (Public Sector)

Verizon Business Group
Chicago, IL
06.2018 - 05.2020
  • 3rd level executive leader/ Director of Sales for Midwest SLED team (11 midwest states, 100+ sales professionals, 7 Directs)
  • Delivered 10%+ revenue growth in mature market (2020)
  • Increased market share above 55% despite new entrant (Firstnet ATT)
  • Grew monthly gross new sales volume 9%+ Y/Y (2019)
  • Grew IoT subscriber gross new volumes by 53% Y/Y (2019)
  • Grew primary/ dominant market position in key SLED State/ City agreements

Director of Business Sales

Verizon Wireless
Chicago, IL
10.2015 - 06.2018
  • 2nd level executive leader/ Director of Sales for Great Lakes team (5 midwest states, 180+ sales professionals, 8 Directs)
  • 8%+ revenue growth, Increased market share by > 3%
  • Grew monthly gross new sales volume 15%+ Y/Y (2016/17)
  • Grew monthly net new sales volume 19%+ Y/Y (2016/17)
  • Grew results in employee opinion surveys in 4/5 categories

Awarded Presidents Cabinet in 2016 representing > top 1% sales leadership for teams performance. Awarded Sales Director of the year 2016, 2017. Fastest growing business sales team in 2016.

Director- Business Operations and Marketing 

Verizon Wireless
Chicago, IL
04.2014 - 09.2015
  • Lead sales operations, business development, and marketing strategy/ execution for B2B channel and customer segment across 15 states in Midwest Area, accounting for $2B+ in annual revenue
  • Lead for VPP (Verizon Partner Program) M2M Resale program. Developed distribution/ marketing strategies that helped create triple digit IOT customer base and revenue growth. Midwest Area was fastest growing IOT market in 2015.
  • Responsible for implementing digital CRM (Salesforce.com) and LinkedIn Sales navigator tool for business development.

Various Individual Sales/ Leadership Roles

Verizon Wireless
Columbus, Cincinnati, O
08.2005 - 04.2014

Education

Bachelor of Science - Marketing + Economics

The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
06.2000 - 05.2005

Skills

    Storytelling, Communicating with Impact

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Timeline

Director of Enterprise Sales

Verizon Business Group
05.2020 - Current

Director of Sales (Public Sector)

Verizon Business Group
06.2018 - 05.2020

Director of Business Sales

Verizon Wireless
10.2015 - 06.2018

Director- Business Operations and Marketing 

Verizon Wireless
04.2014 - 09.2015

Various Individual Sales/ Leadership Roles

Verizon Wireless
08.2005 - 04.2014

Bachelor of Science - Marketing + Economics

The Ohio State University
06.2000 - 05.2005

References

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References

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Andrew Brady- Vice President, Enterprise Sales, Verizon Business (most recent supervisor)

Aimee Novak- Vice President, SMB Sales, Verizon Business

Michael Caralis- Vice President, SMB Sales, Verizon Business

Matt Carr- Vice President Retail Sales, Verizon

Mark Nachman- Vice President of Sales (former supervisor), Former Area President Sprint/ T-Mobile

Michael WoodProven Technology Sales Executive/ Servant Leader/ Leader of Leaders