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NIcholas SILVA

NIcholas SILVA

West Sacramento,CA

Summary

Results-driven sales professional with over 10 years of consultative and technical selling experience. Highly competitive, energetic, and goal-oriented, with a strong track record of building lasting customer relationships and driving growth in government sales. Passionate about winning and executing with urgency, I am currently focused on advancing my career in outside sales with aspirations for leadership and management.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Account Executive - Northern California

Cubic Transportation Systems
04.2022 - Current
  • Company Overview: Cubic manufactures advanced solutions that improve transportation networks worldwide. We sell innovative technology to state and local governments, including technical electronics, data analytics and software to make our communities run safer and efficiently
  • Led sales hardware/software efforts into Caltrans, local agencies, consultants, engineers and contractors in Northern California
  • Cold calling, drop-ins, demos, presentations, exhibiting, managing distributors
  • 50% Travel within territory with nine customer touches per week
  • Vice President - Northern California Transportation Engineers Association (Part Time)

Metrics:

  • FY2025 - $2.5 Million quota - 48% of plan in Q2
  • FY2024 - $2 Million quota - 98% of plan
  • FY2023 - $1.5 Million quota - 73% of plan
  • FY2022 - $600k - 89% of quota

National Sales - Western States

QuikQ
04.2019 - 04.2022
  • Company Overview: QuikQ, a fast-growing startup, provides innovative fuel payment and credit solutions for over-the-road trucking companies across the United States, leveraging proprietary RFID technology to enable secure and seamless wireless transactions at travel stops
  • Managed 14-state territory, collaborating with VP of Sales to retain and acquire new over-the-road trucking companies
  • Established and managed new channel partnerships to expand market presence
  • Demonstrated our web-based credit and asset management platform
  • 50% travel

Metrics:

  • Top sales performer despite Covid disruptions
  • FY2021 - 127% of plan
  • FY2020 - 91% of plan
  • FY2019 - 73% of plan

Territory Sales Manager - California & Nevada

Compass Minerals
06.2015 - 04.2019
  • Company Overview: Compass Minerals International is a publicly traded mining company and leading producer of salt, lithium, magnesium chloride, and potash products within the United States and Canada
  • Maintained and hunted industrial distribution partnerships and resellers
  • Managed P/L within territory
  • Set market price for consumer and industrial products
  • Actively hunted new business against Morton and Cargill


Metrics:

  • FY2017 - 113% of plan
  • FY2016 - 96% of plan
  • FY2015 - 94% of plan

Education

B.S. - Business Marketing

San Francisco State University
San Francisco

Skills

  • Competitive
  • Sales presentation
  • Market development
  • Account planning
  • Strategic Minded
  • Skilled Communicator
  • Relationship Builder
  • Customer Focused
  • Self-Motivated
  • Strong Negotiator
  • Technical Sales
  • Solution Selling
  • Government Sales
  • Software Sales
  • Hardware Sales
  • Remote Sales

Timeline

Account Executive - Northern California

Cubic Transportation Systems
04.2022 - Current

National Sales - Western States

QuikQ
04.2019 - 04.2022

Territory Sales Manager - California & Nevada

Compass Minerals
06.2015 - 04.2019

B.S. - Business Marketing

San Francisco State University
NIcholas SILVA