RONALD Alston
Technology Sales
Mayodan,NC
Summary
Client focused Technical Sales Representative offering Certified Training.in T echnology Sales as well as 30 years of Sales and Customer Service experience. I possess a No-Quit attitude when i'm working on the phones.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
AUTOMOTIVE BUYER/Training Manager
Lumiere Motors
Waltham, MA
08.2017 - 03.2022
- Alternated training methods to diversify instruction, strengthen learning opportunities, and enhance program success.
- Had to locate High end vehicles for export. Tasked to stay abreast of the ever changing agreements between countries.
- My recruits broke Buyer volume records five separate months. Managed over 50 phone calls as well as training classes and updates
RECRUITER AND AUTOMOTIVE BUYER TRAINER
AUTOMOTIVE BUYER-TRAINING
Salisbury, NC
01.2016 - 07.2017
- Trained all Buyers to purchase High End vehicles ready to export to China.
- Wrote and posted technical job descriptions
- Utilizing my Sales and training skills, we were able to ship an additional 15-20 high end vehicles per month.
Outside B2B Finance Representative
Barnett Financial Group
Greensboro, NC
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Travel to Dealerships daily to review Credit Applications for Approvals
- Established relationships with the Dealership Salespeople, General Managers and Dealership Owners.
- Create a sense of comfort in which i can freely move around processing loan approvals.
- Provided Sub-Prime financing helping dealerships sell 8-10 more vehicles a month
Phone Sales Representative
The Business Journals
Greensboro, NC
01.2011 - 01.2013
- Sales and Business Development
- 90% phone Sales.Broke Regional Sales volume and monetary sales .
- Utilized piano skills at the large Business Journal events which created a platform for additional sales opportunities.
FACILITATOR
NORTEL NETWORKS
Research Triangle Park, NC
04.1988 - 01.1997
- Nortel Networks gave me well rounded experience in Tech. I started at the very bottom of the employment chain. I utilized every moment to learn and bring value to my teams. I volunteered to get trained to help Facilitate Diversity training, Race awareness and group Teaming roleplay. I was asked to troubleshoot many of the manufacturing teams. I was also part of a group that introduced peer reviews for Associates and Managers.
- I was asked by management to join them by Supervising the Product lines -that was scaled down to cellular manufacturing instead of long assembly lines of the past. This technology created ownership of the product and better quality of our products. I was awarded $1000 cash incentive for work i had done to help the propel the new culture of teaming, empowerment,statistics and quality.
Education
Directed Study in Manufacturing Technology - Manufacturing Technology
North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro, NCMusic Theory And Composition
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MABroadcasting
SAWYER SCHOOL
Prov, RISkills
- Groundwork For Success In Sales Development (Currently In Certification Process) Salesforce Sales Development
- Representative Professional Certificate (Currently In Certification Process) Focused In: Conversational Selling
- Introduction To Emerging Technologies Intro To Cyber Security Sales
- Sales And Phone Training With Experience Four Step Sales Process Introduction To Cloud Technology Sales
- Team Direction
Certification
SV Academy
GPA 3.8
Silicon Valley, CA
Conversational Selling Playbook
Professional Certificate Technology Sales (Sept))
University of Maryland MD.
Fundamentals of Technology Sales
Conversational Selling Playbook for SDR-SV Academy
Intro to Cloud Technology Sales
Into to Cyber Technology Sales
Timeline
AUTOMOTIVE BUYER/Training Manager
Lumiere Motors
08.2017 - 03.2022
RECRUITER AND AUTOMOTIVE BUYER TRAINER
AUTOMOTIVE BUYER-TRAINING
01.2016 - 07.2017
Outside B2B Finance Representative
Barnett Financial Group
01.2015 - 01.2016
Phone Sales Representative
The Business Journals
01.2011 - 01.2013
FACILITATOR
NORTEL NETWORKS
04.1988 - 01.1997
Directed Study in Manufacturing Technology - Manufacturing Technology
North Carolina A & T State University
Music Theory And Composition
Berklee College of Music
Broadcasting
SAWYER SCHOOL
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