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Sheila Solo

Sheila Solo

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Work Type

Full Time

Location Preference

RemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Company CultureCareer advancementWork-life balanceHealthcare benefitsFlexible work hoursWork from home optionPaid time offPaid sick leaveTeam Building / Company RetreatsPersonal development programs

Summary

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Leveraging a strong foundation in collaboration and sales strategies, I have successfully cultivated meaningful relationships with organizations, customers, and teams. My expertise in sales, account management, customer service, and problem-solving allows me to drive results while fostering a people-centric approach. Motivated and open-minded. I embrace collaborative environments with opportunities for growth and continuous learning. I excel in remote, hybrid and outside office event environments, ensuring adaptability and efficiency. I am eager to bring my skills and strategic mindset to any organization, contributing to team success and continued growth.

Overview

22
years of professional experience

Work History

Lit San Leandro, LLC
San Leandro, CA

Director of Sales
06.2019 - Current

Job overview

Managed team of sales representatives, providing guidance, coaching and support. Leading to bringing in over $300k plus in annual revenue Built relationships with customers and community to establish long term business growth. Developed compelling presentation decks to gain approval for ideas and communicate results. Established pricing strategies to maintain competitive pricing and maximize profits. Achieved established KPI for company, regional team and individual performance through teamwork and focus on customers.

Demonstrated products to show potential customers benefits and advantages and encourage purchases. Established ambitious sales targets, managed deployment strategies, and developed go-to-market plans to uncover many revenue opportunities. Currently contracting with this organization.

Cogent
Walnut Creek, CA

National Account Manager
02.2025 - 02.2026

Job overview

As a National Account Manager my responsibilities include obtaining new sales revenue $48k annual quota, increase brand awareness, show growth within a specific criteria set of enterprise customers. Identify sales opportunities through process of qualification. Review use case scenarios, proposal composition, negotiate and secure revenue. I often receive referrals, it is one form of lead generation. Further lead generation stems from networking, site visits and customer appointments. Further responsibilities include funnel management, accurate sales tracking, monitoring bids with strategic account plans. Cross - functional responsibilities include building relationships with customer care, service engineers, sales support, marketing, and Solutions/Technology departments to enhance our collaborative work space as a team.

Astound Business Solutions
Concord, CA

Enterprise Account Executive
04.2023 - 10.2024

Job overview

  • Persistently exceeded sales targets by proactively identifying and pursuing new sales opportunities.
  • Managed a base of high-value, mid market and small business accounts. Those revenue amounts ranges from $350k -$7,200 annually.
  • Presented product demonstrations in order to focus on the value proposition to potential clients.
  • Contract composition and negotiation
  • Collaborated with internal and external teams to develop tailored solutions for client needs that resulted in positive revenue flows.

TelePacific Communications
Woodland Hills, CA

Senior Sales Account Executive
02.2004 - 10.2017

Job overview

Responsible for identifying customers' business critical data obstacles and objectives. Presented and communicated in detail various solutions. Developed strong customer relationships that are still with me today, renewed contracts, reviewed and analyzed billing invoices. Managed customer installs, their contracts, orders, products, services and their overall account. Scheduled and attended meetings with customers, set agendas, demonstrated presentations on products, educated and provided information regarding Telepacific's key business features, products and solutions topology.

Education

University Of Phoenix

Bachelor of Science from Business
10-2008

University Overview

Skills

    • 22 years telecom industry, marketing, account managing, enterprise, mid market, small business sales experience
    • Bachelor of Business Science Degree
    • Strong communication, written and formal presentation skills aimed to provide customers and teams with tools to navigate the current technology environment
    • Revenue generating mindset/ generated revenues ranging from $5k - $1 million annually
    • Renewal contracts for revenue retention
    • Quote and Proposal Management
    • Great organizational and time management skills
    • MS Office Suite, Outlook, Salesforce, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, AI proficient Capable of quickly learning other web-based platforms and software
    • Customer/ Vendor/ Agent/ City Account Relationship Management

Timeline

National Account Manager
Cogent
02.2025 - 02.2026
Enterprise Account Executive
Astound Business Solutions
04.2023 - 10.2024
Director of Sales
Lit San Leandro, LLC
06.2019 - Current
Senior Sales Account Executive
TelePacific Communications
02.2004 - 10.2017
University Of Phoenix
Bachelor of Science from Business
Sheila Solo