JOHN CORBETTAbu Dhabi, UAE 050.492.5037 johnculater@yahoo.com

CAREER OBJECTIVEI am an enthusiastic, ambitious & professional American living in Abu Dhabi. I am seeking a sales & marketing

position in a private company that will allow me to have career advancement in the future as I prove my value as a business asset. I am very competitive & enjoy acquiring new knowledge & skills. I am driven & determined to succeed in all tasks I pursue. I am very influential in developing business relationships since I am confident of my knowledge of the UAE as an emerging global market. I have the capacity to generate new business by leveraging existing relationships, as well as provide clients with superior customer service. I am skilled in market analysis & networking new clients. My passion to excel allows me to work creatively under pressure both individually & in teams.

WORK EXPERIENCESecure One Security Systems Trading 2011-PresentAbu Dhabi, UAESales Operations of Company Products

o Development of all new strategies with other employees to promote to General Manager for methods of increasing new business

o Coordinated with other employees to work in teams for strategic implementation of new ideas, sales approaches & global expansion projects

o Generating saleso Recruitment & assessing employees in saleso Establishing & assessing employees objectives & key performance indicators

Bradley Technologies 2000-2011Needham, Massachusetts USASales Manager & Product Distribution Planner

o Handled all new business mediations with new partners to establish advertising campaigns for promoting new products

o Negotiating with market research companies & advertising agencieso Assessing & establishing customer pricing through market research & surveyso Researching alternative distribution points to work on & incorporate a new sales strategy

Carlsberg Wind 1993-2000Framingham, Massachusetts USASales Manager for Product & Promotional Development

o Sales Development & Client Serviceso Consulted with clients as Liaison to General Manager o Managed all aspects of the daily operations of the business for the ownero Provided overview reports of customer needs for future improvementso Provided managerial supervision of Marketing & Sales Departmento Implemented marketing campaignso Managed Quality Controlo Training, guiding & evaluating employeeso Trained employees--interpersonal, communication & relationship-building skills

BUSINESS COMPETENCIESo Professional management approach to motivate employees toward teamwork & communicationo Decision maker went needed.o Successful negotiator o Efficient strategic planner, successful in avoiding business risko Excellent team player with exceptional management skillso Performance-oriented, problem-solvero Excellent at teambuildingo Influential public relations skills--essential in building client relationships and for client retention

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o Account maintenance for marketing executives o Entrepreneurial approach for achieving business objectiveso Customer-service & focus-orientedo Effective communicator, both orally and writteno Reliable, effective and creativeo Punctual and task/mission-oriented o Comfortable in a multicultural environment o Strong managerial, organizational and relationship management skillso Adaptability, team management and leadership skillso Ability to align organizational capabilities to meet business/clients' needs

SKILLSo Customer Acquisitiono Referral/Repeat Business Generationo Public Speakingo Complaint Handlingo Client Consultations & Saleso Sales Reports & Correspondenceo Inventory Managemento Working in a multi-cultural environment throughout the UAEo Self-motivating, able to multi-task & charismatic o Exceptional computer skills: PowerPoint, Excel Spreadsheet, Word Document & Microsoft Outlooko Excellent presentations & speeches for motivating other employeeso Outstanding customer service skills to make them comfortable & that they can trust the company o Ensuring the process of a sale from start to finish including the pursuing & follow upo Procedure with clients & teammateso Conducting accurate & reliable market research for company analysiso Organizing company data, & establishing priorities between tasks of importance

EDUCATION & MILITARY TRAININGLincoln Technical College—Boston, Massachusetts USA

o Business Managemento Sales & Marketingo Market Researcho Staff training ,PowerPoint presentation.

Institute for Business Technology--Santa Clara, California USAo Computer Systems Managemento IT Management

Technical High School, Framingham, Massachusetts USAo High School Diplomao Special skills training in English Communications

US Navy Seabees--USAo Special Forces Trainingo Surveillance trainingo Martial Arts trainingo I have been fortunate enough to travel to many countries & learn about many diverse cultures .

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