As a young man, I worked over the phone to generate support for local philanthropic and civic groups. Later I dedicated my developed sales skill to run a publishing company and event production company. Both business were successful and allowed my to learn the needs of opperations focused businesses. I returned to the sales market through direct in home sales. Door to door, 16 hours a day, 6 days a week. My career with the Kirby Company was wonderful and allowed me to further develop my interpersonal skills. This was followed by a carrer move to telecom sales for a leading CLEC in Florida. I achioeved top sales honors for over a year and a half. In the middle of an economic downturn, we were able to grow our B2B business by over 100%. Next I worked for the leading assocation publisher in the US. Providing advertisers with direct access to their markets and helping producing critical image pices for the largest as