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. Both companies were built from the ground up and sold. 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