International Business Development Manager
Executive Level Sales & Marketing Manager working with growing organizations with global aspirations. Strong communication and leadership skills have proven effective at building and leading diverse sales teams in broad geographic regions. Experience with both public and privately held companies has provided valuable insight for managing finite resources in an increasingly competitive global marketplace.
Vice President of Sales: North America @ From September 2009 to Present (6 years 4 months) General Manager : Midwest @ • Midwest General Sales Manger : grew JCB brand & sales across American Midwest dealer channel. From April 2005 to October 2009 (4 years 7 months) European Export Branch Mgr | Vienna, Austria @ • European Sales Director : managed $100m euros of JCB equipment sales imported into EU.
• Branch Manager ,Vienna Austria : established green field sales branch importing to East Europe From August 2005 to January 2007 (1 year 6 months) AG Products Division Marketing Mgr @ • Division Marketing Manager : lead JD cross divisional sales team generating $500m revenues
• Manager Mergers & Acquisition : directed the M&A efforts of independent distribution channel From January 2004 to April 2005 (1 year 4 months) General Sales Mgr | Commercail & Consumer Products @ • Mass Merchant Relations Officer : managed brand relationship between mass retailers & factory From July 2003 to January 2004 (7 months) JD Turf Care Factory | Marketing Mgr @ • Factory Marketing Manager : developed full line of customer centric C&CE John Deere products From March 2001 to July 2003 (2 years 5 months)
MBA, Business @ University of Georgia - Terry College of Business From 2002 to 2004 BA, International Business @ Florida International University From 1998 to 2000 BA, Political Science : Pre Law @ University of Kansas From 1989 to 1993 Dan Schmidt is skilled in: Sales Management, Product Development, New Business Development, Strategic Planning, Marketing Strategy, Forecasting, Competitive Analysis, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Operations Management, Team Building, Product Marketing, Business Strategy, Sales, Budgets