As the primary business contact for clients, duties include: building relationships to encourage new and repeat business opportunities, maintaining a current customer base, projecting and budgeting for quarterly goals, daily reporting, customer interaction, and proposal writing. Consistently exceeding quarterly quotas and keeping the pipeline full!

Regional Vice President Sales @ As the primary sales consultant for Akcelerant's newest profitability and costing platform, Profitwise, primary duties include: • Develop new business relationships, • Identify target markets and help set sales/delivery strategy, • Qualify prospects, understand prospects’ concerns, and manage sales process to closure, • Drive the development of regional and national sales strategies, • Work closely with the executive management team to improve and execute lead programs, • Coordinate prospecting goals and expectations with management, • Manage business planning and related strategies for relevant markets, • Manage sales demos and coordinate status meetings as needed, • Remain knowledgeable of market and industry trends, competitors, and leading strategies, • Use Akcelerant's CRM system on a daily basis to report pipeline and prospecting activities, • Report regularly on sales progress and work with peers to overcome obstacles, • Develop and deliver sales presentations on behalf of the company, • Understand and clearly articulate Akcelerant value proposition, and • Attend Akcelerant sponsored trade shows as necessary throughout the year. From September 2013 to Present (2 years 4 months) Account Manager @ Building and maintaining strong, positive relationships with current customers in order to increase company revenue with the sale of additional products and services. Managing and delivering campaigns for new products and services to current customers. Conducting a needs analysis for customers in order to identify new or repeat business opportunities. Onsite customer visits to strengthen relations and ensure a high standard of service. Writing and providing formal proposals and Statements of Work and delivering winning sales demonstrations. Reporting weekly, monthly, and quarterly activity directly to management. From June 2010 to September 2013 (3 years 4 months) Commercial Sales Consultant @ From May 2009 to June 2010 (1 year 2 months)

BSBA, International Management @ Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania From 2005 to 2009 Study Abroad, Management @ University of Westminster From 2006 to 2007 Katie Barnes is skilled in: Sales, Sales Management, Business Development, Management, Project Management, Customer Service, Negotiation, Sales Process, Account Management, Budgets, Lead Generation, Contract Negotiation, Networking, Deal Closure, Driving Profitability