1. Adam Alden
aldenadam@yahoo.com
Chicago, IL. 60640
(773) 225-9732
Objective: To launch a vigorous and progressive long term sales career that can enrich the lives of my
clients and drive profitability.
Employment Experience
Trading Advantage
Inside Sales (March 2014 - July 2014)
 Commenced daily outbound dials of 400 to 500 calls in efforts to secure web demonstrations of
proprietary electronic trading platforms.
 Secured sales through one call closes averaging $3,000 to $6,000 in revenue per sale, at about a 45
minute sales cycle.
 Ramped up in one month of training and was promoted to Education Consultant which granted access
to some warm inbound leads.
 Became very user friendly with the CRM: Salesforce, which was used heavily to monitor sales
campaigns and pipeline information.
State Representative: Toni Berrios
Political Campaign Representative: (January 2014 -February 2014)
 Made high volume phone call surveys, canvassed and helped to make a political campaign
commercial.
 Influenced campaign results by way of prospecting for voter support.
Internships
(October 2012 – January 2014)
 Please see below for nature of work surrounding my professional internships during this period
Dreamaker Mattress
Store Manager: (June 2011 - September 2012)
 Secured retail sales brought in by walk-in traffic and consistent craigslist / twitter ads campaigns.
 Drove profitability to slightly above goaled profit margins, every month finishing at 45% GP.
 Coordinated logistics and delivery methods to consumers as well as re-order inventory from factory.
 Maintained store operations and volume growth goals under direct training from owner.
 Telemarketed past clients in efforts to secure referrals and/ or upgrades of high end mattress and beds.
Vitamin Shoppe:
Retail Sales Associate (April 2009 - June 2010)
 Constantly researched old and new products in an effort to generate new sales by using a consultative
approach.
 One particular customer came in 20-30 lbs. overweight, listened to his fat loss/ muscle gain goals.
Worked with him to create his personalized sports nutrition stack. In a month he came back with what
looked like a noticeable 20-25 pound weight difference.

2. Education
Bachelor of the Arts in Urban Public Affairs , University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
 Was leading member of a team research project relating to the Illinois Food Farms and Jobs Council.
Collected data for a GIS map of all local farms, warehouses and other access points in Illinois in order
to identify and connect producers to consumers.
Internship (Fall 2013)
 Outreach to student organizations on campus.
 Prepared literature in regards to bike routes, informational material and events.
 Scheduling of meetings, drafting the agenda for meetings.
Internship (winter 2012)
 Worked on a collaborative team that designed its own norms and values in the work environment.
 Designed a bike rack in collaboration with a carpenter then led a team of teenagers to build it. The
bike rack is still in use, two years later, no thefts.
 Helped to maintain and grow an urban garden while learning about permaculture.
 Helped to build a chicken coop and compost bin in Rogers Park for a sustainability non-profit
organization in conjunction with a Methodist Church on Morse and Ashland.
Professional references available upon request