1. Richard S. (Rick) Hiller
9031 Troulon Dr. Houston, TX 77036 (832) 474-3713 rickhiller73@gmail.com
PROFILE
Personable, professional, outgoing, reliable. Team player with excellent written and verbal
communication/presentation skills. Independent and collaborative with good support skills for
customers or co-workers in their duties/tasks.
EDUCATION
DeVry Institute of Technology – Phoenix, Arizona
BSEET 1973 – Electronics Engineering Technology
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
SDI – System Development Inc. Houston, TX
March 1997 to June 2016 Manager, CAD Market Sales – Technical software sales involving new
market/customer prospecting, lead development, product demonstrations, marketing material generation
and total purchase process handling including proposals, negotiation and contract generation. I was the
exclusive SDI sales person dealing with the Western Hemisphere CAD/technical graphics publishing
customer base.
[SDI is an independent graphics software developer, supplying tools to the oil and gas, CAD,
manufacturing and defense industries for technical graphics, images, vector formats, i.e. PDF, SVG,
CGM, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, etc.]
August 1991 thru March 1997 -- Input-Output and Geosource, thru mergers.
Houston based, but deployed world-wide.
Geophysical manufacturer equipment sales and marketing.
Traveled extensively on 5 continents to market and sell seismic exploration products.
April 1985 thru July 1991 -- Petty Ray Geophysical Research -- Houston
Electronic Engineer doing downhole VSP tool investigation and development, computer interfacing,
seismic ground noise studies and other seismic exploration based research projects.
January 1974 thru March 1985 – Electronics Engineer -- Minicomputer hardware systems support.
Ex-pat assignments in Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Russia and USA -- Assembled, installed
and maintained hardware for Raytheon, DEC and Perkin Elmer seismic data processing systems
inclusive of site design and layout planning for electrical, cooling and fire systems. Provided
international customer classroom instruction on various hardware devices.
CURRENT SKILL SET
Power User for Maximizer (CRM), Great Plains (order entry and recurring software support contracts),
Word, Power Point, Outlook, Acrobat and technical graphics software applications. Familiarity with
Excel.
Software Sales – handle the total process – Prospecting, defining customer need and applicable software
fit, customization - statement of work, quotation, contract writing, PO – order entry, invoicing – direct
or portal.
Marketing – Brochure generation, technical writing of white papers, slide presentation generation, trade
show booth -- design, coordination and attendance.
OUTSIDE INTERESTS
Life-long Radio Amateur, electronics, audio, auto mechanics, wood working, cooking and dogs.
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