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 (949) 533-1221
                    smitty@smitty-smith.com
                    www.smitty-smith.com
                     www.linkedin.com/in/williamsmittysmith
                       Note: currently resides in San Clemente, CA
                       and open to domestic relocation.
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING AND TECHNOLOGY SALES PROFESSIONAL
        executive summary

A dynamic sales and business development professional with extensive technology licensing, channel marketing and
training background within the networking, WiFi/WLAN, telecommunications, software and information security industries.
Extensive experience and key business results in presenting and selling to c-level executives with a unique blend of product
knowledge, expert communication skills and superior level of preparedness at every point of the sales cycle. Provides
mission-critical leadership and strategic direction to every project and excels at tapping hidden revenue streams.
Exceptional ability to initiate project planning and solution development for a broad range of account scopes, industries and
business verticals. A lead-by-example change agent with strong recruiting, teambuilding and P&L management skills.
Adheres to a philosophy of best practice salesmanship and integrity, with a keen eye on regulatory compliance, cost
control, bottom line impact and shareholder value.

        critical skill set

     Enterprise Sales Management                   Vendor Management                                     Channel Management
     Global Account Acquisition                    Big Ticket Contract Negotiation                       Go-to-Market Sales Strategies
     Account/Territory Management                  Product Marketing/Segmentation                        Tactical Planning and Execution
     Sales and Training Recruiting                 Market Analysis/Penetration                           Marketing Strategy
     Project Management                            Public Speaking/C-Suite Presentations                 Partnerships and Alliances


        professional employment history

FOUNDER AND OWNER                                Internetworking Associates                           2009 – Present                        “C” level executives,
                                                                                                                                              “greening” issues,
                                                                                                                                         802.11a/b/g/n, account
A professional consultancy agency specializing in sales, marketing and complex hardware/software implementations                             executive, account
                                                                                                                                        ownership, analysis, area
                                                                                                                                          channel manager, area
in the converged internetworking space. Selected Transactions: Agricultural/food processing plant in IA ($1.8M),                         sales director, area sales
                                                                                                                                         manager, best of breed
                                                                                                                                      solution, business, business
Warehousing Facilities in CO and AZ ($1.2M), Retail Bank with 10 branches in CA ($2.5M).                                                  development, business
                                                                                                                                           relationship, carriers,
                                                                                                                                       channel, channel manager,
                                                                                                                                      channel marketing, channel
                                                                                                                                        sales, cisco, CLECs, closer,
                                                                                                                                         closing business, coach,
Strategic and tactical leadership responsibilities for the sourcing, establishment and management                                        collaborate, commercial
                                                                                                                                           business, commercial,
                                                                                                                                                communicate,

of critical client partnerships and profitability objectives through complete end-to-end                                                      communications,
                                                                                                                                         competitive, consultant,
                                                                                                                                        consultative, consultative

infrastructure solutions and resolution of associated opportunities.                                                                          selling, converged
                                                                                                                                      internetworking, converged
                                                                                                                                          triple lay, convergence,


      Delivers expert data center solutions related to networking WAN/LAN, VoIP, wireless,
                                                                                                                                          customer service, data
                                                                                                                                       centers, data, direct touch,
                                                                                                                                      director, director of channel
                                                                                                                                          sales, director of sales,

         storage, disaster recovery, virtualization, physical security and “greening” issues of heating                                      disaster recovery,
                                                                                                                                        distribution, distributors,
                                                                                                                                           education, end to end
                                                                                                                                             infrastructure, end
         and cooling systems.                                                                                                          user,enterprise,entreprene
                                                                                                                                       ur,ethernet,evangelist,exec


      Offers clients networking consulting and technology service solutions, utilizing the most cost-
                                                                                                                                           utive,executive sales,
                                                                                                                                       farmer, federal, fiber optic,
                                                                                                                                             forecasting ,formal
                                                                                                                                          presentations, Fortune

         effective and best practice strategies in design, implementation and on-going support.                                          100/500/1000 accounts,
                                                                                                                                      game changer, government,
                                                                                                                                          gross margin of profits,
                                                                                                                                             growing revenues,
                                                                                                                                       hardware, healthcare, high
                                                                                                                                             tech, hired, hunter,
                                                                                                                                       integration, integrator, IPX,
                                                                                                                                          ISP’s, k-12, key account
                                                                                                                                      selling, knowledge transfer,
                                                                                                                                        knowledgeable LAN, large

WESTERN SALES DIRECTOR                           Extricom                                                2005 – 2009                       enterprise, leadership,
                                                                                                                                        LEC’s, license agreement,
                                                                                                                                      local, margins, market sales
                                                                                                                                           strategies, marketing,
A start-up manufacturer of high-performance wireless LAN (WLAN) infrastructure solutions. Selected Clients: State of                        medical, mentored,
                                                                                                                                           motivational speaker,
                                                                                                                                            national integrators,
TX, State of AZ, Golden State Foods, Nike, PCI International, Goodrich, Northern Arizona University, University of Utah,                   networking, networks,
                                                                                                                                            OEMs, ombudsman,
                                                                                                                                         overlay, PBX, presenter,
Ft. Lewis College, Arrowhead Lab, Commerce Casino, Roosevelt Hotel, Columbine Retirement, El Centro Regional                             presenting, private label
                                                                                                                                         EM, product champion,
                                                                                                                                           product development,
Medical Center, Pioneer Memorial, SPAWAR, L3, Acme Distribution, Tenet, Geisinger                                                            product evangelist,
                                                                                                                                        professional, profitability,
                                                                                                                                           project management,
                                                                                                                                           promotional strategy,
                                                                                                                                        public speaker, rainmaker,
                                                                                                                                      recruiting, regional channel
Reporting to the VP North American Sales, commissioned to sell both directly and indirectly via                                          manager, regional sales
                                                                                                                                      executive, regional territory
                                                                                                                                           manager, relationship

partners in 13 Western states. Responsible for end-user solutions via reseller channel along with                                     selling, rep, reseller partner
                                                                                                                                           relationships, reseller
                                                                                                                                          relationships, resellers,

strategic business development and the design and delivery of training programs.                                                           sales champion, sales
                                                                                                                                        product trainer, sales rep
                                                                                                                                         sales training, security,
                                                                                                                                           seminars, SLED, small
                                                                                                                                           enterprises, software,
                                                                                                                                       solution providers, startup,
                                                                                                                                       storage, strategic planning,
                                                                                                                                           strategic relationship
                                                                                                                                          management, strategic
                                                                                                                                         selling, streaming video,
                                                                                                                                         technical sales training,
                                                                                                                                         technology, technology
                                                                                                                                             licensing, telecom,
                                                                                                                                           telecommunications,
                                                                                                                                      telepresence, territory sales
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                                                                                                                                        manager, the cloud, track
                                                                                                                                         record, trainer, training
                                                                                                                                            program, triple play,
                                                                                                                                             universities, video,
                                                                                                                                         virtualization, voice over
                                                                                                                                       LAN, voice, VoIP, VoWLAN,
                                                                                                                                               WAN, WAN/LAN,
                                                                                                                                        warehousing, WiFi/WLAN,
                                                                                                                                               wireless, WLAN,
WESTERN SALES DIRECTOR                  Extricom (continued)
  Recognized as top sales representative globally for 13 straight quarters.
  Capitalized on personal network of industry contacts to expand sales from zero to over
    $2M in 24 months.
  Achieved a run rate of $2.4M annually.
  Sourced, generated and grew over 48 new reseller partner relationships.
  Developed and delivered sales and technical training for resellers resulting in new client acquisitions
    and increased bottom line revenues.
  Mentored and trained partners on the sales and marketing process of core products and solutions.
  Sourced and managed State and Federal government agencies, warehousing, higher education,
    commercial and major medical centers.


SW REGIONAL TERRITORY CHANNEL MANAGER                             Allied Telesyn                         2004 – 2005
A standards-based networking product company focused on Ethernet products and support solutions. Selected Clients:
City of Loma Linda, Putain, Oki, OnCommand, Nuera, SureWest, PacWest Telecom, Qwest Communications, Electric
Lightwave, Level 3 Communications, Time Warner, XO Communications

With dual reporting to the Director of Sales and the Director of Channels, primary focus and key
accountabilities on big ticket targeted sales within the Southwest territory and national service
providers.
   Successfully closed $9M contract with the City of Loma Linda.
   Produced greater than $6M in enterprise, government and education account sales.
   Brokered private label OEM license agreement for $37.5M over three years and $45M over five
     years respectively, with Putain in China for Oki, OnCommand and Nuera.
   Exceeded national sales quota of $36M by $1.5M.
   Focused reseller sales growth on “Triple Play” – voice, video and data solution selling, DSLAMs
     (called Multiple Access Platform (MAP) products) along with CPE products/Residential Gateways.
   Provided guidance and counsel related to working interoperability of video, set top, gateway, PBX,
     switch and voice manufacturers.


DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL CHANNEL SALES                       General Bandwidth                                 2003 – 2004
A start- up venture capital company with one sole product; namely the G6 Switch. Selected Client: Single client focus
for Alcatel relationship

Reporting to the Vice President of Worldwide Sales, primary focus on the establishment and
negotiation of a sole worldwide partner to sell the product line.
   Successfully sourced and closed $20M annual contract with Alcatel USA to be the worldwide
     exclusive partner.
   Negotiated, managed and implemented quarterly and annual partner business plan.
   Developed and executed comprehensive pricing program that shared the price reduction cost by all
     parties, leading to increased sales volume.
   Acted as the ombudsman between OEM and Alcatel USA, to reach an agreement on all issues.


DIRECTOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT                     Engineering and Professional Services                    2002-2003
A small business enterprise maturing to a quarter billion dollar systems integration services provider. Selected Partners
and Clients: Verizon, AT&T, SAIC, Cisco, Raytheon, Avaya, Pearson, Lucent, Nortel, Lockheed, Northrop, Postini, SRI
                  th
International, 13 Federal District Court, Nevada Federal Labs, Anna’s Linens, Radiological.

With direct accountabilities to the Vice President of Sales, established relationships and signed
partnerships with hardware integrators. Additional responsibilities in the sourcing and
management of third party relationships with security appliance vendors.
   Negotiated, closed and managed $30M telecom, web and services contract, growing to $60M, for
     three TSA call centers.


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DIRECTOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT                  Engineering and Professional Services (continued)

   Using two partners, separately closed $1.1M in security hardware appliances.
   Measured channel opportunities and supported conflict resolution, resulting in higher profits.
   Created and implemented tactical business plan to measure and support partner sales.
   Developed escalation processes and service level agreements (SLAs), resulting in exceptional
    partner communication and loyalty.
   Partners included defense contractors, major telecommunications and technology companies.
   Customers included Federal government agencies and healthcare organizations for email, web
    security and archiving services.


DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL SALES                     Optiview Technologies                                   2002-2002
An internet startup specializing in JPEG/GZIP patented compression technology software. Selected Clients: United
Online Tech, NetZero/Juno, Gannett, AOL, Earthlink, PacWest Telecom, Electric Lightwave, WorldCom

Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer, responsibilities included facilitating corporate
growth through generating new sales opportunities.
   Generated $8M in new WAN acceleration software sales in ten months through seven accounts.
   Customers included telephone, internet and telecommunications service providers.


AREA CHANNEL MANAGER                           Alcatel (formerly Xylan)                                1998-2001
A pioneer in the PBX and internetworking space. Selected Clients: TriTel Communications, Totlcom Communications,
Lewan & Associates, Darcomm, Delta Communications, Integrity Networking Systems, Progressive-Network2000

Reporting to the Western Regional Manager, primary duties included sales and solution
implementation, researching customer demographics and managing reseller relationships. Direct
management responsibilities for System Engineers and Area Sales Managers.
   Planned, developed and lunched a converged IP PBX OmniPCX 4400 product solution through
     interconnect Resellers in 13 Western states and the 4 Western provinces of Canada.
   Sold $9.5M in franchise fees for rights to sell PBX/IP-PBX and IP phones to 19 Telcom Interconnects
     in less than 12 months.
   Sold on average $20M per year to exceed target goals.
   Created comprehensive revenue plan and forecast model for partners.
   Managed reseller relationships with 100% account ownership and responsibility.
   Managed reseller, end-user accounts and OEM relationship partnerships in the Southwest region.
   Facilitated sales and technical training at all reseller, end-user and OEM partner locations.

          additional career history

  REGIONAL CHANNEL MANAGER                                     Xylan Corporation
  DISTRICT AND TERRITORY SALES MANAGER                         Bay Networks, Inc.
  SOUTHWEST TERRITORY SALES MANAGER                            Xylogics, Inc.
  CHANNEL SALES MANAGER                                        Western Digital, Inc.

          education, accreditations and affiliations

          University of Detroit Mercy, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering l BSME
          Seton Hall Preparatory School, College Prep Curriculum

          contact

       (949) 533-1221 |  smitty@smitty-smith.com
       www.smitty-smith.com |    www.linkedin.com/in/williamsmittysmith
                                                                                                                   Smitty Smith | Page 3 of 3

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Smitty Smith Resume

  • 1.  (949) 533-1221  smitty@smitty-smith.com  www.smitty-smith.com www.linkedin.com/in/williamsmittysmith Note: currently resides in San Clemente, CA and open to domestic relocation. ADD SMITTY TO YOUR PDA TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING AND TECHNOLOGY SALES PROFESSIONAL executive summary A dynamic sales and business development professional with extensive technology licensing, channel marketing and training background within the networking, WiFi/WLAN, telecommunications, software and information security industries. Extensive experience and key business results in presenting and selling to c-level executives with a unique blend of product knowledge, expert communication skills and superior level of preparedness at every point of the sales cycle. Provides mission-critical leadership and strategic direction to every project and excels at tapping hidden revenue streams. Exceptional ability to initiate project planning and solution development for a broad range of account scopes, industries and business verticals. A lead-by-example change agent with strong recruiting, teambuilding and P&L management skills. Adheres to a philosophy of best practice salesmanship and integrity, with a keen eye on regulatory compliance, cost control, bottom line impact and shareholder value. critical skill set  Enterprise Sales Management  Vendor Management  Channel Management  Global Account Acquisition  Big Ticket Contract Negotiation  Go-to-Market Sales Strategies  Account/Territory Management  Product Marketing/Segmentation  Tactical Planning and Execution  Sales and Training Recruiting  Market Analysis/Penetration  Marketing Strategy  Project Management  Public Speaking/C-Suite Presentations  Partnerships and Alliances professional employment history FOUNDER AND OWNER Internetworking Associates 2009 – Present “C” level executives, “greening” issues, 802.11a/b/g/n, account A professional consultancy agency specializing in sales, marketing and complex hardware/software implementations executive, account ownership, analysis, area channel manager, area in the converged internetworking space. Selected Transactions: Agricultural/food processing plant in IA ($1.8M), sales director, area sales manager, best of breed solution, business, business Warehousing Facilities in CO and AZ ($1.2M), Retail Bank with 10 branches in CA ($2.5M). development, business relationship, carriers, channel, channel manager, channel marketing, channel sales, cisco, CLECs, closer, closing business, coach, Strategic and tactical leadership responsibilities for the sourcing, establishment and management collaborate, commercial business, commercial, communicate, of critical client partnerships and profitability objectives through complete end-to-end communications, competitive, consultant, consultative, consultative infrastructure solutions and resolution of associated opportunities. selling, converged internetworking, converged triple lay, convergence,  Delivers expert data center solutions related to networking WAN/LAN, VoIP, wireless, customer service, data centers, data, direct touch, director, director of channel sales, director of sales, storage, disaster recovery, virtualization, physical security and “greening” issues of heating disaster recovery, distribution, distributors, education, end to end infrastructure, end and cooling systems. user,enterprise,entreprene ur,ethernet,evangelist,exec  Offers clients networking consulting and technology service solutions, utilizing the most cost- utive,executive sales, farmer, federal, fiber optic, forecasting ,formal presentations, Fortune effective and best practice strategies in design, implementation and on-going support. 100/500/1000 accounts, game changer, government, gross margin of profits, growing revenues, hardware, healthcare, high tech, hired, hunter, integration, integrator, IPX, ISP’s, k-12, key account selling, knowledge transfer, knowledgeable LAN, large WESTERN SALES DIRECTOR Extricom 2005 – 2009 enterprise, leadership, LEC’s, license agreement, local, margins, market sales strategies, marketing, A start-up manufacturer of high-performance wireless LAN (WLAN) infrastructure solutions. Selected Clients: State of medical, mentored, motivational speaker, national integrators, TX, State of AZ, Golden State Foods, Nike, PCI International, Goodrich, Northern Arizona University, University of Utah, networking, networks, OEMs, ombudsman, overlay, PBX, presenter, Ft. Lewis College, Arrowhead Lab, Commerce Casino, Roosevelt Hotel, Columbine Retirement, El Centro Regional presenting, private label EM, product champion, product development, Medical Center, Pioneer Memorial, SPAWAR, L3, Acme Distribution, Tenet, Geisinger product evangelist, professional, profitability, project management, promotional strategy, public speaker, rainmaker, recruiting, regional channel Reporting to the VP North American Sales, commissioned to sell both directly and indirectly via manager, regional sales executive, regional territory manager, relationship partners in 13 Western states. Responsible for end-user solutions via reseller channel along with selling, rep, reseller partner relationships, reseller relationships, resellers, strategic business development and the design and delivery of training programs. sales champion, sales product trainer, sales rep sales training, security, seminars, SLED, small enterprises, software, solution providers, startup, storage, strategic planning, strategic relationship management, strategic selling, streaming video, technical sales training, technology, technology licensing, telecom, telecommunications, telepresence, territory sales Smitty Smith | Page 1 of 3 manager, the cloud, track record, trainer, training program, triple play, universities, video, virtualization, voice over LAN, voice, VoIP, VoWLAN, WAN, WAN/LAN, warehousing, WiFi/WLAN, wireless, WLAN,
  • 2. WESTERN SALES DIRECTOR Extricom (continued)  Recognized as top sales representative globally for 13 straight quarters.  Capitalized on personal network of industry contacts to expand sales from zero to over $2M in 24 months.  Achieved a run rate of $2.4M annually.  Sourced, generated and grew over 48 new reseller partner relationships.  Developed and delivered sales and technical training for resellers resulting in new client acquisitions and increased bottom line revenues.  Mentored and trained partners on the sales and marketing process of core products and solutions.  Sourced and managed State and Federal government agencies, warehousing, higher education, commercial and major medical centers. SW REGIONAL TERRITORY CHANNEL MANAGER Allied Telesyn 2004 – 2005 A standards-based networking product company focused on Ethernet products and support solutions. Selected Clients: City of Loma Linda, Putain, Oki, OnCommand, Nuera, SureWest, PacWest Telecom, Qwest Communications, Electric Lightwave, Level 3 Communications, Time Warner, XO Communications With dual reporting to the Director of Sales and the Director of Channels, primary focus and key accountabilities on big ticket targeted sales within the Southwest territory and national service providers.  Successfully closed $9M contract with the City of Loma Linda.  Produced greater than $6M in enterprise, government and education account sales.  Brokered private label OEM license agreement for $37.5M over three years and $45M over five years respectively, with Putain in China for Oki, OnCommand and Nuera.  Exceeded national sales quota of $36M by $1.5M.  Focused reseller sales growth on “Triple Play” – voice, video and data solution selling, DSLAMs (called Multiple Access Platform (MAP) products) along with CPE products/Residential Gateways.  Provided guidance and counsel related to working interoperability of video, set top, gateway, PBX, switch and voice manufacturers. DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL CHANNEL SALES General Bandwidth 2003 – 2004 A start- up venture capital company with one sole product; namely the G6 Switch. Selected Client: Single client focus for Alcatel relationship Reporting to the Vice President of Worldwide Sales, primary focus on the establishment and negotiation of a sole worldwide partner to sell the product line.  Successfully sourced and closed $20M annual contract with Alcatel USA to be the worldwide exclusive partner.  Negotiated, managed and implemented quarterly and annual partner business plan.  Developed and executed comprehensive pricing program that shared the price reduction cost by all parties, leading to increased sales volume.  Acted as the ombudsman between OEM and Alcatel USA, to reach an agreement on all issues. DIRECTOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Engineering and Professional Services 2002-2003 A small business enterprise maturing to a quarter billion dollar systems integration services provider. Selected Partners and Clients: Verizon, AT&T, SAIC, Cisco, Raytheon, Avaya, Pearson, Lucent, Nortel, Lockheed, Northrop, Postini, SRI th International, 13 Federal District Court, Nevada Federal Labs, Anna’s Linens, Radiological. With direct accountabilities to the Vice President of Sales, established relationships and signed partnerships with hardware integrators. Additional responsibilities in the sourcing and management of third party relationships with security appliance vendors.  Negotiated, closed and managed $30M telecom, web and services contract, growing to $60M, for three TSA call centers. Smitty Smith | Page 2 of 3
  • 3. DIRECTOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Engineering and Professional Services (continued)  Using two partners, separately closed $1.1M in security hardware appliances.  Measured channel opportunities and supported conflict resolution, resulting in higher profits.  Created and implemented tactical business plan to measure and support partner sales.  Developed escalation processes and service level agreements (SLAs), resulting in exceptional partner communication and loyalty.  Partners included defense contractors, major telecommunications and technology companies.  Customers included Federal government agencies and healthcare organizations for email, web security and archiving services. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL SALES Optiview Technologies 2002-2002 An internet startup specializing in JPEG/GZIP patented compression technology software. Selected Clients: United Online Tech, NetZero/Juno, Gannett, AOL, Earthlink, PacWest Telecom, Electric Lightwave, WorldCom Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer, responsibilities included facilitating corporate growth through generating new sales opportunities.  Generated $8M in new WAN acceleration software sales in ten months through seven accounts.  Customers included telephone, internet and telecommunications service providers. AREA CHANNEL MANAGER Alcatel (formerly Xylan) 1998-2001 A pioneer in the PBX and internetworking space. Selected Clients: TriTel Communications, Totlcom Communications, Lewan & Associates, Darcomm, Delta Communications, Integrity Networking Systems, Progressive-Network2000 Reporting to the Western Regional Manager, primary duties included sales and solution implementation, researching customer demographics and managing reseller relationships. Direct management responsibilities for System Engineers and Area Sales Managers.  Planned, developed and lunched a converged IP PBX OmniPCX 4400 product solution through interconnect Resellers in 13 Western states and the 4 Western provinces of Canada.  Sold $9.5M in franchise fees for rights to sell PBX/IP-PBX and IP phones to 19 Telcom Interconnects in less than 12 months.  Sold on average $20M per year to exceed target goals.  Created comprehensive revenue plan and forecast model for partners.  Managed reseller relationships with 100% account ownership and responsibility.  Managed reseller, end-user accounts and OEM relationship partnerships in the Southwest region.  Facilitated sales and technical training at all reseller, end-user and OEM partner locations. additional career history REGIONAL CHANNEL MANAGER Xylan Corporation DISTRICT AND TERRITORY SALES MANAGER Bay Networks, Inc. SOUTHWEST TERRITORY SALES MANAGER Xylogics, Inc. CHANNEL SALES MANAGER Western Digital, Inc. education, accreditations and affiliations  University of Detroit Mercy, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering l BSME  Seton Hall Preparatory School, College Prep Curriculum contact  (949) 533-1221 |  smitty@smitty-smith.com  www.smitty-smith.com | www.linkedin.com/in/williamsmittysmith Smitty Smith | Page 3 of 3