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	Bill has been in business to business sales and marketing in New England since graduating from Babson College with majors in management and communications. He started as a store manager in a busy downtown Boston office products store and in 1983 moved on to manage one of the most productive sales territories in the nation selling voice processing systems, first analogue and later digital, for the Dutch electronics giant Philips. From 1988 until he left in 1994, Bill was a six time Philips National Sales Champion. He moved into network storage systems sales while he and Polaroid's then Director of Public Relations, Jon Holmes, developed the first publicity evaluation and tracking software system. Bill worked as Regional Sales Manager selling that software, which was marketed under the name Savvy Systems, to such notable firms as Yale New Haven Health Services, Legos and Genzyme . Bill co-founded and became the Vice President of Marketing for CertBank.com, which offered secured document technologies to the legal, educational and job search markets. For three years Bill was Vice President - Northeast for Corporate Learning Services for whom he marketed and sold CCH and Jackson Lewis employee training services . In 2005 he entered the food business by co-founding Willy’s Foods now in over 150 stores in New York, New Jersey and New England. In May, 2007 Bill was appointed President of The Monkey Bar Group and in September 2009 he took up marketing and sales with Make’M Wireless. Bill has over 25 years of experience with hardware and software systems.




		Bill Downing (617) 834-8746 14 Avon Street Reading, MA 01867-3632 www.BillDowning.com

WORK HISTORY

Representative, 2009 - Present, Make’M Wireless, Meredith, NH, Outside sales representative marketing bulk Internet and television services to multi-dwelliing units.

President, 2007 - Present, THE MONKEY BAR GROUP, LLC, Direct the organization of a new frozen drink concept from the developers of The Monkey Bar in Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston.

Partner and Co-Owner, 2005 – Present, WILLY’S FOODS, LLC, Started the only sauce company that makes low-sugar, additive-free sauces with very little salt. Formulate, have manufactured, market and sell a line of four all-natural sauces. Now in over one hundred stores with distributors in New York, Massachusetts and Vermont.

Vice President-Northeast Region, 2002 – 2005, CORPORATE LEARNING SERVICES, Hinsdale, IL, Designed and produced marketing themes, materials, campaigns and Website and made our first sale. Sold compliance and safety training by CCH and Seyfarth Shaw

Co-Founder & Vice President of Marketing, 1999 – 2003, RM(ResuMemory) AUTOMATION SYSTEMS, Cupertino, CA, Started CertBank.com, an entirely unique Internet service, designed corporate themes and marketing and PR materials, defined, executed and reported on campaigns, cold called, gave live demos, prepared proposals and closed. Customers Bravanta (now WorkStream) and Seyfarth Shaw

Northeast Regional Sales Manager, 1994 – 1999, SAVVY SYSTEMS, INC., Glenham, NY, Helped build a new software company selling the first publicity evaluation and tracking software ever written to the public relations markets, landed Yale New Haven Health Services, Legos and Genzyme.

Sales Representative, 1983 – 1994, LARKIN ASSOCIATES, INC., North Billerica, MA Managed the uptown Boston territory for a Philips/Norelco dictation equipment distributor, supporting over 950 customers. Honored as Philips Sales Champion for the last six years, and was in the top five nationally for the last three years:

1993 - #3 in the nation, Grand Prize - family vacation in Vienna

1992 - #5 in the nation, “ “ “ “ “ the Bahamas

1991 - #5 in the nation, “ “ “ “ “ Saint Thomas

1990 - #17 in the nation, “ “ “ “ “ Cancun

1989 - #28 in the nation, “ “ “ “ “ Hawaii

1988 - #33 in the nation, “ “ “ “ “ Acapulco

Store Manager, 1980 – 1983, JOHN W. MURRAY CO., INC., Boston, MA Managed a downtown business product/service store.

EDUCATION

Babson College, Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Communications, 1980

MISCELLANEOUS

Happily married for 18 years with sons 12 and 13 years old. Reading, MA homeowner and elected Reading Town Meeting Member.

I've never been hospitalized nor out sick on a work day.

I'm a peak bagger and have climbed over 125 mountains over 4,000 feet tall.

As a youth I was an Eagle Scout with two palms, a Boy Scout camp counselor, a press room and dark room worker for a local newspaper and a multi-operational high-speed lathe operator.

REFERENCES

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