RESUME March 31st 2016

William Langhorne

Resume last updated on 31-Mar-2016

Objective

To use my skills as a salesman, trainer, writer and presenter to motivate others to make informed choices, where they would otherwise make a less informed choice or no choice at all.

Description

     William Langhorne has 27 years direct selling experience & 10 years experience managing call centers. As advertising Account Executive William spent 6 years servicing "top  500" retailers & national  accounts as well as a diverse  group of national ad agencies including MacLaren McCann, JWT and Young & Rubicam.
     William published the  Inflation Fighter  shopper-advertiser in 1984, and the Victoria Direct Newsletter 2005-10. William  introduced telemarketing to Rogers Cable in Hamilton Ontario, garnering a national 1st ranking for sales growth and a personal reference letter signed by Ted Rogers.
     In 1987 William provided sales training to the daughter of a slightly lesser known billionaire - Phillipe de Gaspe Beaubien plus thirty telemarketers at Telemedia.
     In BC at BC List with 3 staff William started-up 2 charitable fundraising campaigns grossing $900,000 per year each and at Accounts Recovery Corp. his team hit a monthly rising target for 11 consecutive months. Recently, at Ontario Wholesale Energy William and his teammate generated $1,643,925 (1.6 million dollars - 700 RCE's) gross sales revenue last quarter.
           

Employment History

• Program Manager
  Ontario Wholesale Energy
  Toronto, Ontario Canada
  Nov 2014 - Present 1 year 3 months

          Marketing Gas & Electricity flat-rate contracts, my teammate

          and I generated aprox. $1,600,000 gross revenue (700 RCE's

          sales) in our last - most recent - quarter.

• Account Executive
  Virtuo360 Global
  Toronto, Ontario.
  Mar 2013 - Oct 2014 1 year 7 months

          Sell SEO services and Google indoor "street view," online virtual

          tours.

• Moved from Victoria BC to Port Dover, ON. Sales Representative                                                                                                            Leon's Furniture - Sales & Cambridge Pawn - Retail
  Simcoe, Ontario Canada                                                                                                            Apr 2011 - Feb 2013 1 year 10 months. 

          At Cambridge Pawn I learned to accurately appraise diamonds

          and gold.

• Owner
  Victoria Direct Marketing
  Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
  Aug 2005 - Feb 2011 5 years 6 months

Advertising Sales and Publisher of a controlled circulation (free) upscale, color newsletter distributed by mail.

• A. R. C. Accounts Recovery Corp.
  Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  January to July 2005
  7 months continued from March 2003 below.                       From January to July 2005 I was welcomed back to A.R.C.  

• B & C List (1982) Ltd.
  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.                                    Jan 2004 – Jan 2005                                                                 1 year continued from December 2000                                       From January 2004 to January 2005 I was welcomed back to BC List.  

• Outside Sales Representative
  Ultramatic Sleep of Canada
  Victoria, British Columbia Canada
  Jan 2003 - Oct 2003 9 months

          Demonstrating $3,500 to $10,000 intangible products in-home l

          achieved a 58% sold/closing rate.                                        

• Supervisor Staff Development
  A. R. C. Accounts Recovery Corp.
  Victoria, British Columbia Canada
  Mar 2001 - Mar 2003 2 years
                                                                                                                                                          I came back and worked for A.R.C. in 2004. I maintained a team of ten ‘rookie’ collectors while writing a 400 page comprehensive training manual and training all new hires to sell consumers the benefits of paying their debts. Our team averaged 127% of a rising monthly target over eleven months.                                  

• Sales Manager
  B & C List (1982) Ltd.
  Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
  Mar 1995 - Dec 2000 5 years 9 months                                                                                                                                                         I came back and worked for B&C List in 2005. Charitable publishing and print advertising sales. ‘Started-up’ a brand-new medium – the Blind Monitor Magazine (www.nfb.ae.ca) while interviewing, hiring and training 63 telemarketers. Within a year I assumed responsibility for the $900,000 annual billings. In 1998 I started-up the B.C. University Review. I wrote all telemarketing scripts and sales support material.                                 

Education

• Journalism Degree  
  RYERSON UNIVERSITY                                                                                                Toronto, Ontario Canada                                                        Sep 1987 - Mar 1991 3 years 6 months                    

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