John Watkins

• As Sales to Operations Liaison, I was responsible for the successful transfer of a completed sales endeavor to the operations team for deployment and support. Responsibilities included, but were not limited to, primary sales support, vendor management, negotiating all pricing with manufacturers and distribution partners, negotiating and quoting all hardware and services pricing to our customers, maintaining databases, invoicing and reconciliation of accounts, overseeing deployment and troubleshooting issues, managing follow-up and support services. Took Storeworks from two million dollars in revenue to 20 million dollars in revenue in approximately two years. I was instrumental in Storeworks landing the largest single deployment POS rollout in the world at that time. 8000 stores across the US (including Alaska and Hawaii), Canada, Puerta Rico, and Europe.
• Facilitated communication between departments to streamline operational workflows.
• Coordinated project schedules and resource allocation to enhance team efficiency.
• Monitored inventory levels and coordinated restocking efforts to maintain supply chain efficiency.
• Developed standard operating procedures to improve accuracy in task execution.
• Served as a key point of contact for interdepartmental communication, fostering a collaborative work environment.

Bell Mortgage recruited me from my earlier position with River City Mortgage. While with Bell, I originated 8-10 million $ in residential mortgages per year.

• I was the top producing loan officer at RCM for two years and was then promoted to manage all loan production for RCM, while still maintaining my own production. Achieved a 200% gain in loan production under my tenure.
• 8 years