Paul Lossner
Email: plossner@hotmail.com
Webpage: www.pjwebgraphics.com/paul
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Experience
Cam Connections, Inc. Lakeland, FL
Atlanta Region Retail Project Manager
6/2006-Present
•   Responsible for overseeing the install of turnkey security solutions for retail box locations in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and occassionally Florida.
•   Responsibilities include meeting with the Customer’s Loss Prevention Unit to determine the Security install needs, generating Install Reports containing Parts Required, Location Plots and Install Guidelines along with managing crews, and Finalizing completion of the job with Loss Prevention Department to guarantee customer satisfaction.
•   Directly responsible for dropping customer Post-Site meetings from an average of 90 minutes to a current average of 30 minutes through the enforcement of implemented job quality standards, individually based training and maintaining top quality personal.
•   Directly Managed job paperwork, Employee Payroll and Project over sight for more than 220 Stores including: new store location installs, upgrade equipment replacement installs, service calls, along with small special needs overnight projects.
•   Additional responsibilities include handling Customer Service issues, directly supervising, scheduling, and payroll reporting of up to 8 employees and setting and maintaining the Regional Atlanta Office.
HobbyTownUSA, Kennesaw, GA
Science and Activities Department Manager & Buyer
3/2003-3/2006 & 8/1997-12/1997
•   Responsible for procurement of product from direct vendors, generating orders, receiving, merchandising, sales and managing the largest department in a 30,000 square feet full line hobby store.
•   Must maintain knowledge in all products including Rockets, Paints, Models, Electric Trains, Wooden Trains, Puzzles and Scrapbook Materials to aid in direct sales to customers.
•   Directly responsible for a 9.8% departmental sales increase during the January 2004 – January 2005 sales period and a 12.5% December sales increase in 2004 through the introduction of new product lines and rehiring and retraining new employees.
•   Additional responsibilities include handling Customer Service issues, directly supervising and scheduling up to twelve employees and maintaining all of the store’s POS and other electronic and communications equipment.
Sears, Kennesaw, GA
Full Time Consultative Electronics Salesperson
6/2002-1/2003
•   Match customer needs with the wide range of products carried in the Sears Electronics Product Line. Must maintain knowledge in all product advances for HDTVs, Analog TVs, DVDs, VCRs, Home Theatre Audio Systems, Computers, Camcorders, 35mm and Digital Cameras, and Telephones.
•   Additional responsibilities include: Merchandising and Connecting New Product Displays, Stocking, and handling Customer Service issues.
Astro Contractors, Inc., Kennesaw, GA
Full Time Integrated Systems Installer & Crew Lead
12/1997-4/2002
•   Procure parts, supervise, and install a wide variety of low and high voltage electrical systems ranging from 110 line voltage, fire alarm systems, fiber optics cable, CCTV and category-5 networking cable. Other duties include creating Submittal Packages for bids and instructional packages for customers at the close of installation projects.
•   Specialized in Corporate Security installations including CCTV, DSX & Cardkey Card Access Systems in local Atlanta companies such as: Techwood TEG, CNN Center, TBS/Turner campus, Scientific Atlanta, KPMG, Nortel Networks, Solectron, Deibold, Center for Disease Control, Galileo, Arris Interactive, Radiant Systems, and many local Sprint PCS retail stores.
CompUSA, Inc., Marietta, GA
Corporate Pickup Supervisor
5/1996-8/1997
•   Eased Corporate Customers through the Sales and Billing Process by getting orders prepared for pickup.
•   Other duties included advising customers on Software, Hardware, and Accessory items, and processed Credit Card Applications.
Radio Shack, Marietta, GA
Certified Full-Time Manager Trainee
8/1993-5/1996
•   Full Time Sales Associate with extra responsibilities of making Cash Deposits and Merchandising.
•   Earned five Superstar Sales Awards for sales success: One for $30,000 Sales/month and four for $15,000 Sales/month. Also completed Radio Shack Management Training Program.
Education
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Management , December 2000
•   Graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Business Management, with a Business Core GPA of 3.18.
•   Core Classes included: Accounting, Marketing, International Management, Human Resource Management, and Strategic Management disciplines.
Southern College of Technology, Marietta, GA
Transferred to Kennesaw State University
•   Pursued a degree in Electrical Engineering Technology. Later Transferred to Kennesaw State University. Both a Business Degree and Technical Background allows me to be an ideal candidate for a company, which is keeping up with today's latest electronics technology.
Objective
Full-Time Permanent Business Administration, Management, or Technical Support Position
Skills
•   Computers and Windows 9x, ME, XP & NT 4.0
•   Microsoft Word, Access, Powerpoint, & Excel
•   Personal Website Design using HTML
•   Cool Edit Audio Editing
Hobbies
•   General Class Amateur Radio Operator - KE4NFU
•   Photography
•   Video Editing
•   Scuba Diving
•   Golf

Revised March 29, 2009 by Paul Lossner.