James J.

Monti
5919 W. Giddings St. (312) 869-1599
Chicago, Illinois 60630 jmfa7816@westpost.net
SUMMARY: 30 years experience as a highly successful sales and marketing executi
ve. Excellent management skills, having achieved superior results with multiple
sales organizations. Highly motivated self-starter with exceptional communicat
ion skills and the ability to train, hire, and manage success-oriented individua
ls. Skilled in achieving critical corporate goals. Previously licensed for heal
th/life insurance and annuities in multiple states.
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:
J& M Financial Services LLC: Schaumburg, Illinois
02/00-06/07
* President of a company that sold insurance and financial products to business
owners
* Consistently placed in top ten of agents by generating 20% more in premium rev
enue
over previous month
* Ranked top ten in nation by generating 10% more new accounts than previous mon
th
* Excelled in customer retention with many companies represented throughout the
U.S.
* Met or exceeded sales quotas for all insurance lines represented on a consiste
nt basis
* Won over 25 sales awards
Elite Marketing Enterprises: Chicago, Illinois
11/80-09/99
* President and CEO of a 2 million dollar company that sold proprietary promotio
nal products to 10+ Fortune 500 companies, 5 nationally recognized newspapers, a
nd 12 professional sports teams throughout the country
* Consistently achieved or exceeded clients' goals for their marketing campaigns
* Excelled in retaining clients for multiple promotional programs in a single ye
ar
* Recognized for achieving awards within client's industry for unique and innova
tive promotional and marketing strategies that achieved superior results
* Managed an independent and captured sales force of over 30 reps
* Introduced over 10 innovative and new product designs for marketing programs i
n a given year
* Marketing and management consultant to same and additional clients for other p
rojects
* Increased advanced paid subscriptions at Chicago Tribune by 98% the first year
of a five-year promotion
* Increased sales of Hiram Walker's branded items by 42% in 6 months
* Enhanced sales of Hershey Chocolate's fundraising sales by 41% in 4 months
* Increased fan attendance with several professional sports teams in major marke
ts on low attendance weekday games
Additional Experience: Fi
nancial Clerk; State of Minnesota 06/07-10/10
* Reconciled monthly credit card purchases against projected amounts of an entir
e food service operation that had an annual budget exceeding one million dollars
a year. Also reconciled fiscal year end totals for same
* Kept track of all orders placed until delivery was made to either the facility
or their cold or dry storage facilities located at one of their other warehouse
s throughout the state.
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EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science in Management/Marketing: St. Joseph College, Eas
t Chicago, IN
ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Experienced in numerous computer applications including MS O
ffice, various spread sheets, proprietary accounting and marketing software prog
rams.

ADDENDUM TO RESUME:
* Ran several successful school wide fund raising campaigns to aid in their goal
s of accomplishing
and funding their extra curricular activities that were not included in the scho
ols budgets.
* Helped Homewood Flossmoor H. S. Band sell in excess of $20,000 worth of candy
with only 60 students participating, that assisted them in their quest to take t
heir first ever trip to Russia.
* Worked with Lyons Township H. S. Senior Class to sell in excess of $30,000 of
candy that allowed them to leave the school with a substantial gift and complete
ly fund their prom at no charge to them.
* Both of the above examples were accomplished with the aid of several press rel
eases to many news papers and public service announcements on radio and televisi
on.
* Worked very closely with United Cerebral Palsy in Chicago on their annual tele
thon drive featured locally on ABC by giving everyone who donated $25 or more a
"UCP Chicagoland Discount Card." More than 4,000 cards were distributed to their
donors during that one weekend.
* Assisted the "700 Club" in their fund raising efforts by giving their donors a
national discount card specifically designed for them and their viewers. This p
romotion was promoted on their national broadcasts.
* Hiram Walker and Riunite Wine promoted our 10 minute free phone card by placin
g over 100,000 of them on the necks of select products in stores. These were pro
moted by in store signage, television and radio advertising, and print media.
* Hershey Chocolate USA included 250,000 free 10 minute phone cards on the botto
m of trays of their large 4 cup Reese Peanut Butter Cup packages in stores. This
was also promoted in the exact same way as was the Hiram Walker and Riunite Win
e promotions. They also included our national discount card in over 500,000 pack
ages of Reese Peanut Butter Cups in their fund raising division in only two mark
ets with tremendous success.
* Alberto Culver gave away our national discount card attached to select product
s in stores. This was promoted by in store signage and print advertising.
* All of our "Fan Appreciation" cards for everyone of our sport team clients wer
e promoted ahead of game day distribution to fans on numerous sports talk radio
shows. We provided the ad copy.
* Prepared the layout and the ad copy for the Jewel/Osco preferred customer savi
ngs booklet that was mailed monthly to over 200,000 customers who used the Jewel
/Osco customer preferred card.
* Energizer Battery ran a successful promotion advertised in both television and
 print media that gave away 300,000 national discount cards on select packages o
f their batteries. Store signage was also used.