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[GS1]

Great. Thanks

They will need to address the SS and buyback is the option they have since float nearly equals OS.

[GS1]

Dan Cimba Resume really impressive.

Fluent in: French, German, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Ukrainian, and Polish.



Director of Business Development
Louisville.com
January 2013 – Present (1 year)Louisville, Kentucky Area

Hired to rebuild and restructure all aspects of the business from sales, management, infrastructure and revenue. Report directly into the President and responsible for a direct sales team. I effectively returned profitability within one quarter.

Responsible and accountable to manage sales P&L components including headcount, revenue, pricing, profit margin and cash flow.

Develop strategic level relationships with executive levels of our “high profile” and enterprise level of accounts.

VP, Sales & Marketing
HelloMetro, Inc
December 2006 – December 2012 (6 years 1 month)Louisville, Kentucky Area

Reported to the President/CEO and was responsible for sales revenue via digital advertising and channel partnership across 1100 individual local city guide websites. This included all sales initiatives including pricing, formulating a sales team and training.

The sales initiative was a strategic initiative to shift the organization from a publisher product-only focus to an overall solution-centric organization offering itself as a local portal and platform for channel partners. Developed strategic level relationships with executive levels of our “high profile” and enterprise level of accounts.

The sales transformation initiative was developed and launched within three months and generated $0 to $3M in revenue in less than three years and by year grew to $10M.

Also, communicated regularly with the executive levels of all strategic partners to enhance long-term loyalty and ensure pertinent goal/objectives, roadmaps, website enhancements and technical support teams are aligned.

Provided updates relative to trends and internal sales performance to C-level executive staff.
Vice President, Sales
RentalHouses.com
November 2004 – October 2006 (2 years)Louisville, Kentucky Area
• Developed and managed all sales functions in new & existing markets for top ILS company in U.S.
• Created & managed a 20 seat inside salesforce
• Grew sales from $0 to $1.5M in less than one year via listings and banner advertising
• Travelled across the U.S. and opened and developed 52 markets
• Company sold to PRIMEDIA Inc. (NYSE: PRM)


Vice President, Director of Business Development
Vision Plus, Inc.
August 2001 – November 2004 (3 years 4 months)Jeffersonville, Indiana

Established and continuing business development via relationships with operating room supervisors, hospital administrators, and surgeons in rural hospitals in Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, and Tennessee - providing “world class” ophthalmology products and services including cataract procedures and laser procedures.

Responsible for developing comprehensive Programs and Service Agreements for rural hospitals, Optometrists and Ophthalmologists.

Grew sales revenue from $700K to $2M in revenue in less than two years with network Agreements with the Appalachian Regional Healthcare network (ARH), Baptist and Jewish Healthcare networks.

http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=18189100&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=26RA&locale=en_US&srchid=794749391387584554682&srchindex=2&srchtotal=2&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A794749391387584554682%2CVSRPtargetId%3A18189100%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary

[makemoney18]

Amen......Factual statements from Scott Gallagher himself.....thanks for reiterating his comments.

[BurntNAlive]

SIMPLE LOGIG: IF SG OWNS 50% OF THE COMPANY'S SHARES THAN HIS GOAL WOULD BE TO MAKE MONEY FOR HIMSELF AND I MEAN BIG $$$. SO WE MAKE MONEY ANYWAYS WITH ANY ACTION HE TAKE TO BENEFIT HIS 50% OWNERSHIP. BUY BACK WILL COME IN FUTURE, HOW SOON? MAY BE SOONER THAN WE THINK.