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Current Ocupation:: Regional Director (2006-Present)
Chief leadership and executive management of the Northeast & Ohio Valley region, overseeing $100M operations and ensuring optimal profit generation, expense control, and market segment penetration. Strategically direct planning, HR, product development, and resource allocation. Delivering excellence in marketing, sales, business development, and go-to-market launches. Consistently propelling operations to increase brand and company visibility and presence. Managing and assessing manufacturer coop advertising revenues to enhance the bottom-line. Establishing lean production standards and measurable customer satisfaction improvements to bolster net income.

Key Accomplishments:
• Developed and implemented winning business strategies and compelling value propositions for AutoTrader, AutoExtra and AutoMart.com resulting in the Northeast Region controling #1 revenue growth positions in 2007 & 2008.
• Championed teams of managers, facilitating the generation of $16M+ in incremental revenue within 2 years.
• Seamlessly propelled 4 national sales blitz events; scope included launch in 88 cities with 750+ sales representatives through a task force including cross functional team members; realizing $22M+ in annual sales.
• Captured $13M in annual revenues by serving as the project director for a re-launch plan of 17 local print and Internet classified general merchandise products in 19 US markets.
• Triggered $12.5M/year by orchestrating the successful national launch of 2 new products in 15 key markets including Phoenix, Atlanta, Seattle, Miami, Orlando, Dallas, Washington DC, Philadelphia and Boston.
• Orchestrated the successful launch of new media technology combining internet and cable TV protocol.
• Leveraged data mining tools to target appropriate customer segments resulting in incremental revenue growth for AutoTrader brands during Q3 & Q4 of 2007 and the product launches of 2 new websites in 2008.
• Successfully merged 2 business units encompassing 18 cities and 600 associates, slashing expenses by $8M/year through technology implementation.
• Implemented high frequency decision analytics and regression analysis to forecast and measure capital project performance in select test markets to optimize revenue results, 15 markets were selected for the launch.

Awards & Accolades:
• Winner of the ‘President’s Award’ for excellence in leadership and management in 2007.
• Achieved accolades for deploying 3 top revenue producing Internet and print products in the Northeast.
• Achieved recognition as keynote speaker for an audience of over 500 multi-media industry executives.

About Me:: Award-winning, focused, and results-oriented executive with demonstrated record of producing significant revenues by cultivating relationships with key accounts and executing strategic marketing/sales initiatives nationwide. Confident and effective communicator, adept at engendering trust among vendors/suppliers, clients, and consumers. Creative and strategic thinker, renowned for seeing the “big picture” and designing and implementing plans to achieve comprehensive revenue and capital budget goals. Stellar operations executive with regional/district management skills. Reputation for strong work ethic, high energy level, approachability and consistent commitment to sales team success

Beverage Segment:: Manufacturing & Bottling, Distribution, Brand Owner, Sales, Media & Publishing

Company Information: COX AUTOTRADER (DIVISION OF COX ENTERPRISE INC.), Atlanta, Georgia
$16B global leader in the Cable, Newspaper, Radio, Television and Internet industries.

Work Experience:: COX AUTOTRADER (DIVISION OF COX ENTERPRISE INC.), Atlanta, Georgia Region Director Sales and Operations 6 years
The Coca-Cola Co. (Group Manager Operational Marketing) 2years
Colonial Distributors Inc. Portland Me (Director of Sales & Marketing) 14 years

Education:: MBA University of Rhode Island 2008
BS University of Maine 1983

Interests:: Privote Pilot
Coaching Baseball
Adult Leader Boy Scouts

Who should contact you?: Job Offers, Distribution Opportunities

Personal Website:: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanbriggs

Business Website:: http://www.COX.com

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At 3:42pm on February 10, 2009, Craig Buske said…: Mr. Briggs, when you get a chance I would like the opportunity to talk to about a few things. I would like to get your advice and knowledge on marketing and distribution of a brand. I see you have an extensive background and I would like some help on a few situations that I am coming across. Let me know when a good time would be to talk.

Regards,

Craig Buske

At 7:29am on February 2, 2009, Dionyos & Nicole Sylvester said…: Hello Bryan,

Our team goal at T.E.A.M. E.L.I.T.E.S. is to help create 100 Multi-Millionaires within the health and wellness industry so that they may Live Their Dreams! It doesn't matter what your dreams are, just as long as you can bring them to fruition while you're still alive and healthy!

We look forward to working with you soon!

Dionyos & Nicole Sylvester

Live Your Dreams Bryan!