Alex Johnson

• At Warehouse Lighting, we specialize in offering high bay lights, parking lot lights, and overall high-quality lights for our customers. • I enjoy helping my customers with custom lighting layouts, advising them which lighting fixture will best suit their needs, and overall high level of customer service. • Within the first year I have closed over 2 million in sales (Thats a lot of light bulbs).

• Founded and developed the first camper van rental business in Central Asia with a turnover of more than $100,000 in a 5 month season • Offered a unique and exclusive van life experience in a Russian 4x4 camper van • Marketed, sold, and promoted the company to international guests and inbound tour companies • Worked with brands such as North Face, Outdoor Research, and venous other brand managers

• Created tailor-made trekking, cultural, 4x4, photography, ski touring, vacations for small groups and inbound tour partners across Central Asia with an average turnover of 80,000 dollars a year • Delegated ~20 different guides and drivers to follow-through with the custom trip itinerary that I crafted for my guests and tour partners • Found my own client base by developing 10 +social media pages and writing countless travel blogs • Increased European-based tour companies partnership by 30%

• Won & implemented over $ 100,000 of USAID grants to promote Kyrgyzstan as a tourist destination and provided tourism trainings • Coached and developed 15 provincial tour companies to improve the sustainability of the regional economy • Trained 15 tour companies in social media, TripAdvisor and how to promote their business • Doubled the income for EcoTrek Trekking & Travel in the first year by expanding the trekking packages and diversified the types of trips offered

• Formed B to B relationships between Kalpak Travel and local service providers in Kyrgyzstan • Generated custom tours within Kyrgyzstan with all necessary information about the tours • Advised and assisted my supervisors with the realities of tourism in Central Asia • Fabricated a marketing strategy for social media platforms

• Specialized in staffing senior level Enterprise Resource Planning consultants on numerous jobs • Generated new accounts by outbound telephone sales cold calling 300 potential buyers per day • Crafted my own customer base though networking industry leaders

• Expanded Durodont GmbH into the American market by selling oral care products internationally • Developed 6 specific product samples for the US market and produced container price lists • Conducted hundreds of international cold calls to various countries and cultures • Created a communication tree for the top 80 grocery retailers in the United States • Represented Durodont GmbH at the Private Label Trade Show in Chicago

- Refined professional communication skills with students to stress the importance of an international education - Attracted and informed students about the possibilities to study abroad - Assisted with large group meetings and presentations

• Developed an outline for life cycle vs supply chain characteristics for the pharmaceutical industry • Challenged the 3 largest blockbuster, stable, and end-of life cycle produces vs. logistics planning parameters and inventory stock • Understood the limits of planning parameters within the pharmaceutical field related to shelf life, regulatory requirements, and safety stock • Operated with the politics within a large corporation manufacturing, logistics, forecasting, sales, ext.

- Developed rough carpentry skills - Built / remodeled homes, offices, barns, and many more things within the rough construction field - Nailed plywood, constructed walls, hung trusses, hung siding, and did additional construction tasks

- Worked on the sales floor selling high class casual furniture to demanding customers - Was detail-oriented to fulfill the customers’ demands associated with very high degree of customer services - Gained an understanding of how to persuade customers about their needs while balancing the needs of the company

- International Marketing / Business - Cross-Cultural Communication - Marketing Communication - Project-Logistics - International Business Cultures and Cross-Cultural Management

- Principles of Microeconomics - Accounting Issues For Managers - SAP - Professional Selling - Leadership & Management - Business Policy/Strategy