Clint D. Trotter
McKinney, TX ***********@*****.*** 903-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/clinttrotter/
Qualifications Summary
** ***** ** ********** ***** leadership. Formed mutually beneficial relationships with customers covering multiple markets. Professionally worked with business owners, executive management, procurement managers along with field engineers and superintendents. Excellent internal & external communication skills. Strong account management skills, presentation skills, multi-task all facets of the sales process, and sell on value. Additional areas of expertise include:
CRM • Product Pricing • Customer Acquisition Strategies • Market & Competitive Analysis • Contract Negotiations • Estimating & Take-offs • Quotes • Collections • National Accounts • Reseller Management • Product Demonstration • Quick proficient MS Office computer skills • Industrial Info • Civcast • Dodge Construction • iSqFt • CDC • Bid Ocean • Construct Connect • Instant Market • USAOPPS • Purchasing COOPs • Fed/State/Local gov’t purchasing • Prequalification / MSA • LinkedIn
Professional Experience
Sustainable Modular Management February 2022 – November 2023
Regional Sales Manager – WTX, NM, AZ, NV, CA, HI, AK
Relationships boosting current service and modular sales to new accounts for Midland branch
Aggressive outbound bidding to untapped western Territory for SMM landing million $$ projects
oNuclear, GC’s, Architects, USACE, DOE, BLM, BIA, Military, Energy mkt, Hospitals
Networking events through SAME, MBI, AGC, Build Expo USA
Develop marketing materials, literature for customer events, new markets
Unselfishly, collaborating with operations to secure new vendors drastically improving efficiencies, decreasing costs on all company projects
Advantage Equipment Rental / CJB Construction March 2021 – June 2021
Area Sales Specialist
Heavy iron equipment rental from Kamatsu, John Deere and Catepillar
Leverage existing oilfield, industrial and municipal relationships for heavy equipment rental
Discover, qualify, close sub-contractor trenching & HDD work through same or new relationships.
New Permian Basin, East TX accounts brought to company within short time frame.
Gajeske, Inc. January 2019 – August 2020
Polyethylene Specialist company.
Business Development – Permian & Mid-Continent Basins
Sold over $2M during 1st week in Oklahoma territory
Rental/sales of HDPE pipe, fittings, fab, spools, McElroy, Fast Fusion, specialized fusion equipment, squeeze off tooling, equipment repair, field service
Subcontractor duties: job walks, estimation, take-offs, bid, close, job kickoff and follow up
Relationships spurred sales, new accounts in Permian Basin.
Pipeliners Club of Tulsa and OKC member - committee volunteer
Tradeshow, networking & charity events with SPE, Energy Strong, EmPrestiza, Roseland Oil & Gas, Shale Energy Resources, NTGPA, Underground Construction, CoServ
Boyd Metals December 2017 – June 2018
Full line metals service center in Tyler, TX
Territory Manager
New accounts generating $250K+ pushing March sales $1M+ first time in branch history
Customer account management and business development all of NE TX
Wolseley Industrial Group June 2014 – March 2017
Oilfield & industrial distributor HDPE, FG, CS, SS, VIC, V&A, LACTS, pump skids, terminal/facility pumps.
Sales Manager – Permian Basin
Promoted to SM in only 4 months. Brought in as HDPE/Industrial Plastics Product Manager
Coach & manage 4 sales associates in Midland and 1 associate in Hobbs, NM
Converted pipeline construction company into industrial/oilfield supply business
Surpassed a $45 million sales budget in down market.
Instrumental leader to secure bid 30 miles 16” fiberglass produced water pipeline job
Implemented sales process and training program for new associates
Created new product strategies into the evolution of current oilfield market
Diversify traditional oilfield branches into industrial markets to generate additional sales
Gajeske, Inc. – Grand Prairie, TX September 2010 – May 2012 Polyethylene Specialist company.
Business Development Account Executive
Top producing sales professional 11/20 months
Product mix HDPE, MDPE, Conduit, McElroy, Thompson Pumps
4 State Territory – Oilfield targeted accounts in multiple shale plays
Capitalized market conditions to boost sales of source water transfer pipe to rig locations
Division revenue increased 100% within first year of hire date
PM’d deadline challenges on 48” HDPE pipe and manhole project to contractor delight
Pumpologist – Thompson Pump Certificate of Completion 2011
RePipe, Inc. & PM Construction and Rehab – Houston, TX October 2009 – April 2010 Contractor providing trenchless pipeline solutions for the underground construction market.
Business Development: Identified, developed and secured targeted municipal and industrial business contacts in line with strategic planned growth.
Learned how business owners and general managers like to be treated by outside sales
Project managed CIPP sewer line in Uptown Dallas
Built subcontractor relationships
Job walks routing sewer bypass pumping, staging, pipeline rehab sequence/schedule
Generated relationships, proposed business plan & revenue projections for assigned markets.
Partnered with operations to evaluate market niches & organization resource capacity.
Conducted sewer rehab service/product development presentations, marketing analysis.
ISCO Industries, LLC. – Louisville, KY September 2003 – September 2009
International distributor and producer of HDPE pipe, fittings, fusion equipment and ancillary products.
Regional Sales Manager: Discovered, qualified, built relationships with over 150 accounts in Texas and Western Louisiana.
Instrumental for establishing ISCO in a highly competitive new territory. Diversified market segments included municipal, industrial, landfill, natural gas, oil field and mining.
Increased first year sales from $760K to over $8.5M
1st sales call ever– sold major landfill project to North Texas Municipal Water District
1st to sell new patented Fast Fusion machine to an oilfield contractor in the U.S.
oCustomer purchased second unit due to excellent field service
1st to sell patented value added pipe fusion cooling technology. Contractor increased production 150%.
Exclusive partner to utility contractor who landed annual Dyess AFB gas contracts (2004-2009) by providing specification, take offs, fusion training, fusion certification, golf sponsorship
Spear headed HDPE pipe product specification for City of Dallas
Rescued a West Texas Community in a water emergency by formulating a team of companies whose materials and service were a perfect match for the pipeline application. Published in Water World.
Education
BBA; Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 2002
Degree in Advertising, minor in Marketing
Internship – VML, Inc. Fall 2001
oGlobal Marketing, Advertising, Technology & Communications firm
oKansas City, MO & Dallas, TX
Skills Improvement
PPI Design and Installation of HDPE pipe training courses
GIW Slurry Pump and Pipeline training
Thompson Pump Sales and Pumping System Design
Pumpologist – Certificate of completion 2008, 2011
FranklinCovey Time Management training
Sandler Sales Training
Frank Rumbauskas Marketing Systems
SWANA member continuing education
SPE meetings and events
Oklahoma City Pipeliners
Tulsa Pipeliners Club
Energy Strong Networking