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The Résumé of Donald A. Thomas, Jr.

408 Osprey Lakes Circle  •  Chuluota, FL  32766-6655

phone (407) 304-6421  •  fax (815) 366-2336
datj@icwhen.com  •  http://www.ICWhen.com

- Objectives -

Actively seeking a challenging executive career opportunity in the Orlando area.

- Skills and Experience -

º  Marketing experience with Suburban Trib, Dallas Times Herald, Videoland, Federated,
   Atari Corp, Sony, VM Labs, Eleven Engineering

º  Sales experience with Suburban Trib, Dallas Times Herald, VM Labs

º  Customer Service experience with Dallas Times Herald, Atari Corp, Sony, VM Labs

º  Technical Support experience with Atari Corp

º  Management experience with Videoland, Federated, Atari Corp, Sony,
   Eleven Engineering

º  Licensing experience with Atari Corp, Sony, VM Labs, Eleven Engineering

º  Advanced skills with Microsoft Office, FrontPage, Acrobat, PowerPoint, Windows 98,
   Windows XP, computer hardware

- Positions Held -

OVERNIGHT FLOW - ELECTRONICS SPECIALIST • Target Inc.

Oviedo, FL • August 2004 through June 2005

º  Overlook and actively assist in the unloading of one or two trucks at the Oviedo location
º  Inventory and stock all electronics from each night's truck in addition to additional

   product pulled to replace each day's sales
º  Unlock and lock secure areas as required for proper stocking
º  Report discrepancies and other unusual stocking activities directly to head of security
º  Fill in as needed during the process to stock the store location

V.P. CLIENT RELATIONS  •  Eleven Engineering, Inc.

Edmonton, Alberta  •  August 2001 through July 2002

º  Established and maintained high profile client relationships
   (Thomson (RCA), Unical (Sylvania) and Gemini (Zenith))

º  Managed marketing endeavors such as PR Firm and Trade Shows, Press Releases

º  Nurtured first-party relationships (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo) and

    third-party (InterAct, Mad Catz, Nyko & Nuby).

º  Created target client lists on factory, manufacturing, retail, distribution and

    end-user levels.

º  Developed and delivered PowerPoint presentations

PERIPHERALS LICENSING DIRECTOR  •  VM Labs, Inc. (NUON)

Mtn. View, CA  •  December 1998 through August 2001

º  Formed alliance consortium of peripheral partners for licensed controller standard

º  Signed multiple peripheral license agreements in early stages of NUON development

º  Managed the development of working prototypes for trade shows

º  Worked with partners on sales, marketing, support, licensing, distribution of products

º  Developed direct email newsletter lists and other lines of communications under NDA

PERIPHERALS LICENSING MANAGER  •  SCEA (PlayStation)

Foster City, CA  •  August 1996 through December 1998

º  Facilitated all peripheral licensing submissions for SCEA in North American regions

º  Consulted with major third-party companies with design, marketing and distribution

º  Maintained respected relationships with the world's prominent peripheral companies

º  Guided relationships on all levels including legal, business, marketing and engineering

º  Hosted third-party peripheral booths at organized Developers’ Conferences

º  Established & maintained direct fulfillment structure for hobbyist development system

DIRECTOR OF CUSTOMER SERVICE / MARKETING  •  ATARI CORP

Sunnyvale, CA  •  September 1991 through August 1996

º  Responsible for Customer Service, Technical Service and Order Entry departments

º  Developed and installed network-based order entry system

º  Implemented direct-to-consumer fulfillment programs

º  Administered and supervised warranty and out-of-warranty service policies

º  Established Atari’s award-winning Web domain & exploited its exposure to direct sales

º  Cultivated hundreds of thousands of dollars of on-line revenues (prepaid transactions)

º  Maintained a 900-tips consumer line with a positive cash flow

º  Worked with public relations firms to write, edit and distribute press releases

º  Corporate liaison with consumer groups and bureaus (consumer action)

º  Supervised external fulfillment firms to absorb overflow during peak periods

- Prior Career Positions -

º  Portfolio (Palmtop PC) Marketing Mgr for Atari Corporation (1989-1991)

º  Advertising-Marketing Mgr for the Federated Group of Electronic Stores (1984-1989)

º  Advertising Director of Videoland Electronics Stores (1983-1984)

º  Senior Advertising Executive for Dallas Times Herald (1979-1983)

º  Senior Advertising Executive for Suburban Trib (Chicago Tribune) (1976-1979)

º  Outside Advertising Sales for News-Record (Oak Forest, IL) (1975-1976)

º  Retail Salesperson and Dept Mgr for Montgomery Ward (Matteson, IL) (1974-1975)

- Education -

º  BS sought at Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL

º  Business Administration course work at Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL

º  Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Flossmoor, IL

º  Management training seminars

- Other Information -

º  Founder and Webmaster of the award winning web site www.ICWhen.com

º  Member National Business Honor Society for academic excellence

º  One of the "100 Industry Leaders" in the January 1992 issue of MicroTimes magazine

º  Founded Artisan Software with commercially distributed computer software products