The Résumé of Donald A. Thomas, Jr. - 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, Public Storage º Customer Service experience with Atari Corp, Sony, Public Storage º Inventory and Distribution experience with Target, Inc. º Technical Support experience with Atari Corp, Sony Computer Entertainment America º Management experience with Videoland, Federated, Atari Corp, Sony, Eleven Eng º Licensing experience with Atari Corp, Sony, VM Labs, Eleven Engineering º Advanced skills with Microsoft Windows, Office, FrontPage, Acrobat, PowerPoint, etc. - Positions Held - PROPERTY MANAGER • Public Storage Orlando, FL • June 2006 through October 2010 º Responsible for daily operations of a large Orlando area mini storage facility º Cash responsibilities as well as vender relations, on-site maintenance and security º Reporting to District Operations for inventory, occupancy and delinquency management º Guide and instruct Relief Personnel in daily, monthly and annual duties OVERNIGHT FLOW • ELECTRONICS SPECIALIST • Target, Inc. Oviedo, FL • August 2004 through June 2005 º Inventory and stock electronics from each night's truck in addition product pulled º Unlock and lock secure areas as required for proper stocking º Report discrepancies and other unusual stocking activities directly to head of security 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. 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