Richard Haussmann
10370A W. Jewell Ave.
Lakewood, Colorado 80232
(303) 987-3006
rhaussmann1@home.com

Professional Profile:	

Business: Project management, competitive analysis, product management and marketing, cold calls, contract negotiation, public relations, online marketing, technical editing, and networking.

Technical: Microsoft Office (including Visual Basic for Apps), HTML (including JavaScript and some XML), Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere), Macromedia (Flash 4, Dreamweaver 3, Fireworks 3), Perl, and Red Hat Linux (client, bash).

Professional Experience:

Sales Engineer (February 2001 to present), online education provider
Jones Knowledge, Inc., Englewood, Colorado
•	Presented and demonstrated the e-global library and the e-education online products during the sales process; 
•	Attended trade show booths at various educational trade shows both for competitive research and to meet with prospects; 
•	Built and ported prospect educational content into the e-education product; 
•	Developed Excel macros for customers using Visual Basic for Applications and CGI scripts using Perl;
•	Researched and reported on competitive intelligence topics; 
•	Advised the sales team on technical issues and objections during sales calls; and
•	Wrote training materials and trained sales personnel on competitors and the software.  

Account Manager (September 1999 to January 2001), online conferencing
MSHOW, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
•	Managed night operations and resellers for European and Asian accounts; 
•	Trained clients through the service offering; 
•	Collaborated with marketing and sales to coordinate sales demos; and
•	Tested and QA’d beta versions of the product.

Account Manager (March 1998 to August 1999)
O2 Group, Denver, Colorado
•	Managed clients and technical staff for various web projects;
•	Strong knowledge of Internet solutions, including HTML, ASP and XML; and
•	Maintained budgets for client projects.

Product and Merchandising Manager (February 1996 to February 1998), Internet software retailer
MicroWAREHOUSE (formerly Online Interactive), Seattle, Washington
•	Licensed software publishers;
•	Negotiated contracts;
•	Evaluated new products;
•	Tested and QA’d beta projects and client software;
•	Trained the sales staff; and
•	Built a lead generating website for the sales department.
		
Project Manager/Production Editor (October 1993 to October 1995), publisher
Harcourt Brace & Co., San Diego, California
•	Project managed up to 13 technical full cycle projects simultaneously; and
•	Supervised a staff of copy editors, artists, and proofreaders.

Education:	
BA in Communications, minor in Anthropology, Colorado State University, May 1992.