JARED B. JOHNSON Address: 5512 Kipling Avenue, Minnetonka, Minnesota 55345 Home: 612.240.3334 E-mail: jared.b.johnson@hotmail.

com Strategic Sales and Business Planning Team Building and Leadership Territory Expansion and Maintenance Consultative Selling Approach Customer Needs Analysis Client Relationship Building Market Penetration Strategies

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY Competitive, dynamic, and diligent sales professional with outstanding interpers onal, organizational, multitasking, and management skills. Adept at providing fi rst-rate client service as well as handling responsibilities to meet diverse cus tomer needs. Personable with innate relationship-building qualities, along with strong public relations and leadership abilities; able to communicate effectively. Provide top-level sales knowledge and team management to assure effectiv eness and efficiency of the company. Thrive at driving revenue to meet and exceed goals. Confidently interface with C-level executives, business clients, staff, and other professionals.

RELEVANT SKILLS General Management Negotiated with numerous agents and their clients in building specialize d group dental plans in accordance with their needs and objectives. Prospected for new clients and maintained existing relationships with ag ents for self-generation of business. Collaborated with existing groups on renewals to maintain their current accounts, and to up-sell additional lines. Strategically planned, developed, and implemented new plan designs to ou tdo other competitors. Efficiently assured all targets set forth on projects were compliant wit h specifications, cost, and quality standards. Conducted and led training and mentoring programs concerning sales techn iques for all personnel. Effectively implemented creative marketing initiatives, including webina rs focusing on best practices. Conceptualized effective strategic sales for solid market expansion, inc luding extensive prospecting program, advertisements, and tradeshows. Successfully improved business strategies to assist professionals in ind ividual career advancements. Sales and Marketing Excelled at researching industry competition to refine and strengthen ma rketing techniques. Demonstrated in-depth understanding of sales and marketing techniques, s

trategies for building strong client base, and systems that facilitate consisten t follow-up and foster customer satisfaction. Customer Service Communicated directly with customers to gather information about product s and services, and to provide strategic resolutions on claims and complaints. Exemplified proven success in managing customer service initiatives, inc reasing customer retention levels and customer satisfaction levels within highly competitive markets. Identified client needs to ensure the delivery of quality customer servi ce; resolved customer complaints and promptly attended to inquiries. Achievements Provided sales leadership to IHC and was consistently ranked top 5 Sales Person of the Month. Received award as Rookie of the Year at Calhoun Beach Club.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Western Region Group Sales Representative N ~ 2010-Present National Sales Director ENTAL, MINNEAPOLIS, MN ~ 2007-2010 Sales, Marketing, and Relocation Specialist NNEAPOLIS, MN ~ 2005-2007 Sales and Marketing Representative RIDGE LLC), MINNEAPOLIS, MN ~ 2004-2005 ~ DIRECT BENEFITS, INC., ST. PAUL, M ~ IHC HEALTH SOLUTIONS & GROUPLINK D ~ CALHOUN BEACH CLUB (AIMCO LLC), MI ~ CALHOUN BEACH ATHLETIC CLUB (WELLB

EDUCATION AND OTHER CREDENTIALS Licensed Health and Life Insurance Agent, State of Minnesota ~ 2009-2011 Bachelor of Arts in Exercise Science in Kinesiology ~ CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, ST. PAUL, MN ~ 2003 Recipient, Academic and Athletic Scholarships (Division II Baseball) Member, Science Organization C.H.A.M.P. Member, Fellowship of Christian Athletes

ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY, TULSA, OK ~ 2000 Recipient, Academic Scholarships (Division I Baseball) Member, Fellowship of Christian Athletes