Experience

My entire professional career has been focused on the residential homebuilding industry, specifically management development, quality consulting, sales management and training.

Here is my LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/edandriessen

Listed below are the variety of positions I’ve held to gain my experience:

Present BUSINESS TRAINING RESOURCE, Kingston, NJ

CEO/Owner

Helps small to medium size businesses:

  • Find new prospects with the power of new media
  • Turn them into buyers with the power of communication and training
  • Build customer satisfaction with the power of quality

The companies I work with employ between 50 and 500 people and are committed to growing their businesses.

Visit the website at: http://www.businesstrainingresource.com

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Present BUILDERS TRAINING RESOURCE, Kingston, NJ

CEO/Owner

Helps small to medium size home building and land development companies:

  • Find new prospects with the power of new media
  • Turn them into buyers with the power of communication and training
  • Build customer satisfaction with the power of quality

We work with a variety of small and mid-size residential and land development firms. These firms build between 150 and 1,000 residential homes as well as apartments, commercial buildings and community infrastructure.

Visit the website at: http://www.builderstrainingresource.com

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Present STRATEGIC RECOVERY SERVICES, Rochester, NY – A search and consulting firm specializing in the homebuilding Industry.

Associate Partner

Specialties

  • Understanding management, sales and professional development needs and designing interventions that fit within the existing values of the organization.
  • Developing strong performers into excellent managers and leaders through assessment, training and coaching.
  • Designing and improving internal processes with quality management tools to reduce errors and generate profits.
  • Creating an effective management team through analysis, consulting training, and facilitation.
  • Building motivation with compelling group events that focus on specific improvement or skill building goals within the homebuilding organization.

Visit the website at: http://www.strategicrecoveryservices.com

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Present THE INSTITUTE FOR WORK ATTITUDE AND MOTIVATION, St.Louis, MI

Partner

The Institute is the North American strategic partner for jobEQ which administers the The Inventory for Work Attitude and Motivation (iWAM). The iWAM is is a revolutionary tool that shows you a set of “hidden” motivational and attitudinal patterns that directly influence:

1. what you sense from “experience” in the world around you
2. how you interpret that experience, and, ultimately, how you behave

The iWAM is one of two major tools (the other being an interview technique called the LAB Profile) that assesses these motivational and attitudinal patterns.

Visit the website at: http://www.iwaminstitute.com

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Present THE PRINCETON CENTER FOR NLP, Kingston, NJ

Owner/Co-Director

The Princeton Center for NLP, the Delaware Valley’s leading provider of NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming) training and information.

The Princeton Center for NLP provides individuals and organizations high quality training and consulting with the powerful technology of NLP

Visit the website at: http://www.nlpprinceton.com

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2006 – 2007

RYAN HOMES, Sicklerville, NJ – One of the largest US residential homebuilders with total revenues of $5.3 billion with 5,000+ employees over 13 states.

Division Sales and Marketing Manager  – New Jersey South

Manage a sales force of 11 Associates, implement marketing and model merchandising for a $40 million homebuilding Division.

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2002 – 2005

K. HOVNANIAN HOMES, Red Bank, NJ

One of the largest US residential homebuilders with total revenues of $4.2 billion with 5,000+ employees over 17 states.

National Training & Development Specialist: Management and Professional Development

Led assessment, design, development and implementation of sales and management training across the company.

2000-2002

Internal Consultant/Process Redesign – Sales to Closing Implementation

Provided consulting services relating to business process improvement and the implementation of SAP R/3 SD modules.

1997-2000

Regional Quality Manager

Provided consulting, facilitation and training services to Senior Managers for TQM (Total Quality Management)

1996-1997

Area Sales Manager, Pennsylvania and South Jersey

Managed 8 communities over two states with annual sales of $250 million.

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1978-1996

Director of Sales and Marketing, HEARTLAND BUILDING GROUP, Hazlet, NJ

Sales Representative, K. HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, Red Bank, NJ

Sales Manager, ERA RESALE PROFESSIONALS, Cranbury, NJ

Sales Manager, WEINER HOMES CORP., Neptune, NJ

Sales Manager, U.S. HOMES CORP., Freehold, NJ