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Stephen L. Pope, Sr.4933 Walnut Grove Rd.; Memphis, TN 38117

Tel: (901)761-1370- O; Tel: (901)490-4809 – CellFax: (901)761-7622; E-mail: slpope@worlddiscoveries.com or slpope@bellsouth.net

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Plant Start-Ups - Proactive, dynamic and decisive leader with a proven track record for obtaining results in difficult situations

Process & Profit Improvements - Skilled in coordinating, synchronizing, motivating and communicating to focus organizational efforts to achieve goals.

Labor Contract Negotiations - Budget & Capital Planning Team Building - Financial Analysis Change Management - Community Relations Seasoned International Sales/ Marketing Expert – International Business Development

STRENGTHS

Professional International Marketing / Sales / Trade Specialist – Project Management – Development – Investigative Resourcing (Telecommunications, Computers, Internet Development, International, Finance)

Public Relations – Customer Relations – Advertising - Negotiating Skills

KEY SKILLS

Leader/Decision Maker Operations Executive Visionary Leader Strategic PlannerStartups/Turnarounds Project Manager Communicator Relationship BuilderInformation Technology Listener/Learner Planner/Organizer Top Secret Clearance

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PRESIDENT – World Discoveries, Inc. / SLP Worldwide, Inc. - Launched, Marketed, Managed and led new Import/Export Company as President – Results: introduced Marketing and Manufacturing Consultation, developed International clients, reached over $1million in sales annually. Extensive travel in over thirty foreign countries as well as domestically for procurement of sales orders, suppliers, etc. Owner.

SENIOR SALES REPRESENTATIVE -SMART SOLUTIONS, INC. – Memphis –– Frontline Labor Management System Sales of Kronos, Inc. Sept. ’99 - Covered West Tennessee, Arkansas territory.

SALES REPRESENTATIVE/MARKETING/PUBLIC RELATIONS – MC2 – Premier Estimating Software for Construction Industry - Marketed & Sold – construction estimating software for a major software development company.

DIRECTOR OF NEW MARKETS/DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT – Southern Tel Supply, Inc. /Southern Communications, Inc.,

Memphis Online (now IXLMemphis). - Director of New Business – for Internet Service Provider Project (one of the largest, well-equipped ISPs in the Mid-South) SALES REPRESENTATIVE – National Communication Systems, Inc. MAJOR ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE - U.S. Sprint Co, Ltd. MARKETING REPRESENTATIVE – Econocom Telecommunications Corp. /

Edison Communications Corp. - DIRECTOR SALES/MARKETING ADMIN. /PUBLIC RELATIONS – Digital

Transmission, Inc. - Procured $1.8 million financing for new venture purchased from Rockwell. Results: As Director of Sales, Marketing Administration, contacted and/or visited approximately 300 Fortune 500, Government and Military accounts in the U.S. and Canada. As Director of Public/Stockholder Relations – (see above) – Results: helped take company public – ran due diligence meetings on Wall St., and around the country.

STOCKBROKER/INVESTMENT BANKER/ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE – J.C. Bradford & Co. - Marketed and Sold, as Account Executive, Stockbroker, Investment Banker of a large Regional Brokerage Firm, various financial products. Became one of the “Top Ten” in the Financial Services Division out of over 500 brokers nationwide.

INSURANCE AGENT – Lincoln/Davies, Inc. ( Lincoln National Life), Mid-America, American Guardian - Marketed & Sold – wide variety of insurance and annuity products for major, Fortune 500 Insurance Giant.

EDUCATION

Vanderbilt University – Nashville, TN – Engineering Science (Hours completed for degree/final residency requirement (one semester) still necessary.American Institute for Foreign Study, Europe – European Economic Community Program – Conducted by Richmond College, Richmond, Surrey, England – Transferred to Vanderbilt – London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Bonn, Paris, Rome, Luxembourg, Zurich, Florence – Certificate AwardedMemphis State University, Memphis, TN – Humanities, Transferred to VanderbiltBusiness Related: Various Telecommunications, Computer, Insurance, Securities, Real Estate, etc. courses, including Bell South Educational Series – Atlanta, GA – Shelby State Community College, Memphis, TN – State Technical Institute, Memphis, TN – Commercial Union Assurance Co., Boston, MS – Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, Certified by The Institute for Certification of Engineering Technicians