Scott Truman
Professional Summary:
Motivated and results-driven professional with 11 years of experience in sales and customer service roles. Demonstrated success in establishing strong business and team relationships with honesty and integrity. Now seeking a new career opportunity in a GIS Specialist role to apply expertise in GIS, AutoCAD drafting, sales and customer service.
Professional Qualifications:
• Extensive background in GIS mapping and geographic principles.
• Advanced knowledge of sales and customer service.
• Skills in topographic survey data, MicroStation, LiDAR and GPS.
Professional Experience:
Technical Sales Representative Volatus Aerospace unmanned services | Feb 2023 – May 2023
• Selling drone LiDAR, Photogrammetry, Thermal Imaging, Magnetometer, Bathymetry services
across Canada to Mining, Quarry, Forestry, Surveying, Construction, Environmental, Engineering, Government markets.
• Selling drone equipment, payloads, software & drone pilot training.
Inside Sales Representative Cascadia Metals | August 2021 – October 2022
• Provided timely customer quotations based on specific metal needs, ensuring maximum profitability.
• Processed orders accurately using the company’s Steel Pus DOS program.
• Coordinated stock transfers and arranged deliveries when required.
• Addressed customer inquiries and concerns promptly, including inventory checks and pricing objections.
• Collaborated with warehouse manager and branch colleagues to coordinate order shipments and pickups.
• Interacted with common carriers to establish rates and obtain driver updates.
• Maintained exceptional organizational skills and contributed to a cohesive team environment.
• Sold various types of metal products, achieving average monthly sales of $300,000.
Outside Sales Representative PVS Benson | April 2016 – November 2020
(Global manufacturer of commodity and specialty chemicals)
• Conducted direct selling of core chemical products to customers, maximizing profitability.
• Collaborated with plant manager to ensure seamless supply to customers.
• Focused on industrial and municipal water & wastewater segments, including mining operations.
• Prepared bid documents for municipal RFQ submissions.
• Assisted in the preparation of annual sales and margin plans.
• Utilized CRM to manage opportunity pipeline effectively.
• Prioritized safety awareness and ensured customers’ familiarity with product properties and safe handling.
• Surpassed yearly revenue targets and maintained healthy margins on all accounts.
Territory Sales Representative Poly-Mor Canada Inc. (aka Uretek Canada) | August 2009 – April 2016
• Sold high-density polyurethane injecting projects to customers in various markets.
• Targeted civil engineering and industrial sectors to maximize profits.
• Conducted aggressive territory hunting in manufacturing sectors to generate leads.
• Presented new technologies and products to enhance market position.
• Successfully acquired new clients and boosted monthly sales targets, increasing company profit margins every year.
Other work experience:
Drafting CAD/GIS Technician (Enbridge Partnership) QSP Geographics Inc. (2002 – 2009)
• Created CADD drafting drawings for new Natural Gas pipeline projects using MicroStation.
• Worked with Engineering and Planning Departments to get them stamped and into the field.
• Once gas lines were placed into the ground drafting drawings would come back “As Laid ”
• Field data/precise line locations on as laid drawings were then mapped into their GIS Database.
GIS Consultant (AT&T Telecommunication Contract) QSP Geographics Inc. (2001 – 2002)
• Working on Fiber Optics network data and mapping precise locations in GIS.
• Placed field data/precise line locations from as laid drawings into their GIS database.
Education:
Postgraduate Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Application Specialist Degree (2000 – 2001)
Sir Sandford Fleming College
Fish & Wildlife Technician Diploma in (1997 – 1999)
Sault College
Integrated Resource Management Technologist & Forestry Diploma (1999 – 2000)
Sault College
Skills:
• GIS mapping and Drafting
• Sales and Customer Service
• Business Development
• Relationship Building
• Communication
• Organization and Time Management
• Independent worker