Steve Trautman
Sr. Director Client Partnerships | Strategist & People Developer | Focused on building organizations, culture and teams
- Role
- Vice President of Business Development at DickersonBakker
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Steve Trautman
My sales career with Australian Gold, LLC spanned 20 years and covered all aspects of sales and distribution channels. I have had the opportunity to work in sales at regional and national levels optimizing revenue while meeting sales goals and budgets. Over the past ten years, my team generated over a 300% increase in sales, not including acquisitions.Throughout my career, I have a proven track record of exceeding goals, maintaining existing business, and developing new business opportunities. I possess excellent communication and presentation skills and have experience dealing with decision-makers at all levels. I am a sales professional responsible for strategic planning and producing sales with high growth high-profit strategies.I have taken those strategies and skills to DePauw University where I work with the Development and Alumni Engagement team. In this role, I work to identify engagement opportunities with the University. These include admissions assistance, mentoring, internship hosting, winter term hosting, philanthropic engagement, board service, and reunion leadership.
Experience
Vice President of Business Development
Aug 2025 — Present
Education
Indiana University Indianapolis
Public Management, Management / Psychology
1990 — 1995
Indiana University Bloomington
Public Management, Public Management / Psychology
1990 — 1995
Skills
- Marketing
- Microsoft Office
- Sales
- Inventory Management
- Business-to-Business (B2b)
- Leadership
- Sales Management
- Business Development
- Problem Solving
- Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
- Public Speaking
- Crm
- Team Building
- Management
- Contract Negotiation
- Selling
- Marketing Strategy
- Budgets
- Sales Process
- Training
- New Business Development
- Market Research
- Merchandising
- Excel
- Forecasting
- Retail
- B2b
- Customer Relations
- Strategic Planning
- Customer Service
- Advertising
- Account Management
- Trade Shows
- Negotiation
- Product Development
- Microsoft Excel
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