Peter C. Banta                                                                          http://www.petebanta.com

19 Gazo Ave.                                                                                                                 petebanta@yahoo.com
Burlington, VT 05401

Home- 802.864.4953 Cell- 802.233.3312



Objective
Full-Time employment with an organization where I can use my Marketing & Web Development skills.

Summary of Experience

2004 - Present
Stowe Mountain Resort – Stowe, VT – Marketing Manager

* Responsible for all brand promotions, advertising, collateral, web site creation & management (5 sites).

* Planning & budgeting, agency & event management, performance analytics and graphic design duties.

* Generated 2 record revenue years, with increased market share & penetration, in marginal snow years.

 

2001 - 2002

Phish Mail Order - Burlington, VT – Manager

* Responsible for managing mail-order business with staff of 8 FT/12 PT  & $3-4 million in annual sales.

* Project management for re-design of e-commerce web site, resulting in greatly enhanced functionality.

* Developed and implemented order & ship systems that improved sales & satisfaction and reduced costs.

1999 – 2001

Bolton Valley Resort - Bolton Valley, VT - Marketing Manager

* Responsible for ALL marketing activities at recreational facility/resort hotel & conference center.

* Exceeded goals for skier-visits, season pass & package sales and program/event participation.

1996 – 1999

Burton Snowboards - Burlington, VT – North American Consumer Services Manager

* Managed industry’s largest consumer services team. Service Center open up to 14 hrs/day-7 days/wk.

* Responsible for all departmental QC/QA/training  & operations for staff of 12 ft/ 6 pt. Phone system
   (500k calls), Catalog fulfillment (600K+ US/Canada). Managed Proform (industry discount) programs.

* Administration & reporting for customer-database from 1/2 Million+ pieces of customer info annually.

* Responsible for Backhill kid’s mail-order clothing operations; E-com site creation. Sales & fulfillment.

1994 – 1996 Assistant Manager - Burton Factory Store

* Administration & Marketing of retail operation & demo center. Supervision & training for staff of 12.

1993 - 1994 Lay-up Supervisor – Burton Snowboards Factory

* Responsible for supervision, training & scheduling of 15 workers and assembly of 3-400 boards/ shift.

1990 – 1993  Niagara Mohawk & P.A.S.N.Y.  - Oswego, NY - Radiation Protection Technician

* Coordination of 10 technicians for supervising de-con work crews & performing radiological surveys.

 

Education
2002-2004 Champlain College - Web Design & Management. Summa Cum Laude with 4.0 GPA
1986-90 University of Buffalo & SUNY Oswego - Communications and Media Studies


Computer Knowledge

Proficient in BOTH Mac & Windows platforms. Programs used include: Macromedia and Adobe Suites,
PHP/MySQL, MS Office Suite, Frontpage, Publisher, Eudora Pro, Maplinx, SAP R/3, DMS, Sequel,
Synchronics & POSIM (POS), MOM (mail order), Lucent CenterVue Supervisor (call center),
MacAuth/IC Verify/CyberCash (credit card), MSSQL, FilemakerPro, FoxPro, Access, X-base & much more!

Interests and Activities

32 years skateboarding, 19 years snowboarding, 17 years mountain biking, snow shoeing, hiking, softball,
8 years youth soccer coach, Burton Chill program volunteer, art, gaming, music & forward thinking.