Biography of William Lockhart
William Lockhart is an Internet Marketing, Sales & Communications Specialist.
William counsels clients on their online marketing needs as well as their strategic marketing practices. He helps clients develop innovative solutions for non-productive day to day internet marketing, sales processes and communications bottlenecks.
William resides in Nashville, TN where he has lived for 20 years after moving to the Tennessee area from Petersburg, Virginia where he served as the Director of Marketing and Sales for a major chemical, industrial equipment and security services company. William is originally from Wilmington, N.C.
Prior to working as an Internet Marketing & Management Strategist, William was a medical sales consultant, selling hearing instruments. He counseled the hearing impaired and sold digital hearing devices and accessories to improve their lifestyles. William also served as a pharmaceutical representative for 7 years, selling to Cardiologist, Psychiatrist and Orthopedic surgeons.
While managing the state of Texas and other areas throughout the southwest United States during his medical device career, he was recognized as a sales, marketing and management leader and promoted to the position of Team Leader after achieving over 1 million dollars of sales revenue during each year of his employment.
William has also worked as a strategic account executive for several Fortune 500 communications and technology companies. He was also a Senior Data Networking & Internet Account Executive for one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. During this time William was responsible for overseeing and managing a large metropolitan territories insuring growth and profitability.
William has been involved in technology for many years, designing, implementing and launching several web projects that focus on niche products, web marketing, online reputation and online promotions. His thorough understanding of online marketing strategies, PPC marketing campaigns, social media and additional marketing approaches has helped a variety of local and regional businesses achieve a wide array of business goals. William also owns or is a marketing affiliate for over 200 active web sites that provide niche products and online marketing services.
Throughout his career, William has participated in the design and implementation of telecommunication and web solutions for various major hospital and medical facilities in addition to manufacturing firms.
In addition to technology, William has several years of professional sales and marketing experience within the health care sector. William earned a Certified Pharmaceutical Representative in his early career and has helped many medical professionals understand and use pharmaceutical products within several therapeutic categories, including orthopedic medications, anti-convulsive agents, anti-hypertensive medications and anti-psychotic agents.
During his tenure in the pharmaceutical industry he participated in on site training and marketing responsibilities including new product launches and observation rotations at Temple University as well as Vanderbilt University.
William is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity where he is involved in community service and youth mentoring. He has participated in Big Brother tutorship programs in Nashville and has also participated in the Nashville Technology Council in past years.
William graduated from North Carolina Central University in Durham, N.C. where he earned a Bachelors degree in Business Administration, concentrating in the areas of Marketing and Management. He also fulfilled an internship at Proctor and Gamble Corporate Headquarters during his senior year in college, where he served within the food ingredients division of P&G’s vast commodity purchasing and procurement division. His interest in marketing, management and technology led him to the independent self study of computers and programming in 1982 at Duke University computer laboratory. He continues to study emerging technologies even today.
William likes golfing, studying aviation and is a PADI certified scuba diver. He has explored several National Geographic dive sites including a World War II German Sub wreck off the North Carolina coastline as well as “Theo’s Wreck”, “Treasure Reef” and “The Devil’s Backbone”, a diverse series of coral reef and oceanic wildlife sites located off the coast of The Grand Bahamas.
