WORK HISTORY

Allstates Worldwide Movers, Inc.,Ridgewood, New York
Vice President 1983 to Present

International Operations

• Revenue and cost analysis of international shipments
• Coordinate information with traffic managers at US military installations around the world regarding information of personal effects shipments for US military personnel.
• Sell to customers on the phone who are relocating internationally.
• Market international shipping services to other moving companies
• Negotiate rates and coordinate with domestic movers, trucking companies, general port agents, freight forwarders, customes brokers, ocean freight companies and companies overseas. all performing in concert to accomplish international relocations.
• Provide documentation for international shipping.
• Supervise personnel doing all the above.

• Sell to customers on the phone
• Work directly with operations department in scheduling moves
• Supervise and schedule estimators
• Price and cost analysis of shipments
• Obtain work from corporate accounts.
• Provide customer services functions for corporate account work.
• Supervise personnel doing all the above.

Controlled all operations for a small moving and storage company including:

• Dispatched local crews and a small interstate fleet.
• Supervised labor
• Coordinated interstate moves with the van lines we represented
• Obtained and processed permits, fuel taxes, driver qualifications, etc.

Adelphi University Graduate School of Business, Garden City, New York.
Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a Concentration in Management, 1988.

University of Alabama Bidgood School of Business,Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Transportation. Minor in Computer Sciences. 1980.

OTHER

Established and maintain a web page on the internet based upon professional experience in the moving industry (http://hoflink.com/~mperkins.) entitled "It’s Your Move" full of useful tips and advice for anyone planning a move

Notary Public.