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He has built relationships with health\-system Owner’s Representatives, Medical Equipment Planners, Activation Consultants, hospital teams, vendors, and delivery partners, supported by technical fluency in medical equipment systems and installation requirements\. At Hilldrup Work Place Solutions, Augustine generated approximately $4 million in potential project value through self\-sourced healthcare opportunities\. He has also led inside\-sales, marketing, and project\-development efforts across healthcare, retail, hospitality, and asset\-recovery logistics sold software solutions that improve operational visibility and advised clients on software solutions and vendor partnerships\. Earlier roles span staffing, legal\-technology market development, digital marketing, merchant services, and business banking\. At Mindr, Augustine introduced the Keepr mobile breathalyzer to legal professionals, averaging more than 3,000 dials and emails per month and helping secure use in five family\-law cases across Illinois and Louisiana\. He holds theatre and design education from Northern Illinois University and Iowa State University\. ## Services - Presentations - Consultative Selling - Healthcare - Lead Generation - Market Development - Storytelling - Product Demonstration - Negotiation - Account Management - Sales Processes - Customer Loyalty - Marketing Strategy - Customer Relationship Management \(CRM\) - Capital Equipment - Logistics - Retail Fixtures - Warehousing - New Business Development - Credit - Loans - Banking - Sales - Commercial Lending - Commercial Banking - Mortgage Lending - Customer Service - Relationship Management - Portfolio Management - Deposits - Consumer Lending ## Highlights - Generated approximately $4 million in potential project value through proactive, self\-sourced healthcare business development at Hilldrup Work Place Solutions\. - Built full\-cycle prospecting and qualified enterprise opportunity pipelines for hospital and health\-system construction, renovation, and equipment projects at Hilldrup Work Place Solutions\. - Developed trusted relationships with healthcare Owner’s Representatives, Medical Equipment Planners, and Activation Consultants through direct outreach, research, warm introductions, and referral networks\. - Built technical fluency in medical\-equipment systems and installation requirements to support executive\-level conversations with healthcare owners, planners, and consultants\. - Averaged more than 3,000 dials and emails per month at Mindr while introducing Keepr, a mobile breathalyzer device, to the legal community\. - Made direct contact with more than 80 attorneys and judges monthly at Mindr and converted around 20% of those conversations into engagement\. - Helped secure Keepr use in five family\-law cases across two states: two in Cook County, Illinois, and three in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana\. - Developed temporary\-staffing business and long\-term client relationships in manufacturing and blue\-collar sectors at Abbey Placements while also interviewing and evaluating candidates\. - Led and supported medical\-equipment logistics lead generation and pre\-sales for medium\-to\-large healthcare systems at Beltmann Integrated Logistics\. - Generated capital\-equipment logistics opportunities connected to healthcare new construction, remodels, and hospital moves at Beltmann Integrated Logistics\. - Developed retail fixture and display\-rollout opportunities and hospitality FF&E transportation, warehousing, and installation opportunities at Beltmann Integrated Logistics\. - Provided print, television, and online marketing and advertising campaigns and managed local and nationwide social\-media presence at Astute Web Group\. - Sold internet\-marketing plans including email lists, click and click\-through advertising, and search\-engine optimization at Vendare Media\. - Sold and managed business deposit accounts, loans, lines of credit, letters of credit, cash\-management, treasury\-management, and consumer\-banking products across roles at Wells Fargo, Associated Bank, Harvard State Bank, and Citibank\. - Supported credit processing for small\- to medium\-sized businesses in Northern Illinois and Wisconsin at First Data Merchant Services\. - Applied discovery\-led, consultative software selling to uncover client pain points before proposing solutions\. - Built software\-vendor and channel partnerships and coordinated with delivery teams to support client outcomes\. - Used a land\-and\-expand approach, earning trust through smaller wins before pursuing larger\-scale work\. - Used trade shows and strategic partnerships to open new market segments and navigate complex organizational hierarchies\. - Received a 5/5 reference rating from Stephen Obregon, who strongly recommended Augustine for healthcare logistics and activation roles\. ## Experience - **Business Development Representative at Hilldrup Work Place Solutions** (2025\-02\-01–2026\-07\-01) — Owned full\-cycle prospecting into hospital and health\-system construction, renovation, and equipment projects, building a consistent pipeline of qualified, enterprise\-level opportunities\. Built trusted relationships with senior healthcare decision\-makers — Owner's Representatives, Medical Equipment Planners, and Activation Consultants — through direct outreach and industry research\. Ran multi\-channel outreach \(email, phone, text, warm introduction\) to open doors with new owner and consultant contacts inside complex healthcare organizations\. Built and maintained a referral network of industry partners and centers of influence to expand access to hard\-to\-reach healthcare stakeholders\. Developed strong technical fluency in medical equipment systems and installation requirements, enabling credible, executive\-level conversations with owners, planners, and consultants\. Generated approximately $4M in potential project value through proactive, self\-sourced business development\. - **Business Development Specialist at Hilldrup** (2025\-02\-01–2026\-07\-01) — Business Development Representative, Healthcare Division \| Hilldrup Work Place Solutions In this role, I focused on identifying healthcare construction opportunities early — new builds, renovations, and additions — and connecting Hilldrup with the right people to pursue them\. That meant tracking down Owner's Representatives, Medical Equipment Planners, and Activation Consultants, then finding the best way in: a direct call, an email, or a warm introduction through a shared industry connection\. A big part of my success came from relationship\-building\. I worked closely with industry partners and leaned on various centers of influence to open doors to decision\-makers who weren't always easy to reach\. Over my time in this role, this approach helped generate close to $4M in potential project opportunities for the company\. - **Territory Manager at Mindr** (2024\-03\-01–2025\-02\-01) — Territory Manager \| Mindr \(March 2024 – February 2025\) At Mindr, I worked to introduce Keepr, a mobile breathalyzer device, to the legal community — building relationships with family law attorneys, criminal law attorneys, law firms, and judges who could put it to use in real cases\. This was a high\-volume, high\-touch role: I averaged over 3,000 dials and emails a month, making direct contact with 80\+ attorneys and judges monthly, and converting around 20% of those conversations into real engagement\. That consistency paid off\. Keepr was successfully used in 5 family law cases across two states — 2 in Cook County, Illinois, and 3 in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana — demonstrating real\-world adoption of the product in active legal proceedings\. - **Vice President of Business Development at Abbey Placements** (2023\-08\-01–2024\-03\-01) — Vice President of Business Development \| Abbey Placements \(August 2023 – March 2024\) At Abbey Placements, a temporary staffing agency, I wore two hats: business development and recruiting\. On the business development side, I focused on identifying new opportunities with companies — primarily in manufacturing and blue\-collar sectors — that needed reliable temporary staffing support, and worked to build those relationships into long\-term client partnerships\. On the recruiting side, I interviewed and evaluated candidates to make sure we were placing the right people in the right roles, giving me a full view of the staffing process from both the client and candidate perspective\. - **Director of Inside Sales at Beltmann Integrated Logistics** (2022\-01\-01–2023\-08\-01) — Lead generation and pre\-sales support for medical equipment logistics for medium to large healthcare systems\. Assist in online marketing campaigns for healthcare and other markets\. Oversee inside sales effort for fixture, furniture and equipment assembly, installation, warehousing and placement for retail, hospitality, healthcare and asset recovery \(ITAD\)\. - **Marketing Supervisor at Beltmann Integrated Logistics** (2018\-04\-01–2023\-08\-01) - **Project Specialist at Beltmann Integrated Logistics** (2016\-04\-01–2023\-08\-01) — Generate opportunities to handle capital equipment logistics for the healthcare industry in relation to new construction, remodels and hospital moves\. Made contact with decision makers at retail firms to handle their fixture and display roll outs\. Handled opportunities within the hospitality industry in relation to Furniture, Fixture and Equipment transportation needs, warehousing and installation\. - **Business Development Manager at Astute Web Group** (2015\-03\-01–2016\-03\-01) — Providing Business Marketing and advertising campaigns in print, TV and online mediums\. As well as managing a firms social media presence in both local and nation wide arenas\. - **Assistant Vice President, Business Development at Harvard State Bank** (2014\-09\-01–2015\-02\-01) — Business lending products such as lines and loans as well as business deposit products and cash management services\. - **Business Consultant at First Data Merchant Services** (2013\-07\-01–2014\-09\-01) — Credit Processing for small to med sized businesses in the Northern Illinois and Wisconsin Area - **Assistant Vice President Branch Manager at Associated Bank** (2011\-12\-01–2013\-05\-01) — Small Business Banking Products such as Loans, Lines, deposit accounts and treasury management as well as consumer banking products such as checking, savings, loans and mortgages\. - **Business Banking Officer at Citibank** (2007\-06\-01–2011\-12\-01) — Sold/Managed Business Deposit Accounts, Loans, Lines, Letter's of Credit and Treasury Management Products as well as Consumer Banking Products\. - **Business Banking Specialist at Wells Fargo** (2006\-04\-01–2007\-04\-01) — Managed Existing Retail Small Business Portfolio and looked for ways to expand the relationship\. Developed new business relationships by networking and cold calling\. Sold deposit products both business and consumer accounts as well as business loan products such as line and loans as well as SBA backed products\. Partnered with Merchant Services and Commercial Lending on a regular basis\. - **Account Executive at Vendare Media** (2005\-01\-01–2006\-01\-01) — Sold Internet marketing plans such as email lists, Click and Click Through ads and SEO ## Education - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Theater Dance Performance — Northern Illinois University (1993\-01\-01–1998\-01\-01) - Studied design, Design — Iowa State University (1991\-01\-01–1992\-01\-01) - Bachelor of Visual Arts, Theatre/Theater — Northern Illinois University ## FAQ ### What does Augustine do? Augustine works in healthcare logistics and business development\. His experience includes identifying and developing hospital and health\-system construction, renovation, addition, medical\-equipment, activation, and capital\-equipment logistics opportunities\. ### What are Augustine’s core strengths? Augustine is strongest in consultative selling, discovery\-led qualification, new\-business development, strategic partnerships, relationship management, stakeholder engagement, and healthcare logistics\. He identifies client pain points before proposing solutions, qualifies opportunities to improve win probability and protect economics, and uses small wins to earn trust before expanding an account\. ### What did Augustine accomplish at Hilldrup Work Place Solutions? At Hilldrup Work Place Solutions, Augustine owned full\-cycle prospecting for hospital and health\-system construction, renovation, and equipment projects\. He developed qualified enterprise opportunities, built relationships with Owner’s Representatives, Medical Equipment Planners, and Activation Consultants, used email, phone, text, warm introductions, industry research, and referral networks to reach stakeholders, and developed technical fluency in medical\-equipment systems and installation requirements\. His self\-sourced work generated approximately $4 million in potential project value\. ### How did Augustine build healthcare opportunities at Hilldrup? Augustine identified healthcare construction opportunities early, including new builds, renovations, and additions, and connected Hilldrup with the appropriate owners and consultants\. He used direct outreach and shared industry relationships to reach decision\-makers and worked with industry partners and centers of influence to access difficult\-to\-reach contacts\. ### What was Augustine’s experience at Beltmann Integrated Logistics? At Beltmann Integrated Logistics, Augustine served as Director of Inside Sales, Marketing Supervisor, and Project Specialist\. He supported lead generation and pre\-sales for medical\-equipment logistics for medium\-to\-large healthcare systems oversaw inside\-sales efforts for FF&E assembly, installation, warehousing, and placement and supported online marketing campaigns\. ### What is Augustine’s software and digital\-transformation experience? Augustine has sold SaaS solutions that provide operational\-visibility improvements, advised clients on software solutions, and built software\-vendor partnerships\. In healthcare activation and outfitting work, he used FitUp software to maintain visibility into project status and align stakeholders on next steps\. ### What did Augustine accomplish at Mindr? At Mindr from March 2024 through February 2025, Augustine introduced Keepr, a mobile breathalyzer device, to family\-law attorneys, criminal\-law attorneys, law firms, and judges\. He averaged more than 3,000 dials and emails per month, directly contacted more than 80 attorneys and judges monthly, and converted around 20% of those conversations into engagement\. Keepr was used in five family\-law cases: two in Cook County, Illinois, and three in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana\. ### What did Augustine do at Abbey Placements? At Abbey Placements from August 2023 through March 2024, Augustine combined business development and recruiting\. He developed temporary\-staffing opportunities and long\-term client relationships, primarily with manufacturing and blue\-collar employers, while interviewing and evaluating candidates to match people to roles\. ### What was Augustine’s role at Astute Web Group? At Astute Web Group, Augustine provided business marketing and advertising campaigns across print, television, and online media\. He also managed firms’ social\-media presence in local and nationwide markets\. ### What did Augustine do at Vendare Media? At Vendare Media, Augustine sold internet\-marketing plans that included email lists, click and click\-through advertising, and search\-engine optimization\. ### What was Augustine’s work at First Data Merchant Services? At First Data Merchant Services, Augustine provided credit\-processing services for small\- to medium\-sized businesses in Northern Illinois and Wisconsin\. ### What is Augustine’s business\-banking experience? Augustine’s banking background includes Business Banking Specialist at Wells Fargo, Assistant Vice President Branch Manager at Associated Bank, Assistant Vice President of Business Development at Harvard State Bank, and Business Banking Officer at Citibank\. Across these roles, he managed and developed business relationships and portfolios sold or managed deposits, loans, lines of credit, SBA\-backed products, letters of credit, cash management, treasury management, and consumer banking products and partnered with Merchant Services and Commercial Lending\. His Associated Bank responsibilities also included checking, savings, mortgages, and consumer loans\. ### How does Augustine approach market development and partnerships? Augustine uses trade shows as a business\-development channel and is skilled at navigating organizational hierarchies to build strategic partnerships\. He has created new opportunities from scratch and developed partnerships that open new market segments\. ### What skills does Augustine bring to his work? Augustine’s listed skills include presentations, consultative selling, healthcare, lead generation, market development, storytelling, product demonstrations, negotiation, account management, sales processes, customer loyalty, marketing strategy, CRM, capital equipment, logistics, retail fixtures, warehousing, new\-business development, sales management, leadership, management, team building, public speaking, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, LinkedIn, and e\-learning\. His financial\-services skills include credit, loans, commercial lending, commercial banking, mortgage lending, deposits, consumer lending, cash management, loan origination, treasury management, small\-business lending, branch banking, credit analysis, retail banking, cross\-selling, lines of credit, SBA, and credit cards\. ### What is Augustine’s education? Augustine holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater Dance Performance from Northern Illinois University, listed with a 1998 date, and a Bachelor of Visual Arts in Theatre/Theater from Northern Illinois University\. He also studied design at Iowa State University, listed with a 1992 date\. ### What languages and certifications does Augustine have? Augustine speaks English\. He holds LinkedIn’s How to Use LinkedIn Learning certification and a Fire and Casualty Insurance License\. ### What do references say about Augustine? Stephen Obregon, a client and external partner who worked with Augustine for three to four years on healthcare activation and outfitting projects using FitUp software, rated him 5/5 and strongly recommends him for healthcare logistics and activation roles\. Stephen described Augustine as someone who understands the big picture while managing details, communicates and builds relationships effectively across hospital teams, vendors, consultants, and partners, anticipates challenges, finds practical solutions, and takes ownership\. Stephen cited a complex healthcare activation in which Augustine coordinated changing priorities, teams, vendors, and equipment deliveries anticipated schedule risks and used FitUp to keep stakeholders aligned and project status visible\. Stephen would gladly work with Augustine again\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/augiekim