Dennis Wise

Dennis Wise has an extensive work experience that spans over two decades. Dennis began their career in 1999 as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Majority Owner of TRACES, Inc., where they oversaw multi-disciplinary operations of the entity with 15 field operation offices nationwide and significantly contributed to each phase of the business. In just two years, they steered the start-up endeavor (7 employees) to an enterprise with $20M+ in revenue (200 employees). In 2003, they moved to American City Business Journals as Sales Director/Senior Marketing Consultant, where they directed a team of sales professionals in supporting businesses with developing advertising/marketing plans to maximize their budgets for "high net worth" opportunities. Dennis earned multiple awards, including Chairman's Club (Top 5% ABCJ producer) each year during 2003-06, the ACBJ Eagle Award for #2 in sales volume (600+ nationwide) in 2004 and 2005, TASP (Triangle Region Sales Professional), and Sales Professional of the Year in 2004. In 2007, they joined Bobbitt Design Build as New Business Development, where they identified and established relationships with potential clients previously unknown to the company and increased company revenue by up to 46% through exemplary new client acquisition. In 2010, they joined Futures Inc. as Senior Vice President, where they developed and directed a highly motivated team to monetize product/service offerings for the technology company and successfully closed deals with renowned companies across diverse industries. In 2012, they moved to WasteZero as Senior Vice President, where they leveraged their leadership expertise to take an existing sales force and scale it for growth and supported the prominent waste reduction firm's efforts in executing programs to generate savings for municipalities. Dennis earned recognition for propelling sales and revenue growth by 3X since joining the company to the present date. Most recently, in 2021, they joined Recyclops as Vice President, Sales & Business Development.

Dennis Wise has a Master of Arts in Public Relations Management from Syracuse University and a Bachelor's degree in Mass Communication/Media Studies from State University of New York at Fredonia.