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Ms. Bettina Simmons
Executive Vice President
Ionit, Incorporated
554 Second Avenue, Suite 237A
New York, NY 103XX
Dear Ms. Simmons:
What a pleasure it was to meet you after hearing so much
about you from Carol Jones! I must say I was very flattered
that you extended our meeting from the half hour we had
planned to almost ninety minutes. I certainly appreciate your
generosity in sharing your ideas about the company and
acquainting me with Bob Delts and the others on the team.
Something in our exchange rang a bell for me, and I just
thought I’d share it with you. You mentioned that Ionit would
be opening an office soon in Minneapolis and that a senior
vice president would be needed there for a time to get the
January product launch off to a roaring start.
I didn’t mention it at the interview, but I happen to have
experience with the marketing of DTrek 5001 and similar
software. I planned and executed a similar launch in my prior
position at 4Tell, and I ended up saving the company almost
a quarter of a million dollars by including a direct-mailing
component in the project.
I believe that I have the wisdom gained from experience to be
instrumental in the same kinds of substantial savings for Ionit
and, if hired, I plan to present several scenarios that I think
would be beneficial for the Minneapolis effort. I also am free
to relocate there until the product is off to a healthy start in
the Minneapolis market.
Again thank you for your time in the interview. If you have
any questions I can answer or if you would like to see a sam-
ple proposal for my ideas for the Minneapolis project, I
would be happy to oblige.
Regards,

Han Nguyen
(212) 883-XXXX
h_nguyenvp@juno.com

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