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Darren A.

Cold Calling Specialist | Lead Gen & Appointment Setting

I don't just make calls — I build pipeline. With 20+ years of enterprise consultative sales experience across financial services (Fidelity, TD Ameritrade, UBS, Allstate), I bring a rare combination of professional credibility, objection handling instinct, and closing discipline to every outreach campaign. My background spans cold calling, appointment setting, lead generation, and multi-channel outreach across B2B and B2C environments. I've worked with tech firms, marketing agencies, financial services companies, and professional services firms — consistently delivering booked meetings, qualified pipeline, and revenue-generating conversations. What separates me from most BD contractors: I also build the AI-powered outreach infrastructure behind the calls. I've developed automated lead generation systems, CRM-integrated outreach sequences, and AI-assisted prospecting pipelines that make human outreach smarter and more targeted. If you want someone who can both run the playbook and improve it, let's talk.

🇺🇸Fort Worth, United States$29/hr100% JSS4.51 (33)Since Oct 2022

Earnings and projects

MRR
$29

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#160,358 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#21,297 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$114

Last 6 months: $173

World#90,353 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#11,257 / 62.1k
Total earnings
$22k

Billed in all: $23k

World#134,092 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#22,406 / 62.1k
Per project
$506

$35 in the last 6 months

World#181,654 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#30,538 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
5

Across 6 contracts

17% fixed83% hourly
World#41,747 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#5,872 / 62.1k
Projects in all
43

Across 53 contracts

34% fixed66% hourly
World#70,812 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#10,751 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$22.9k+$114 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$22.7k$22.8k$22.9kOct 9Oct 24Nov 8

Dotted: longer than usual between two readings.

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