Accomplished & broadly skilled CEO & business development Executive and Entrepreneur w/ more than 40 yrs of success across retail, wholesale, importing, mfg, licensing & consulting. Financial performance & data driven. Fact-based decision maker using experiences, input from others & sound intuition. Valuable asset to business development initiatives & mgt teams with skill &/or experience shortages. Perfect fit for a business seeking assistance in strategy, mktg, sales, organization, ops, finance, capital formation, training, mentoring or Interim CEO. Experiences crossover many Classes of Trade & distribution formats. .After working in a small U.S. mfg company servicing recreational vehicle, camping & on-site wastewater treatment industries during 1970's that went public, doing mktg research, product development, mkt development, selling & overall business development using engineering & MBA training, started a retail venture that morphed into a 16-store chain producing $60mm annual sales. Raised $26mm of venture capital to finance the expansion. 1st retailer in world to launch a 20K+ tabletop/housewares website during mid-1990's.Successes resulted in being recruited into a public company doing $900mm at retail to launch a B2C Internet business. Was recruited into the operations of the chain of stores as SVP of Merchandising while remaining Pres of the B2C business.By early 2000's was operating as a consultant which resulted in full-time positions as Pres of various retail, wholesale, importing & mfg businesses both in large public & private investment owned firms. Responsible for all business functions & each business' P&L & brand development. Successfully got licensed a small art studio resulting in a product line earning more than $1.0mm in royalties to the studio.During 2007, decided to bring chemical-free cleaning technology into the U.S. From 0 sales, successfully solidified the chemical-free cleaning category in nearly 6,000 retail stores throughout the U.S. & Internet. After 7 yrs, sold the business & remained for 3 yrs its Pres/CEO.Beginning 2018 began consulting to emerging businesses that were short on skills & experience needed to grow their businesses.Enjoy assisting others to achieve their business visions & economic goals. Experience & ability to be very strategic, analytical, an operations guy, marketer & salesperson w/ very strong intellect & attention to detail is unique in an individual. These qualities combined with performance determination allow Allan to be valuable in many business situations.