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Boulder, Co, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

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Art is a highly accomplished Senior Executive, C-Suite Officer, Entrepreneur, Consultant, and Board Member with 25 years of success in cannabis, wine, craft beer, spirits, food & beverage, CPG, FMCG, recruitment, sustainability, retail, health and wellness. Leveraging extensive experience in international business, sales, and marketing, he is a valuable asset for startup, midcap, large scale similar-sector companies looking for expertise and leadership in global business development, product sourcing, maneuvering through cultures, product design and launch, operations, distribution, and sales growth.

Impactful Search™️ is a specialized executive search practice that delivers catalytic leadership talent for companies driven by business growth that amplifies social and cultural impact. When facing a critical inflection point such as scale or sale, purpose-led company founders, investors, boards of directors, and Chief Executives engage us to build out the leadership bench. Our niche experts identify, secure, and strategically integrate dynamic leaders to propel the company to the next level while honoring the founder's legacy and increasing brand equity.Part of the @ForceBrands family, powering the most innovative consumer brands through strategic hiring since 2007. Specialties#Leadership, #consumer brands, #hiring, #employment, #thoughtleadership, #executivesearch, #Boardofdirectors, #advisors, #recruitment, #philanthropy, #C-Suite

Next Frontier Brands are a leading provider of fast-moving consumer goods focused on beverages and wellness products. The company has an innovative and influential portfolio of brands that connects with consumers, evolves with their preferences, and delivers consistently superior experiences. Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado and offices in London, Portland, Hong Kong and Auckland, Next Frontier Brands is building the global platform to serve the growing demand for innovative beverages, wellness and lifestyle brands.

Boulder, Co, Us

Art provides advisement to our client partners in the areas of expansion, growth, scaling, sales, marketing and operational efficiency. Art’s vast experience and deep connection to both the CPG and Cannabis industries has made him a sought after advisor for companies looking to grow and scale.Hunter + Esquire is a retained executive recruitment, search and human capital advisory firm focused solely on the cannabis and psychedelics industries. We understand that cannabis companies face unique challenges when recruiting for their executive teams. In an industry where many companies are still in startup mode, many company cultures, roles, and systems are still being defined. That’s why we customize our executive recruitment process to fit each of our partner’s unique needs and preferences. With experience deeply-rooted in industry expertise, and a proven track record recruiting for highly-regulated industries, we shoulder the complicated process of finding world-class executive talent so you can focus on your business.

Loveland, Colorado, Us

Livermore, California, Us

• I planned, executed and managed sales, partnership and channel development while spearheading the Group’s acquisition of wineries in Argentina and Australia, resulting in a large bottling and production agreement with one of Latin America’s largest volume wine producers. • I also sourced and acquired International wine brands now part of The Wine Group’s product portfolio.Several of accomplishments with this company included:• Building Chinese and South East Asia distribution. • Implementing bottling agreements with some of Europe’s top wine producers. • Revamping distribution network in UK, Germany, Japan, South East Asia, Caribbean and Latin America. • Turning around UK business from a 5M Pound loss to a break-even point in just one year.

• In this position, I simplified and reduced cost of transactions between retail buyers of wine and wineries globally.My accomplishments included: • Building the first virtual and online wine fair offering buyers a forum to research, negotiate, order samples and buy wine and introduced and developed the concept of private label brands for major supermarkets around the world and sourced on a non-exclusive basis from global wineries. • Developing a private label business model for Winery Exchange. • Creating 50+ active exclusive label, private label and custom label brands.• Generating 67% of total company revenue. • Sourcing and blending wines together with wineries from every major wine-producing worldwide.

• Within 7 years, I managed a 45-member team in Latin America and Europe, including an international sales team, marketing, production and customer service staff.• In addition, I managed global sales and marketing for Trivento in Argentina. Key accomplishments included:• Developing global brand and drove sales for 30+ products in 100 countries across five continents with sales reaching 1M cases and a turnover of $18M.• Growing sales of 12/750 ml unit cases from first year of 60K to 1M in 7 years. • Building Cono Sur into the largest exporter of Chilean wines in the United Kingdom, Taiwan and Japan. • Conducting global industry analysis, selected candidates and negotiated partnership agreements with approximately 20+ import companies in 25+ countries. • Introducing synthetic corks and adhesive labels, becoming the first winery in Chile to promote these products, as well as control procedures for Cono Sur later adopted by Concha y Toro.