Leader of Global Product Development for Shade Sail and Pet Bed product lines

Product lead on a cross functional team in charge of developing and introducing new products to the marketOwner of the product portfolios for 2 separate brands of ceiling fans and accessories (Hunter and Casablanca)Developed product lines for a diverse range of retail channelsOwner of the Stage Gate Process for new product development, with weekly presentations to top company executivesLead a complete revamp of the Core Product Line, which resulted in the largest product launch in company historyLead the creation and execution of Good, Better, Best Product StrategyContributed to the development and launch of the first Wi-Fi-enabled ceiling fans

Supported product and channel management team with all line review and product management activityCreated and implemented new competitive and portfolio analysis tools that were impactful towards identifying customer needs.Contributed to the creation of product presentations for Product Line Reviews and participated in the customer meetingsSupported the platform standardization of our entire product line by spec’ing products for conversion and managing the converted products at the suppliersManaged all product implementation from online product setup to packaging reviews

Establishing and cultivating relationships with Home Depot associates and consumers.Managing a $2M+ territory of 35 Home Depot stores in the Orlando and Jacksonville markets.Identifying and executing corporate and market specific opportunities to increase sales.Driving customer engagement and boosting sales in stores through execution of Hunter Fan Events.Conducting product knowledge presentations to associates and consumers on Hunter products.

Sold season ticket and partial ticket packages, group packages, and hospitality suites to a wide variety of businesses, organizations, families and individuals. Increased personal overall revenue by over $100K in each of the 4 seasons with the Magic. Instrumental in the successful opening of the NBA’s newest arena, the Amway Center. Finished in the Top 3 among TSR’s in Revenue for the last 2 seasons of employment. Received Ticket Sales Representative of the Year Award for the 08/09 Season. Finished 08/09 Season ranked first among TSR’s with over $190,000 in Revenue. Promoted from TSR to Senior TSR in October of 2008. Provided leadership to more than 25 new TSR’s with their acclimation to the sales environment.