Facilitating Sales and Service Leadership coursework to Caterpillar Global Dealers, including US, South America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.

Helping clients in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors with organizational development, sales and marketing management, day-to-day operations management, business development and growth, project management, as well as mid/long-term strategic planning initiatives.

Operations Manager working on suburban mobility initiatives. Development of alternative transportation products for commuters, families, and individuals to reduce the carbon footprint from single rider vehicles. Route development and project management, troubleshooting user interface and administration portal issues, vendor cost accounting reconciliation, fleet management, new business development and customer-usage analytics. Project ended at the conclusion of the study.

Founder of one of the premier Wine Bar Concepts in Orange County.

Instructor for on-site and e-learning classes in Global Business Strategy, Change Management, Marketing, and International Sales Management.

Member of Divisional Management Team providing leadership and direction to nearly 100 field-based sales representatives and managers in 14 states.• Member of integration team responsible for developing strategic direction for the newly formed company as a result of the Bestfoods acquisition. Integration successfully accomplished ahead of schedule.• Facilitated management level, cross-divisional workshops throughout U.S. as part of corporate training team.• Developed new e-learning and modular training strategies to decentralize existing corporate based group training resulting in reductions in travel, lodging and training expenditures.

Recruited by Asia Executive team to provide strategic vision, integrate, and direct businesses in local Asian affiliates and Joint-Venture Partners in 13 countries. Responsible for the development of corporate strategy and policy in the growth and market penetration of the multi-unit foodservice segment. Managed multiple projects both country specific as well as global in scope.• Designed and implemented cross-functional teams and tracking systems in each country to measure sales growth and effectiveness• Assessed multiple country cost criteria - including raw material, manufacturing, packaging, tariff and transportation to optimize production locations and maximize profits.• Led New Product Development team in process re-engineering resulting in cycle time reduction from 4 months to 4 weeks. This model became the accepted global standard.• Assessment and due diligence of business and manufacturing facility in Ludhiana, India.• Member of McDonald’s Vendor Management Team, evaluating new product ideas, sharing best business practices and evaluating socio-economic factors, i.e. China’s membership into WTO.• Designed and constructed a regional Technical Center in Hong Kong dedicated to pro-actively anticipating our customers’ needs, under the US$500,000 budget.

Selected by Division President to develop new channel marketing unit responsible for marketing foodservice products in non-traditional channels. • Profit-Loss responsibility for $50 million in Foodservice products sold through traditional retail and warehouse club distribution including brand management of Mazola Corn Oil.• Identified new business in excess of $6.0 million by designing targeted marketing initiatives and programming aimed at the retail market.• Created and administered channel-specific sales/marketing programs for end-users• Developed new product line for Wal*Mart generating first year sales in excess of $1.0 million.• Advisor to corporate task force on strategic planning and trade spending reduction.

Directed eight-person regional sales team in 6 States with annual sales in excess of $17 million. • Achieved 14.5% sales increase through the realignment of sales territories for enhanced coverage and penetration in underdeveloped markets resulting in Top Sales Region award for 1995.

Account manager for Baltimore-Washington D.C. metro area responsible for distributor management and sales to direct, indirect and major account customers.