SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:- 11 years experience as VP Marketing, Communications, & Product Development in 4 companies including 2 start-ups- Created and administered comprehensive training & coaching programs in 3 companies- Took JD Premium from idea to $3.5 million revenues in 2 years- As VP Marketing/Communications during a merger, integrated product lines of 2 multi-million-dollar companies, & new sales exceeded combined sales of both companies after only 2 months - Brought manufacturing in-house and created the top-selling & most profitable product line in a 200-product company- On senior management team that took a direct sales company from $200k to $15 million in 14 yearsManagement Skills- Business start-up strategies- Hiring, firing, motivating, & training employees, distributors, & customers- Recruiting sales force- Alliances & partnerships- Strategic & tactical planning- Negotiations & contracts- Training, coaching, motivating, & presentingProduct Development Skills- Manufacturing, packaging, & launch of consumer packaged goods- Medical & nutritional research- Labeling & product claims- Ingredient qualification & purchasing strategies- Inventory management- Bundling & pricing strategies- Market & competitor researchMarketing, Communications, & Training Skills- Multimedia collateral development – websites, blogs, newspapers, catalogs, books, magazines, video, & audio CDs- Ecommerce start-up strategies – shopping carts, merchant accounts, SEO, & social media - Technical design skills used professionally – Microsoft Word & PowerPoint, Adobe Flash, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Quark Xpress, CorelDraw, Wordpress, Movie Maker, & Audacity- Communications – conduct webinars, conference calls, online training, & public speaking at conventions- Design skills – photography, video production & editing, cartooning, & illustration- Unified branding proposals - Convention & event planning & presenting