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Knoxville, Tn, Us

Knoxville, Tennessee, Us

Accountable for leading Red Stag Fulfillment's commercial team to execute the long-term growth strategy.

Knoxville, Tennessee, Us

Accountable for developing Red Stag Fulfillments long-term commercial growth strategy and transitioning the organization into a multi-channel sales organization with focus on highly targeted outbound consultative sales execution.

Knoxville, Tennessee, Us

Accountable for leading Red Stag Fulfillments marketing team to maximize inbound MQL/SQL count growth, brand awareness and conversion rate improvements while recruiting a new CMO.

Knoxville, Tennessee, Us

Accountable for establishing a formalized sales process to accelerate growth for Red Stag Fulfillment.

Mesa, Az, Us

Senior Executive Team member with accountability for developing the long-term growth strategy for multiple business units and leading the global sales, customer success and technology organizations to drive 5X growth.

Kingsport, Tennessee, Us

Accountable for leading a team of 7 direct and 15 indirect sales professionals and 5 global chemical distribution partners to drive profitable P&L growth for a $350M+ territory (NAR & LATAM).

Kingsport, Tennessee, Us

P&L accountability for leading Rosins & Reactive Adhesives global product lines and associated assets to maximize profitability for the organization.

Kingsport, Tennessee, Us

Platform Leadership and P&L accountability for leading Eastman's Performance Fibers' product portfolio from a cutting edge innovation platform to a thriving nine figure organic growth engine for the organization.

Kingsport, Tennessee, Us

Accountable for identifying, staging, and leading the development and execution of global organic growth strategies for CIBO. CIBO is one of four Eastman Business Organizations consisting of 20+ individual business units accounting for ~ $3 billion (~25%) of total top line revenue.

Abingdon, Va, Us

Misty Mountain Spring Water, LLC is a vertically integrated subsidiary arm of K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. Misty Mountain is focused on bottling and distributing the highest quality bottled water available on the market. Misty Mountain bottles over 16 million gallons of water per year under various private label brands.Responsible for executive leadership and P&L ownership for Misty Mountain Spring Water in addition to corporate e-Commerce & Business Development accountability for Food City. Successfully re-branded and transitioned Misty Mountain from a noncompetitive dated vertically integrated bottling plant to a niche-market driven specialty manufacturer. In addition to providing Executive Leadership for K-VA-T's manufacturing operations, I was also responsible for driving sales and gross margin results for the water category within Food City and Super Dollar grocery store chains. Successfully grew category gross profit trends by 7 figures in the first 6 months. K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. operates 100+ retail food outlets throughout the tri-states region of Southeast KY, Southwest VA, and Northeast TN under the Food City and Super Dollar banners. It is the 4th largest private company based in VA with annual revenues of $2.1+ billion and 13,400+ associates. K-VA-T is currently ranked 210 on Forbes list of largest privately held companies.

Abingdon, Va, Us

Responsible for developing and leading e-Commerce and OMNI-Channel strategies for Food City in addition to leading other business development initiatives to drive sales and gross profit growth. Successfully developed and launched Food City's curbside pickup program, GoCart. K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. operates 100+ retail food outlets throughout the tri-states region of Southeast KY, Southwest VA, and Northeast TN under the Food City and Super Dollar banners. It is the 4th largest private company based in VA with annual revenues of $2.1+ billion and 13,400+ associates. K-VA-T is currently ranked 210 on Forbes list of largest privately held companies.

Appalachian Custom Innovations specializes in precision engineered custom cut-and-sew projects. ACI’s core business competency is centered on converting client ideas and needs into tangible solutions. ACI provides turn-key product lifecycle coaching from design/development input to prototype development to contract manufacturing execution and import vs. domestic modeling. ACI is considered an industry leading expert in custom designed FME (Foreign Material Exclusion) tarps and covers and many other industrial grade applications. In addition, ACI offers consulting services to manufacturing clients to aid in operational efficiency improvements, lean manufacturing initiatives, supply chain optimization, on-shoring analysis, off-shoring analysis, plant expansion/consolidation modeling, advanced product engineering, marker and pattern design, product development, product lifecycle management, vertical integration and outsourcing assessment. The ACI team possesses expert knowledge of US, China and Mexico based manufacturing models with the ability to manage plant expansion, relocation, consolidation and/or shut down initiatives from start to finish. ACI is a strong advocate of Kaizen and Six-Sigma practices, and uses a hybrid approach to execute client strategies.

Wheeling, Il, Us

As General Manager with Block and Company, Inc., I’m solely responsible for executive management and oversight of the Bristol, TN division. Management responsibilities include manufacturing, distribution, operations, customer services, sales, marketing and product development. I also maintain 100% ownership of the P&L with absolute accountability for executing against budget. My challenge is to develop and implement strategies that align the division with the long term direction of the corporation. My core GM focus is on successfully managing my team to reduce costs, gain efficiency, execute operational improvements and exceed all corporate goals. In addition, I drive all new product development, business development and customer acquisition initiatives for the Bristol Custom Solutions business unit, and provide corporate support for similar initiatives.

Wheeling, Il, Us

As the Sales & Business Development Manager with Block and Company, Inc, I was tasked with establishing and growing a new business unit from the ground up. My challenge was to develop a completely new set of products and services that would allow penetration into new markets and customer segments. My ultimate goal was to generate net-new top line growth and diversification for a manufacturing facility focused on a mature product category. I used market research, strategic partnering and creativity to align core manufacturing competencies to new product development initiatives. My primary focus was on new-to-world and new-to-company products that provided competitive distinction and high growth potential. In total, my team launched over 3500 new SKUs that provided penetration into countless new expansion markets. In addition, I leveraged legacy product recognition to negotiate a GSA contract to gain access to the Federal Government vertical.

Watford, Hertfordshire, Gb

As a Trauma Specialist with Smith & Nephew, I was responsible for providing product and procedural technical support to Orthopaedic Surgeons and OR staff in an operating room environment. This required maintaining a 24 x 7 call schedule to accommodate all trauma surgeries in an assigned territory. Essentials duties included establishing, developing and maintaining consultative relationships with key Orthopaedic Surgeons, hospital staff and OR staff, conducting Orthopedic in-service training, assisting in test markets, product evaluations and competitive research initiatives and working major national conventions and meetings.

Monroe, La, Us

As an Account Manager with Embarq, I was responsible for managing an assigned territory spanning 4 Counties. I primarily handled large corporate accounts, local governments, healthcare facilities, hospitality groups and educational organizations. I'm was responsible for farming 75 assigned accounts and hunting new business through strategic marketing, networking, cold calling, partnering and account planning. Embarq's product portfolio includes a variety of technological solutions including WAN and LAN technology, network transport infrastructure, Cisco and Nortel customer premise equipment and Sprint Nextel wireless solutions. In this position, I successfully marketed complex technology solutions to a variety of clients in a variety of market segments with an average sales cycle of 6 to 8 months. I actively utilized vendor relationships, internal resources, strategic marketing and competitive analysis to achieve sales goals and maximize profitability and productivity.

Danville, Va, Us

As an Admissions Counselor at Averett University, I actively engaged in prospect and territory management in an effort to recruit academically eligible students into a private university environment. Territory management involved the use of data mining to determine the most lucrative regions to focus recruitment efforts. My regions included Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Richmond, VA, Kentucky, Tennessee and Louisiana. Initial recruitment involved the use of cold-calling, direct and indirect marketing and relationship building. The later stages of recruitment involved counseling and guiding students through academic and financial related issues. This position required extensive travel and excellent presentation and time-management skills. My goal was to successfully sell a $25,000 per year education to prospective students and their parents.

I provided various administrative services to NASA's Virginia Small Aircraft Transportation Systems Lab (VSATS) initially as an intern and later in a consulting role. My work included various administrative, contractual and financial tasks, as well as marketing and technical assessment development and analysis. I was charged with setting up all aspects of the business operation. I designed and implemented various record keeping and administrative operations, implemented check and balance plans, developed operational guidelines to aid in future training efforts, and provided accounting support as well as contractual and consulting support for 19 diverse entities. My greatest accomplishments include being a co-recipient of the 2005 NASA Turning Goals Into Reality Award and developing a technical assessment report of the Danville Regional Airport and surrounding area that was utilized by NASA in selecting Danville as the official location for the National SATS Demonstration. The June 2005 National Demonstration resulted in mass exposure and untold revenue for the City of Danville and surrounding businesses.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration

Bachelor'S Degree, Global Marketing Management & Management Science Majors