Brian Smith Email & Phone Number

I have always been passionate about culture, community, and consumers. My approach is creative with the courage to execute and the ability to create momentum.Imagine the path from making your first bottle of wine to being a top 50 winery in the US by volume in a few years. Within four years of making that first bottle, our team achieved #56 on Wine Enthusiasts Top 100 Wines of the Year and the highest-rated Rose. Our team achieved both of these milestones without owning a winery or a vineyard. We completely reimagined how quality wine could be made globally and more efficiently from an environmental and financial perspective. I created an innovation function delivering a portfolio of brands that would power our growth to 300,000 cases in wholesale, with multiple brands (valuable in their own right) generating north of $6mm in revenue. Through M&A I positioned the company as a leading supplier in the emerging organic category. Every time we set the course for one of these transformative initiatives, I was told it wasn't possible. It was only through a shared vision, a driven team, and thoughtful execution that we achieved what others thought was just a dream.As an entrepreneur and executive leader, I have a history of success in identifying and acting on market whitespace through product leadership, marketing, creative routes to market, and operational excellence. As the Founder, President, Board Member, and Interim CEO, I have successfully developed and executed strategic initiatives across multiple growth areas and cross-functional teams. These initiatives have included omni-channel sales and marketing, e-commerce, product innovation and development, mergers and acquisitions, brand and creative, operations, and finance. I believe in organizational health and fostering a data-driven culture and high-performance teams.

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  University Of Vermont