Minnesota Treads is an active lifestyle footwear and apparel company specializing in service, product knowledge, and the customer experience.

• Business operations consultation for company I founded in 2011 and sold in 2016, per purchase agreement.• Share knowledge and expertise to assist the business owner in achieving goals and problem solving.• Primary focus on providing marketing plans, contract management, product recommendations, strategic planning and financial analysis.

• Branded, designed and developed new concept brick-and-mortar specialty retail store, competing directly with North America's largest industry specialty chain, becoming #1 in marketplace in first year.• Successfully achieved revenue growth and profit of 20%+ in all 6 years of ownership.• Designed and implemented E-Commerce site to compete with both small and large industry online competitors.• Established relationships with several physical therapists, podiatrists, physiologists studying human performance and general practitioners, etc. in the medical community to collaborate on an integrated customer/patient experience.• Thorough quarterly review of vendor contracts to maintain best practice, maximum efficiency and profitability.• Articulate public speaking at both large and small venues as events MC.

• Launched sole Boulder Running Company licensed retail store, resulting in a successful community-centric business, generating more than $5.5M in first two years.• Trained sales and management teams on highly technical products to ensure high-level customer service.• Negotiated contract terms with private and publicly traded corporations, and collaborated with store and contract management teams to ensure that the companies were mutually accountable, efficient and profitable.• Established strong relationships with Colorado's front range medical community to enhance the customer/patient experience.• Wrote performance evaluations to increase communication, leadership opportunities, individual and team progress, recognition and goal setting.• Forecasted annual departmental revenues to assist buying team in maximizing profitability through projections and goals.