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United States

• Selected to head business development campaigns for one of the music industry’s leading enterprises generating multi-million-dollar annual revenues. Exercise astute negotiation tactics while closing trademark and.
• Take charge of annual budget as well as global licensing and brand acquisition initiatives with direct oversight of 40+ high-profile licensors.
• Prove vital to producing $100M in annual retail sales comprising 52% of current top-line sales revenue through strategic licensing partners and global distribution tactics across the world including Europe and Asia..
• Exercise cross-functional leadership with product development team and other departments in preparing go-to-market strategies for new product releases. Enable cost-efficiencies and optimal revenue growth with astute.
• Garnered praise and recognition for securing global licensing relationships with partnership exclusivity extensions that include Fender, Gibson, Universal Music Group, Motown, AMS Neve, Hammond, Harman, Solid State.
• Partner with key executive and business teams to efficiently complete over six global M&A transactions (due diligence, negotiating, legal document drafting, and integration)

United States

• Achieved series of promotions, upward mobility, and increased leadership responsibility within world-renowned company. Developed and directed top-performing team producing record-breaking revenue from a global.
• Led a cross functional team that developed the first-ever automobile audio system, Fender Premium Audio. Also launched, designed, and deployed an award-winning, branded automobile: the Volkswagen Beetle Fender Edition.
• Controlled 30+ highest revenue grossing licenses and global distribution tactics for all licensed product categories including professional audio, apparel and accessories, mobile devices, and collectibles.
• Surpassed expectations by skyrocketing licensing revenue 43% in only five years and generating billions of brand impressions by capitalizing on third parties’ resources.
• Led licensed product lines to produce up to $42M in retail sales revenue streams and catapulted the Fender brand into mainstream recognition.

United States

• Defined and executed next-generation product strategies. Facilitated market research and analysis, assessed client demands and developed product strategies to ensure the company maintained competitive market positioning.
• Directed team in engineering and marketing an industry first: the fastest-selling MyTouch device in T-Mobile’s history, the 2010 T-Mobile MyTouch Fender Mobile Device.
• Initiated and maintained key licensing and marketing relationships with MTV and Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. to launch the Rock Band video game franchise. Captured recognition for enabling the sales of 20M units.
• Took leadership initiative to identify and investigate intellectual property infringement claims involving the collaboration with in-house counsel to produce settlements generating $200K per year.

United States

• Increased annual product line revenue by an average of 21% above budget targets; acquired and maintained vendor relationships in order to develop best in class products, improve margins, and streamline product.
• Organized and managed official Fender ecommerce environment (www.fender.com/store)
• Established and successfully launched official Jackson Guitars and Gretsch Guitars ecommerce environments (www.jacksonguitars.com), (www.gretschguitars.com).
• Created and administered over three hundred lifestyle products, which included men’s/women’s apparel and accessories, collectibles, bags, and jewelry.
• Produced and monitored an innovative, cost reducing multi-channel global supply chain mechanism for all clothing and collectibles to include product master maintenance, global inventory assessment, daily global sales.

United States

• Created a cost reducing, multi-channel global distribution program for all corporate marketing and advertising materials; Coordinated and managed domestic corporate trade show environments and logistics.Key.
• Designed and implemented marketing services budget matrix to improve expense tracking.
• Arranged corporate global sales meeting presentations.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Marketing, 3.6 Gpa

Bachelor of Science, Marketing

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management, 3,6 Gpa