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Chicago, Illinois, Us

Professional Actor/ Theatre/ Film/ Television/ Commercial/ Voice Over / Speaker and Event Announcer

Landsberg Am Lech, Bavaria, De

Recruited by Hampton Forge, a leader in the Home Furnishings/ Housewares Industry to lead the launch of two previously unreleased high end brands: Argent and Skandia Flatware and Cutlery. Created, designed and executed a sales, marketing, visual merchandising and e-commerce brand strategy. Launched new products and programs through retailers including: West Elm, Williams-Sonoma, Houzz.com, Kohls, Bloomingdale's, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Touch of Modern and various higher end specialty retailers in the US and Canadian Market. Designed, created and closed a 700+ Store, E Commerce and Gift & Bridal Registry Flatware Program at Macy's launching in January 2017. Projected wholesale purchases in Year 1 , $2.5 million. Added Sales Representative agencies in Atlanta and San Francisco. Also facilitated partnership with a Canadian Distributor that will achieve sales in excess of $1.0 Million in a year. The division sales upon departure in December 2016 were running 30% ahead of plan / budget.

Bristol, Pa, Us

Recruited by Lenox Corporation to head up the Sales and Marketing of the Lenox Housewares Division. Directed 12 sales groups with 100+ representatives. Lead initiatives to dramatically expand account base. Sales increased by 18%. Design and execute product, marketing and merchandising development for branded products including Lenox, Dansk and Gorham. Licenses are Mario Batali, Rick Bayless, Kathy Ireland, Dr. Weil, Food & Wine and Kate Spade Kitchen. Responsible for all USA, Canada & South America Sales and Marketing efforts. Products include Dinnerware, Cookware, Bakeware, Food Storage, Crystal, Gadgets, Cutting Boards and Small Electrics. Key Accounts include; Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, Williams-Sonoma, West Elm, Crate & Barrel, HSN Television Shopping, Target and Gourmet Catalog.

Recruited to HC USA, Inc, a subsidiary of Happycall LTD headquartered in South Korea. Innovative Housewares/Home products including a unique cookware product that will revolutionize the cooking industry. Already launched worldwide, HC USA is now launching in the USA Marketplace. Responsible for business development, e-commerce, brand strategy, sales strategy, planning and forecasting, public relations and social market planning, visual merchandising development and execution. Launched HC with QVC Home Shopping Television, Bloomingdales and Macy’s.

Joinville, Santa Catarina, Br

Neoflam Americas is a subsidiary of Neoflam LTD a China / South Korea housewares and kitchen products manufacturer with offices worldwide and sales exceeded $125 million in 2013. Responsible for business development of major accounts, retail and e-commerce sales and marketing, brand strategy, product planning and forecasting for the USA and Canadian markets as well as visual merchandising strategies, trade show development, DRTV and Infomercial creation and execution. Retail partners include Wal-Mart, QVC (USA, Germany, Italy, Japan, Taiwan), Pampered Chef, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Macy’s, Bloomingdales, HSN, AAFES, Amazon (several additional online flash sites and retailers), Costco (USA and International), Sam’s (USA and International).

Recruited by WMF Group, a high-end European kitchenware manufacturer to launch a new division, Silit Cookware, to the USA marketplace. Created, designed and executed a sales, marketing, visual merchandising, e-commerce and brand strategy that included launching Silit at Bloomingdales (stores and online), Macys (stores and online), Bed, Bath & Beyond (online), Amazon.com and various high-end independent culinary retailers and e-commerce merchandisers. Was responsible for WMF Key Account Management. Served as Sales Manager to the Eastern Region. Directed 12 Sales Representatives Groups. Increased sales by 21% in less that 1 year.