Consumer, Food & Beverage and Retail Sectors

With a track record that spans almost 20 years, Amherst Partners is one of the Midwest's most reputable boutique investment banking, corporate restructuring and management advisory firms, with locations in Birmingham (MI) and Chicago. Among its core services, Amherst provides middle-market companies with significant financial advisory expertise for business divestitures, acquisitions and corporate finance transactions. Our professionals share a commitment to developing a "trusted advisor" relationship with our clients and referral partners, and have amassed an extraordinary track record of success, with over 400 domestic and cross-border transactions exceeding $12 billion in total transaction value.

Responsible for business and product development for Allied, and also seeking out businesses and organizations that could benefit from Popology, a product offering from Allied. I helped companies implement systems to increase their efficiency and decrease costs associated with their marketing and communication process. Some issues that companies brought to me were concerns with their marketing becoming fragmented, closets filled with outdated or ineffective marketing materials, their quality and brand image becoming hard to control, or even pre-sale qualification and post sale satisfaction problems.Popology allows you to more effectively reach your customers by enabling targeted electronic and print communications. The web-based portal can be used for brand, collateral and inventory management, as well as to facilitate both simple and complex campaigns and projects across multiple channels.

Olympia Media Group operates The Odyssey, a weekly newspaper written, published, and read by fraternity and sorority members at colleges through the country. I managed the on-campus teams at seven different universities, who worked to build The Odyssey brand on campus and help local businesses make their brands more visible and prominent amongst the Greek community through means of advertising. I managed, coached and trained 60+ employees, and oversaw $300,000+ in revenues within my region. Was a member of the Corporate Executive Team, whose role it was to make pertinent day-to-day decisions regarding operations and strategic direction of the entire company.