Publications International, LTD., is a privately held publishing (children's interactive sound books, cookbooks, magazines and digital content), consumer products company that was founded in 1967.* Have expanded presence in Bed, Bath & Beyond with 3 new SKUS in ancillary departments* Have grown ALDI into an annual $500K business* Increased sales in Cracker Barrel by 116% vs PY* Grew SKU count in FedEx Stores by 50% through distributor* Developed Wal-Mart Canada to a $4MM business* Devised plans resulting in $15MM in sales at Wal-Mart U.S. * 5 straight years of double-digit growth resulting in a increase of 53%* Secured $3MM+ in new business with Back-To-School pallet promotions at Wal-mart* Managed 73,225 total facings, growing the facing count by 12%* Spearheaded introduction of a new toy format in Toy Dept.* Grew POG sales by 49.4% in Wal-Mart FY2009, resulting in a $1.25MM increase in retail sales* Increased Loblaw's business +20% * Hired, trained and mentored 6 Sales, Operational and Replenishment team members.* Formulated and managed merchandising operations chain wide at Wal-Mart (U.S. & Canada)

Publications International, LTD., is a privately held publishing (children's interactive sound books, cookbooks, magazines and digital content), consumer products company that was founded in 1967.* Managed Senior Key Account Managers, with overall revenue of $8MM+ annually* Diversified the product portfolio, resulting in sales growth at Kohl's to $4MM+ annually* Developed packaging for Story Reader for Kohl's Holiday Toy Program, resulting in $250,00 in new revenue* Devised sales strategies resulting in annual sales of $1MM+ at Aldi's.

Publications International, LTD., is a privately held publishing (children's interactive sound books, cookbooks, magazines and digital content), consumer products company that was founded in 1967.* Managed Senior Key Account Managers with total sales budget of $11MM+ annually.* Initiated new distribution at Kohl's resulting in $2MM in sales, an increase of 127%* Negotiated and implemented placement in JCPenney, resulting in new revenue of $1MM.* Implemented new sales strategy, resulting in $500K increase over PY at Disney Stores, raising revenue to $2MM+* Restructured and revitalized the sales plans, growing sales at Cracker Barrel to $2MM+* Spearheaded the design of a promotional program, resulting in new revenue of $500,000

Sales and distribution responsibilities for Regional mass market and Specialty store channels of trade.* Exceeded budget three consecutive years, by 27%* Generated top line growth of 81% from new revenue streams * Diversified the business plan resulting in $1MM+ in annual sales at Cracker Barrel* Restructured the sales strategies at The Disney Stores, driving revenue to $1MM+, up 18% in first year

Golden Books was the preeminent publisher of Children's books (Little Golden Books) for decades, now currently owned by Random House.As a Territory Account Manager, I:* Drove sales to $2MM+* Sold to 125 accounts over a 7 state territory* Sales Manager to a national distributor, national and regional mass retailers* Increased sales by $775K, a 45% increase in one year* Implemented POG's at two regional mass retail accounts resulting in $750K in new revenueAs a Merchandising Account Supervisor, I:* Major contributor to the launch a new retail initiative at Toys 'R Us* Exceeded budget by 27% and maintained zero turnover* Hired, staffed, trained and mentored 10 merchandisers* Elected to Conference of Champions in 1993