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San Francisco / New York / Las Vegas

“Vuelta” is a full-service executive and technical recruitment firm. Clients include: Audible, Caesars Entertainment, Magenic, and additional notable companies.

New York, Ny

A boutique change management consultancy that builds long-term strategic partnerships with clients to support brand growth through evolution and process sustainability and scalability. Emphasis on strategic 360-degree integrative marketing and brand planning, business readiness, change leadership, knowledge sharing ecosystems and specialized project management.Client: Tory Burch

San Francisco Bay Area

Ignition Point Ventures delivers corporate communication strategy. Our belief is simple: Success is where innovation, planning, and action intersect. Our programmatic approach lets you quickly identify innovative ways to improve your business and to put those ideas into action.Clients: T-Mobile, Microsoft, Oracle

San Francisco Bay Area

Founding Partner of a boutique media buying service that targeted small to medium sized businesses. During this time I had the pleasure of learning the true meaning of wearing multiple hats. As founder, I contributed / developed / supported all business functions (Business Development, Brand Identity, Marketing Strategy, and even website design).

San Francisco Bay Area

• Program/Project Management: Led small and large teams (from 4 to 30 people through a shifting competitive market quarter-ends, new product launches, downsizing)• Product Research/Design/Development: Proven abilities in workflow management, project tracking and deadline coordination. Efficient at organizing and prioritizing, researching viable products, creating/implementing work flow calendars tracking project development from inception to delivery (150+ products annually), which in accordance to business needs, influenced cost, service level, turn time, improving customer experience and overall product quality.• Trend/Brand Alignment: Facilitated partnership with the National Football League (NFL); resulting in sales 45% above plan in the first year.• Operational Experience: Collaborated with Outsourcing, Design, Finance, QA teams to design and manage manufacturing of products from ideation-to-market.• Worked cross-functionally making design suggestions, based on customer comments and market reads, to improve online customer interface and product marketability.• Cost Reductions/Negotiations: Led Pottery Barn Teen foreign/domestic vendor meetings negotiating win-win business relations, affecting minimum order quantities and material costs. • R&D Systems: Contributed to the integration and testing of ReTeck. Prior to cloud technology, this system managed and tracked the product life-cycle from ideation-to-market.