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New York, Ny, Us

Recruited to C-suite at a global PE firm to conceive and execute the creation of a new MSP portfolio called Brightworks IT, along with Brightworks Digital Currently a portfolio of 11 companies. Charged with defining company culture, values, and mission through codification and implementation of customized processes through every aspect of the business while leading acquisitions, maintaining profit margins, and leading and mentoring teamsLead sustainable and replicable expansion and new business prospecting using formula and repetition of sales and client service practices, achieving a 20-40% increase in topline revenueLead acquisition process from targeting, through vetting, due diligence, strategic planning, close and post-close integration; productized a method now adopted as company standard by Managing Partner to acquire the “perfect company”Identify industry trends to create innovative products that meet consumer needs; constantly reinforce the concept of expansion business while mentoring and developing young sales teamCreate and implement an effective transition strategy to migrate clients of former entities to one standardized contract in the first 90 days, leading to an immediate 3-10% increase in revenue, which is secured for 3 years vs 30 days, effectively guaranteeing price escalationSuccessfully merge cultures; create one culture from many, with buy-in from 170 employees/managers. company/team member enthusiastically joins and blends into this new more professional, motivated, mature, and capable environment. Deliver results with industry agnostic principles and expertise in Digital Marketing/SEO/SEM/PPC, formed a new division in 2022, “BrightWorks Digital”; using my same methodology with a totally different industry and type of teams to achieve the same goals. These abilities and efforts allowed us to close on 3 deals in the first 6 months, and a total of 10 deals in my first 18 months

Redwood City, Ca, Us

Sought out for passion, charisma and demonstrated success using the product to create best practice business flows that transformed a business; correctly compensated to ensure an increase in expansion business revenue in a 4-month period, quickly becoming the go-to most indispensable asset in the company’s sales arsenal Partnered with sales team, leading to approximately 500 client meetings, achieving sales of new products to 90% of those clients Consulted with clients in every industry to help them create a strategic integration roadmap; helped businesses to maximize their investment in technology and applications, to be nimble, and to achieve/exceed their business goals today and tomorrowLaunched popular weekly webinar Power Hour; engaged with current and prospective users to demonstrate the tool’s simplicity and power, while hosting prominent business leaders as guests

New York, New York, Us

Promoted to Chief Technology Officer after successfully growing the company’s revenue by 5x. Our new size and our plans to triple the business required a tech department that was strong enough to say “yes” to everything. Procured enterprise-level solutions to accommodate this• Created, maintained, and expanded teams to support business needs and goals. Allowing for a 350% growth in headcount by providing training, tools, and technology to assist leaders in building cohesive teamsLaunched a UK subsidiary that included a Warehouse, two Retail locations, Wholesale Operations, Hospitality, and e-commerce in 8 weeks. I twice managed the successful, simultaneous, national, and international, launch of an integrated ERP, POS, and WMS system. I re-platformed the e-commerce site (three times) resulting in 100%-125% growth in revenue with only a 10%-15% increase in expenses year over year from 2009 to 2021. Made a “cookie-cutter” process for for store tech that allowed setup in 48 hours, facilitating retail footprint growth of 450% in two yearsAttracted attention from leaders in the industry such as Oracle, NetSuite, Celigo, Salesforce and Shopify for use of products to accomplish business goals; became known for building innovative, bullet-proof tools that coincidentally still run at Jonathan Adler to this day; utilized never before or since seen, self-conceived, middleware and .php solutions, for pennies on the dollar Built a secure customer 360-degree database to create more opportunities for analysis and strategic customer success across all platforms and systems; developed a daily inventory reconciliation machine that took counts from 8 different warehouse systems to reconcile our NetSuite inventory in an accounting approved manner Prioritized data uniformity, allowing for the creation off flexible and scalable business flows and integrations that protected revenue, facilitated growth, improved efficiencies and reduced annual costs by $1MM-$3MM

New York, New York, Us

Brought on full time after consulting and grew website revenue 700% in first 3 years.Implemented standards for inventory management, packaging, sales and customer service. Operated with an ethos of constant and unwavering care for our product, clients and moneyCreated a scalable site, integrations, and department that can handle all the growth Jonathan Adler Enterprises can dream ofLed company-wide rebrand of Jonathan Adler; developed new logo, font and color standards that continue to be used by the companyFormulated a sales strategy that grew furniture from 10% to 40% of revenue in 6 monthsIntroduced strategic partnerships with BMW, Calypso and Kiki De Montparnasse, and used these relationships to aid in the growth of all DT effortsDeveloped online product configurator for customizable textiles, resulting in over $1MM in sales in first year.Created and implemented order management system to reduce costs by 20% while increasing shipments by 30% daily, and one-day turnaround by 70%

Founded a tech consulting company with over $150MM in contracts, $25MM annual revenue and $6MM in EBITDA Created and implemented websites for high-profile clients in the financial, media, e-commerce, travel, hospitality & lifestyle sectors, including celebrity Chefs, Top rated restaurnats in NYC, and Leaders of the top financial institutions in the world on Wall StreetTailored business to different facets of client needs, responding to most lucrative opportunities to drive revenue; at one point focused on extremely high-end home audio and automation Pitched and won the opportunity to build the 1st generation digital archive for a global media conglomerateDeveloped an obsession with ERP’s and the potential for revenue in the implementation, integration and support of these systems; created a system tailored to banking that would allow for an ERP to be replaced in only 18 months, a process that historically took 6-7 years Identified staffing needs for all clients; created and grew our offering to 160 contracted employees within 2 years while achieving profit margin of over 100%