Daren Steuart Email & Phone Number

Bountiful, Utah, United States

I am the owner of Decorum and lead corporate strategy, financial analysis, operational improvement, and product line selection. Decorum wholesales and retails home decor products that are artistic, high quality, functional, and affordable. We wholesale our products to home decor boutiques and gift shops, distribute our products through large e-commerce companies, our company website, and have a market presence throughout the United States via commissioned sales representatives. My role is to understand our end consumer and find the best way to put our products into their hands. I sell into key accounts, lead our sales team, determine our optimal distribution strategy, collaborate all functional areas of the company, and negotiate contracts with third parties.

I was selected in the top 5% of all applicants for competitive 1:1 coaching in advanced tech sales training program it includes 200+ hours of inbound qualification, outbound prospecting, modern sales tools, and solution selling. I am trained and tested on modern sales platforms, including Salesforce, Outreach, LinkedIn, ZoomInfo, Zoom, Drift, and SlackFellows in Flockjay's program receive high-impact, hands-on sales training from world-class experts at companies including Google, Box, Dropbox, and Intercom. Flockjay debuted on Product Hunt at #1, was a Top 10 Y Combinator Startup by Techcrunch, and the Venture Award Grand Prize Winner at the 10th Annual ASU GSV EdTech Summit.

Agri is a molecular diagnostic start-up that creates tools to enable fast and effective decision-making based on pathogen identification in resource constratined environments. Funded in part by the Gates FoundationLead initiatives for market research, business development, fundraising, strategy formulation, and strategic partnerships. Creates business roadmap, directs market research, customer needs assessment initiatives, and competitor analysis. Manage relationships with government, academia, and private industry. Ensure compliance with licensing agreements, regulatory requirements, and research commitments.

I led the Marketing, Product Management, and Sourcing functions to create a retail concept which focused on providing affordable fashion accessories and clothing to girls aged 0 to 8 years in shopping malls. I was responsible for creating the business plan, obtaining financing, business development, opening new locations, and hiring and training sales staff. I also created an international supply chain.

FitStash was created to increase the communication between fitness professionals through a social media platform which allowed easy sharing of exercise routines, images, music, training experiences, and industry news. It was a hybrid of Facebook, Digg, and YouTube for an industry vertical.I was responsible for leading the platform design by gathering Voice of Customer data, obtaining financing, project management of platform development, revenue generation, and business development.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Create strategy, develop tactics and lead cross functional teams to grow revenue and improve profitability of an insurance product portfolio. Managed force placed homeowners portfolio.

Managed profit and loss results for insurance product portfolios. Negotiate with independent insurance agents, create market strategy, manage marketing activities, determine pricing of insurance products and manage relationships with regulators. Responsible for $150 million non standard auto portfolio.

Manage profit and loss of assigned states. Strategy, market development, and relationship building.

A $13.6 billion insurance company; Developed an initiative that reduced policyholder defection by 15% through operational restructuring.Analyzed competitor pricing and strategic initiatives leading to streaming display of comparison rates.

Master'S Of Business Administration, Strategic Management And Finance

MBA INTERNSHIPS MCKINSEY & COMPANY - Management DEUTSCHE BANK - Investment banking MOBIL OIL - Strategic Management Program

Master'S Of Arts, International Relations

Masters thesis on comparative corporate governance structures in the United States, Germany, and Japan. Focus on Western European economic.

Bachelor'S Of Science; Bachelor'S Of Science, Political Science; Economics

Selling Skills And Sales Operations