David Garrett Email & Phone Number

Bonita Springs, Fl, Us

Kingston, Jamaica, And U.S.

Board member of GraceKennedy Ltd. for the U.S. business. Also, Executive Advisor to the Group CEO on Marketing issues.

North America

-Providing advisory services to the Group CEO and regional leadership at GraceKennedy Foods, Jamaica's largest food and financial services company, to deliver the taste and experience of Jamaica, and other multi-cultural foods, to the world-Delivering quality foods and ingredients with the Grace(R) and La Fe(R) brands -Currently focused on augmenting strategic marketing capabilities in the U.S. and Canadian operations-See more at: www.gracefoods.com, www.lafe.com, www.gracefoods.ca

Dallas Texas, Toronto Ontario, Naples Florida

The Dallga Group LLC, is a management and marketing consulting firm focused on gaining critical insights to solve organizations’ most challenging opportunities. Focused on strategic planning, general business issues, marketing, and sales solutions in the CPG, health care, technology and data management sectors. Dallga leverages significant B2B and B2C experience, product and systems innovation, and problem solving discipline. Our recent work includes: -Assessment of Marketing operations for a leading pediatric equipment company-Assessing and reengineering organizational processes to optimize new initiative launches and sales forecasting accuracy-Business plan creation for an industrial greenhouse operation-Review and assessment of CRM database for highly successful surgery center -Interim CMO for Texas-based Hispanic grocery store chain, reporting to CEO and PE firm, revamping marketing mix and in-store merchandising elements and launching multiple own-label products and the firm's first ever e-commerce site. Chain successfully sold in early 2018.-Designed plan to consolidate multiple acquired brands for countries largest biomass manufacturer of renewable energy-Manage a private-duty senior care business providing certified nursing assistants for the elderly who need help with their activities of daily living-Reversed declining sales of well-known bakery brands in Quebec and English speaking Canada through product repositioning, mass and targeted broadcast advertising and innovative internet consumer engagements, plus impactful in-store merchandising-Developed and implemented a sales strategy and plan for U.S. eye surgery centers for a leading ophthalmology device manufacturer-Repositioned the go-to-market strategy and tactics for a leading global hospital equipment supplier-Designing a strategic plan to double the profitability of a medical supply company, focusing on targeted sales penetration with customized physician messaging

Southwest Florida

-Leading growth initiatives for Brooks Integrated Marketing, a SaaS data firm including: data hygiene to improve clients' database accuracy and ROI, data enhancement to improve clients' targeting and focus, and new customer acquisition tools to drive connectivity, conversions, and revenue growth. -Superior ability to identify and target prospective customers and clients, using the most current data anywhere.-Customers can easily order data to fit their needs on-line at: www.prospectsim.com-See more at: www.brooksim.com, www.freeNCOA.com, www.imdatacenter.com, www.prospectsim.com

Southwestern U.S.

-Best-in-class work truck fabricator based in Phoenix and Las Vegas-Very high quality, customized fabrication, local manufacturing for fast delivery-Assisted leadership in strategic market segmentation and customer targeting-www.Drakeequipment.com

Southwest Florida

-America’s largest fractional marketing firm serving small and mid-sized companies aiming for increased growth for both B2B and B2C organizations-Since mid-June, serving Fiesta Supermarkets in Houston Texas as interim C.M.O., leading turnaround efforts for this 42 year old grocery chain with 70 stores throughout Texas-Launched mass, digital, social media campaigns to reverse declining customer traffic among both core Latino shoppers and next gen consumer segments-www.chiefoutsiders.com

Toronto, Canada Area

-Following a successful consulting engagement, hired as senior marketing executive growing one of Canada’s oldest, and most profitable food businesses-Led marketing for 6 business units across North America, with a diverse portfolio including; commercial and artisanal breads, frozen cakes, pies and deserts, control brand wire cut and sandwich cookies, President’s Choice® baked products, Girl Scouts of America® cookies, Mrs. Field® cookies, and the largest contract manufacturer of ice cream cones in North America-Successfully grew market share and profitability in the intensely competitive bakery category through product innovation including the successful introduction of the All But Gluten® brand, targeted consumer messaging, and greater business analytics, across North America-www.westonfoods.com

Toronto, Canada Area

-The Healthy Grains Institute is a non-profit organization aiming to positively influence the Canadian marketplace by educating professionals and consumers about the healthy aspects of grain based products.

Dallas, Texas

Achieved “speed to value” solutions for companies facing critical situations through this privately held consulting firm. Provided insightful change management across a wide variety of client projects including: -Overhauled the product innovation program and strategic planning process for Dairy Management Inc., the largest farmer funded dairy federation in the U.S., generating renewed growth during a period of consumption stagnation-Reinvented the go-to-market strategy and managed its implementation for the $700 million surgical instrument sterilization division of Johnson & Johnson, generating major revenue and share growth-Provided empirical insights for a major Southwestern residential electricity provider by reassessing and better segmenting the marketplace for future growth in a highly regulated environment

Irving, Texas

-Directed Anglo and Hispanic marketing for this $2.5 billion manufacturer of Mission® and Guerrero® tortillas, Maseca® corn masa flour and affiliated lines including: tortilla chips, salsas and private label products.-Grew category leading brands +11% per year, dramatically outpacing industry trends, by successfully extending the product portfolio and entering new territories in the Northeast and Midwest-Evolved the Mission brand to better target non-Hispanic consumers with industry leading value-added product initiatives, innovative packaging, and a first of its kind tortilla category merchandising solution for grocery retailers-Created an award winning website designed to help consumers integrate tortillas into popular recipes. -www.missionfoods.com

Dallas, Texas

Transformed this 100-year-old company by revamping the $400MM Brach's® candy brand during significant structural transition including: new European ownership, headquarters and staff relocation and the integration of multiple new manufacturing sources-Spearheaded a return to profitability and share growth, achieving reversal of a 10-year profit loss through portfolio rationalization, a revised marketing mix and aggressive product P&L management-Carefully harmonized manufacturing, sales and marketing strategies delivering a major portfolio renovation, sales system expansion and important cost reductions-Originated more than 20 product and packaging initiatives in 14 months, achieving a strategic shift from a sugar-based product portfolio to a greater chocolate-based orientation; developed and sourced internally and externally. -www.brachs.com

Dallas, Texas

Accountable for operations and management of this $450 million, privately-held strategic marketing and media company, with clients including: Southwest Airlines®, Blockbuster® video and 7-Eleven® convenience stores-Developed business strategies and solutions to achieve ahead-of-industry growth levels for 5,400 7-Eleven retail units across the U.S.; helping achieve an unbroken string of quarterly growth results over 3 years-Recast 7-Elven's retail initiatives by redefining and segmenting the customer base to better meet heavy-user's needs while identifying potential new users-Focused on media effectiveness and cost reduction for television, radio, print, on-line and outdoor advertising plus various sponsorships. -www.camelotsmm.com

Plano, Texas

Led the $1.2 billion children’s snack portfolio with development of strategic and annual marketing plans, product and packaging innovation, brand globalization and marketing team development for; Cheetos®, Funyuns® and Frito-Lay Snack Packs™ multipacks-Accelerated growth levels to 13% annually and share +1.5 points to 58% of U.S. extruded snacks-Successfully designed and test marketed the Go Snacks™ line of canister packaged products, now in distribution across the U.S. with sales of more than $175 million-Significantly bolstered the group’s product development focus while successfully launching innovative Cheetos® Colorz™, with a hidden food dye that playfully changed consumers tongues different colors along with a youth targeted e-business direct marketing tool-Served as Area Marketing Director for the U.K., Canada and South Africa for Frito-Lay’s global branding initiative to partner with 35+ countries in the design and implementation of brand standards and architecture. -www.fritolay.com

Parsippany, Nj

Guided business-to-business marketing and sales initiatives to the international farm community for this $1 billion international agricultural chemical division including various crop herbicides, pesticides and fungicides, until the division was sold in 1999-Developed and piloted a global end-user program linking Cyanamid product sales to the 1998 World Cup* global soccer championship, driving record sales levels in core international markets -Conceived and authored a revised advertising agency structure throughout Latin America; significantly upgrading the division's impact across key markets, driving top-of-mind awareness and purchase intent of new and existing brands under competitive attack by new, value-priced alternative technologies including genetically modified organisms (GMO)

St. Louis, Missouri

Head of marketing for Spectrum's household insecticide domestic and international brands including "Hot Shot"​, "Rid-a-Bug"​ and "Real Kill".-Successfully launched the scented Hot Shot leveraging unique water-based technology, boosting the brand to the #2 product in the category-Developed and launched a faster acting rodenticide capturing significant share and revenue-Doubled export sales to the critical Carribean market

San Juan, Puerto Rico, Barcelona, Spain And Dallas, Texas

Marketing leader for Frito-Lay of Puerto Rico from 1987-1989, then promoted to VP of Marketing for Frito-Lay Spain, based in Barcelona through 1993. -Transferred from Spain to PepsiCo Foods International in Dallas Texas, working for the International VP of Marketing staff; focused on Frito-Lay marketing in Canada, U.K. and South Africa and significantly grew share, revenue, and profit in all 3 geographies-Left PepsiCo in 1993, but rejoined the company in 1999, responsible for Frito-Lay U.S.A. Kids marketing on well known brands like Cheetos(r), Funyuns(r) and others, totaling $1.2B in revenue.

Caribbean And Mexico City, Mexico

Began my career with Procter & Gamble in the Caribbean in classic brand management. After 1 year promoted to Sales Department for training for 6 months and was then promoted to Associate Brand Manager and then Brand Manager on paper products and HBA. Also acting General Manager for Orange Crush soft drinks in the Caribbean and Venezuela with 4 different bottling organizations, achieving recording profitability and significant bottler sales growth. -In 1985, transferred to P&G Mexico for a "Training and Broadening" assignment and after a year, returned to P&G Caribbean

B.A, Business Administration

High School Diploma, Football, Track And Field, Travel

Attended ISB in Junior and Senior years of high school when family was transferred to Belgium