David Garth Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

• Manage product development of food/beverage products incl. package design, production setup.
• Head up product launch incl. logistics, distributor & retail programs, marketing, social media.
• Negotiate licensing of consumer branded goods from high-profile entertainment properties.
• Partners include Paramount, Lucasfilm, BBC, Square Enix, Warner Bros, Autodesk, 7-Eleven.
• Advisor on Cannabis Distribution to Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) and National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA).

San Francisco Bay Area

• Headed licensing and distribution of food and beverage products.
• Licensing partners: High-profile entertainment properties from HBO, Sony, Warner Bros.
• Distribution partners: Urban Outfitters, Hot Topic, BevMo, Best Buy, Delivery Agent, ThinkGeek.
• Supervised product supply chain and logistics.
• Managed successful product go-to-market strategy, incl. retailer programs, social media, mobile.

Las Vegas, Nevada And San Francisco, CA

• Headed large investment fund’s holdings in energy drinks and bottled water manufacturing.
• Directed product development and production setup of beverage for US and China.
• Responsible for beverage distributor relationships, incl. Southern Glazer's, 7-Eleven.
• Managed logistics, distributor programs, retail launches, pricing strategies and marketing.
• Drove brand licensing partnerships with Chinese manufacturers and distributors.

Attnang-Puchheim, Austria And San Francisco, CA

• Spitz is one of Austria’s largest food manufacturers, with a range of goods from cakes to alcoholic beverages.
• Managed beverage product development for international markets.
• Supervised compliance of all ingredients, branding and packaging.
• Established multiple international beverage distribution agreements.
• Developed brand licensing contracts and successful overseas production contracts.
• Developed annual P&L plan and forecasts for overseas operations, reported directly to Board.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Responsible for business development at fast-growing web development company.
• Scoped, presented, negotiated and closed project proposals and contracts.
• Created standard contracts and project costing processes for company-wide use.
• Major project: WineShopper.com, an online wine retailer shipping alcohol direct to customers.
• Worked with the existing 3-tier alcoholic beverage distribution system to allow legal shipment.

Greater Seattle Area

• Senior consultant on research-based product distribution projects.
• Clients included IBM, Cisco Systems, Compaq, AT&T and Intel.
• Developed and presented product launch and strategic go-to-market plans.
• Drove successful new networking, telecom and internet consulting practices for company.
• Planned and managed large-scale quantitative and qualitative distribution channel research.

Msc (Econ.), Social Philosophy

Ba (Hons.), Politics And Parliamentary Studies

Education record

Woodford Green, Essex