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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.• U.S. beverage distribution: Southern Wine & Spirits, Glazer’s, Nor-Cal Bev, Unified Grocers.• U.S. retail partnerships: Albertson’s (Safeway), Raley’s, Save-Mart, Food4Less, BevMo.

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