Highly driven sales and marketing executive with 30 years of demonstrated success in consumer electronics, kitchen and bath decorative hardware, fluid control and contract furniture industries. Extensive experience developing and growing global businesses that range from plastic injection molding, contract manufacturing, industrial coatings, decorative and functional surface finishing, water management and conservation in sanitary ware and contract commercial furniture for workplace and healthcare. Specialist in driving aggressive top line growth at VC start-ups, PE turn-arounds/re-tools all over the world. Effectively executed leadership roles in sales, marketing and product development for several category leading multi-national companies. Particularly effective at creating and driving winning sales teams through inspirational leadership and accountability management. I am very familiar with European, Asian, Latin American and Middle Eastern business practices and culture and have consistently driven top line growth for my employers in those geographic markets. A history of success spanning over three decades has positioned me to continue my winning record of growing the top line year-over-year.Specialties: Sales and Marketing management, executive leadership, start-up's and turn-arounds, market research and analysis, pricing strategy and policy, contract negotiation, distribution agreements, brand and category management, P&L/budgeting, staff development, hiring and recruiting, new product development, product and service bundling and vertical market entry.