David Wachter Email & Phone Number

Austin, TX, US

Beverly Hills, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Greater New York City Area

• C-suite executive responsible for creating, leading, and executing the company’s strategy and vision for the eCommerce and Digital Marketing Group (Jimmy Jazz Direct) for a $400M+ specialty fashion apparel & shoe.
• Achieved double digit EBITDA after first three years online by focusing on budget control measures.
• Instrumental in 12% reduction in churn of associates in call center and fulfillment operations.
• Promoted a reduction in expenses by 6% and increase in productivity by 11%.
• Increased gross margins on clearance product by 300 basis points and reduced aging of product in 90 day+ bucket by 20%.
• Exceptional performance earned three executive promotions in a 10-year period including VP, SVP, EVP to President.

New York And Los Angeles

• In 2005 I founded a multi-channel business-to-consumer (B2C, D2C) startup retail company specializing in dance apparel retail stores, eCommerce and catalog sales. As the Principal of the company, I was responsible for.
• Employed innovative marketing techniques to grow top line sales 20% to 34% each year over budget expectations.
• Led customer-facing initiatives to show continuous improvement and incorporate customer input into next generation eCommerce storefront, resulting in a 50 basis point increase in conversions.
• Exceeded EBITDA goals 2 of 3 years by expense reduction, productivity enhancement measures.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• I was the Director of Sales for business development for over three years for the HealthSystem Hospital chain accounts in pharmaceutical distribution. I successfully directed and set revenue goals for the sales.
• Successfully managed a $2.3B sales budget.
• Renewed over $300M in annual revenues through leading contract renewal negotiations of several hospital chains and major accounts.
• Increased revenue goal by 5% or $93M over goal for FY04, and 16% increase over prior year sales through program penetration initiatives and improved market coverage.
• Achieved a 16% variance of expense budget in FY04 due to increased focus on cost control measures of budget line items.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• My tenure with Office Depot resulted in three positions with the company, Account Executive, Regional Sales Training Manager, and District Sales Manager. As the District Sales Manager, I managed the business to.
• Oversaw printing and furniture contracts and achieved ranking of 1st out of 13 markets in Southern California in 2002 based on revenue and gross profit goals.
• Repeated success in sales management resulted in ranking of 2nd out of 30 markets in 2001 on revenue and gross profit goals.
• Demonstrated e-commerce skills resulted in the company being ranked 1st in e-commerce initiatives out of 30 districts in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
• Led sales team ranked 1st in furniture sales in 2001.
• Recipient of “Paradise Cup” award two consecutive years as “district of the year” in 2001 and 2002.My key accomplishments as Regional Sales Training Manager include:

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Arts & Business Administration

B.S., Business & Arts Administration

Activities and Societies: Delta Tau Delta

Graduate Work Towards Masters, Business Administration And Management, General