President And Owner
CurrentFounded sourcing firm designed to bring clients’ new consumer product ideas to fruition. Key on locating, qualifying, and securing manufacturing with professionalism, reliability, product quality, timely delivery, and profitability as the focus. Customer base targeted is North American and European marketing importers, inventors, and military/law enforcement agencies. All products provided to specifications required, whether OEM or ODM. Great familiarity with the problems faced by inventors and very experienced in guiding them through this tenuous process.Utilize our own reliable system to identify, qualify, select and maintain long term vendor relationships cutting costs and increasing reliability. Travel as necessary to meet with factories reinforcing personal and professional relationships, as well as forming new connections. Negotiate payment and contract terms, pricing, and delivery schedules on all projects to assure success. Communicate daily with all active factories involved in current projects minimizing risk of errors or late shipments. Complete competence and confidence in all dealings with vendors.Packaged well over 100 different products in numerous internationally known brands. Contributed to customers’ sales brochure verbiage and product claims. Familiarity with UPC coding schemes, UL approvals, intricacies of retail packaging, issues of master carton packing, markings, and resolutions to problems customers are unfamiliar with. Decades of experience dealing with forwarders, Customs brokers, and all manner of logistical issues, including maneuvering the onerous tariff structure. This knowledge speeds time to market and cuts costs while increasing customer’s advantage over market competitors.
