Dean V. Email & Phone Number

Fairfax, VA, US

Fairfax, VA, US

• Founded and lead all operational oversight, including financial management, sales & marketing, and production strategy, leading a team of senior-level employees, overseeing, outsourced staff members.
• Collaborate with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies, leading new business acquisitions and managing current accounts for substantial market share.
• Achieved rapid growth, doubling business every year on average, with some years experiencing 10X growth.
• Direct growth strategy, structure company visions, define business focus, and design strategic roadmaps to support short-term and long-term plans, including projected international expansion within 3 years.
• Building relationships with a network of angel investors and PE-level investors, lead efforts to raise capital and secure resources for infrastructure to support growth plans.
• Conduct market research to identify potential new markets, product agreements, and business opportunities.

• Led company through significant growth, doubling revenues every month for 8 months, expanding from a 3-person team to over 100 employees, and becoming a household name in Swaziland
• Introduced and established new products in the market, positioning the company as the leading comprehensive branding house
• Rebranded from Swazi Design to The Branded Group, trading as Branding Design, and later included Embroidery Specialists
• Developed and managed subsidiary businesses to support the growth and sustainability of Branding Design Swaziland, ensuring continued independent operations
• Oversaw daily operations and strategic initiatives
• Recognized as one of top 50 companies in region, capturing largest market share

• Built the company from the ground up, establishing systems, marketing strategies, customer development, product variations, and staff implementation, while maintaining a 360-degree perspective
• Coordinate investor partnerships, enabling partners to focus on key business areas while provided with overall operations management and cross-support from specialized industry partners
• Spearheaded the integration of BDSA under The Branded Group umbrella
• Identified opportunities and led new business development initiatives, designing and implementing critical systems and securing funding to break into new opportunities
• Led recruitment and hiring, building and developing entire team to support sales and operations
• Consulted for the largest outdoor print consortium of three companies advising on restructuring, liquidations and recovery efforts to form one profitable business

Glen Rock, New Jersey, US

Involved in the analysis, developmetn and then restructure of Finset / Tone / Brand Engineers

The Courier connection was developed initially to improve turn around times for stock from Johannesburg to Swaziland for Swazi Design, our main business at the time. Within in a very short period of time it grew to daily line haul deliveries between Johannesburg and Swaziland and eventually Sold to Triton Express, with the attraction of the secured Bidvest.

Brought in to assist with upgrading production, workflow and export facilities to enable company to export more efficiently.Involved in design of new products, development, store implementation, brand creations and overall systems improvment

From the time I left school, I have always been an entrepreneur, developing my skills in running business, gaining much experience.

Started in the Management Training program initially before moving up the ranks quickly and eventually been sent to open a new depot not long after joining.