Declan Fries Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Supported by an unparalleled network of thousands of the world’s highest performing freelancers, experts and consultants, agencies, firms, and service providers, Centurion is a world-class strategic consulting and professional services firm, providing leading businesses and organizations from startups to Fortune 100 with access to the the market’s best talent, resources, and strategic counsel. Most work done on confidential basis - we work in stealth. Clients include nine to eleven figure startups, retailers, brands & F500Influencer/Celebrity Talent Management Group: • Built 150M+ (Client) Collective Follower Reach Under Management (not including music listeners) in under three months including with 3+ clients in the 20M-30M+ follower range• Facilitated influencer and celebrity partnerships, collaborations, and product seedings with hundreds of leading brands including startups, global luxury brands, and Fortune 100, as well as familiar brands like FashionNova, Celsius, Revolve, Vital Proteins, Volley Seltzer, Commodity Fragrances, One Hotels, Meshki, Pixi Beauty, Sprayground, Dolce Vita, Miansai, Dossier, SikSilk, and MDSolarSciences, to name a few, and PR agencies like Purple PR, Zimmerman, CLD PR, and countless others. • Advised/collaborated on deals with several Fortune 100/500 and top luxury brands with top PR agencies and other management teams on confidential basis• Consulted and offered white label services to top celebrity management teams including top actors, multi-platinum musicians, & tv/internet personalities• Advised top celebrities on career and personal brand development, financial/investment strategy, and brand/venture development• Worked with several leading fashion and footwear brands CMO/executives to gauge the feasibility and start the process of celebrity product collaborations.Currently in Development (SaaS):• MarTech• Analytics (Marketing, Sales, Ecom/Web, etc)• AI & ML• Misc SaaS Products - CRM, CMS/Web Builder, etc

Mountain View, Wy, Us

EquiFin: FinTech Startup - Alleviating social and economic inequities by redefining the ways banks, loan lenders, etc assess and determine financial responsibility, while aiming to provide free widespread financial, financial literacy, and educational opportunities to the general public (especially historically marginalized communities)SafeRez: Tech Startup - Identity, Financial, General Fraud, and Miscellaneous Risk Management and (Reservation/Ticket/etc) B2B Booking SoftwareStealth mode (TBA) — hired to lead (as CEO) a venture-backed one of a kind talent, client, and business opportunity research and identification platform powered by AI/ML and capitalizing on data/insights from leading data sources and integrations, providing unparalleled B2B and consumer technology products to some of the worlds most exciting agencies, firms, music/talent labels, and independent talent.

• CEO and creative director of Sadmon, an environmentally, socially, and mental health conscious luxury streetwear label.• Oversee all aspects of design, philanthropy, inventory, manufacturing, marketing, financials, and operations• Since taking over, have significantly increased total sales, overall social and website traffic, and ROI/effectiveness of marketing campaigns, in addition to other metrics• Developed and strengthened relationships with influencers and celebrities to help scale brand; secured countless high profile, impactful product seedings without spend• Expanded Sadmon globally to dozens of countries and four continents without spend• Achieved 50M+ organic social media impressions and brand seen by tens of millions globally with zero paid advertising, social media, or PR budget• Expanded brand into luxury retailers• Oversaw manufacturing and production with manufacturing partners throughout Europe, Asia, and North America — including same manufacturers as top luxury/fashion brands

Paris, Fr

LVMH’s Professional Development & Education ProgramMay-July 2023Oct-Dec 2023May-June 2024Subject Matter: • LVMH (Business Model) & The Luxury Industry• Luxury & Sustainability• Supply Chain & Operations• Creation & Branding• Retail & Customer ExperienceNotable Instructors & Contributors: • CEO(s) - Benefit Cosmetics, Fendi, etc• EVP - Global Consumer Products, Retail & Luxury Practices @ Bain & Company• C-Suite & Senior Executives - LVMH Group, Louis Vuitton, Sephora, Christian Dior, Fendi, Hublot, BVLGARI, Parfums Christian Dior, Guerlain, Fresh, TAG Heuer, Celine, Hennessy, Veuve Clicquot, Moët, Chandon, Dom Pérignom, Ruinart, Mercier, Kenzo Parfums, Givenchy Perfumes, Moët Hennessy Diageo China, Fabernovel, etc• Professors & Academic Chairs - London School of Economics (LSE), Harvard, New York University (NYU), Central Saint Martins, Parsons (Paris) - The New School, HEC Paris, Bocconi University, CentraleSupélec, L’Institut François de la Mode, Ecole des Ponts, ESSEC Business School, Sciences Po Paris• Management Consultants & Consulting Executives @ Fabernovel, Bain & Co., etc.• Experts - China & Asia Markets, Luxury Research/Data & Analytics, etc

Los Angeles , California, Us

• Altro (Y Combinator S20; $20M+ Raised) helps people build credit through recurring expenses and payments• Employee #4 (first non-co founder hire); third longest standing employee (longest standing after founders) at exit, reporting/working directly with Founder & CEO• Responsibilities in areas including marketing, pr and communications, business development, customer discovery, and general ideation and strategy, in addition to using entrepreneurial expertise/mindset to develop ideas, initiatives, etc to scale organization• Lead and developed project to help expand our services to countless new customers nationwide by working with some of the nation's largest real estate investment trusts and property management groups• Developed and wrote content for our Financial Literature (FinLit) Academy• Identified potential new customers, corporate partners, and funnels; assisted in client/user onboarding process• Marketing, PR, Business Development - Developed marketing/pr and businesses development strategies; identified journalists and outlets to introduce our service(s) to their base(s) and ultimately scale organization.• Left company to focus on building and scaling The Centurion Group, and several tech startups (Founded - EquiFin, SafeRez, etc)

Ca

Clients: VC-backed SaaS startups, Fashion & Luxury Brands, Celebrities & Celebrity Business Ventures/Strategy, Talent Agencies/Music Labels, Top PR Firms, UHNWI (including Billionaires and advising on investments and VC funds for multi-billion dollar families), Alcohol & Spirits Brands, Leading Professional Service Firms, Hospitality Groups, Consulting Firms (white label/project-based) and more- Strategy and Direction, Art & Creative Direction- Marketing and Communications- Creative and Strategic Problem Solving- Social Media- GenZ & Millenial- Ecommerce- Digital Marketing- OOH Advertising- Software and Technology Consulting- Web/Tech Development- Graphic/Visual Design- Content Production & Consulting- Manufacturing & Merchandising- Shipping & Distribution- Storage & Fulfilment- Influencer & Celebrity Marketing/Business/etc- New Product/Service Ideation- Research & Analysis- Fashion, Beauty, Luxury, CPG, Hospitality, and D2C Brand Consulting- B2B and SaaS Consulting- Other; Expertise/Experience in Plethora of Other Areas

- Server, Bar-back, food runner, busser, host, bartender, Chef, Expo, Host, POS, Front-of-house Manager, etc- Volunteer & Work: Daycares, Senior Citizen Centers, Food Packing & Shelves, etc - Employers: Agra Culture (Interbloom Hospitality), White House Pizza, etc

- Top reseller of highly exclusive and sought after shoes (Yeezys, Jordan’s), vintage clothing, and hype clothing (Supreme, Bape, etc) selling to clients (including celebrities, rappers and musicians, pro athletes, etc) all over the country- Ran Popups Bi-monthly with 1,500+ person attendances- Partner in Kings of Vintage (Business partner’s subsequently founded Urban Jungle, a nation leading fashion/footwear/vintage resell store which I was offered the opportunity to be a partner in)

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