Former store leader as store manager, responsible for all store metrics, motivating and elevating sales among home furnishings consultant, store display, and day-to-day operations. Three-time member of the company's Million Dollar Club, shipping in excess of $1 million in furniture and mattresses.

Assisted leading technology providers in the restaurant and allied hospitality industries with their sell-in efforts, which include sales training, business/competitive intelligence, market research, and journalistic-quality white papers.

Part-time lecturer for the business department at SUNY Ulster, teaching undergraduate classes for the introduction to marketing, management, and business law classes.

Senior account executive with P&L- and quota-based responsibility for a nine-state Northeastern territory, selling a suite of applications to food-service and retail chains hosted via the software as service model. Primary emphasis was on a Web browser-based business intelligence solution that utilized BusinessObjects as the front-end viewer that allowed operators to make more sound and timely decisions about their operations that improved their top- and bottom-lines.Consistently exceeded quota by cultivating new relationships and strengthening existing ones. Major accounts included Fuddruckers, ARAMARK, Cosi, and Madison Square Garden Enterprises.

Founding technology editor for the nation's leading B-to-B publication for the foodservice industry. Helped develop the technology niche, along with the publication's Website www.nrn.com. Represented the publication at numerous trade shows, including board representation on the company's FS/TEC, venue, the first technology forum and trade show dedicated to technology for restaurant operators.

Successfully sold market research and competitive intelligence projects to Fortune 250 companies, primarily in the foodservice, consumer packaged goods and information technology industries. With the owner, developed a framework for companies to develop their own intelligence networks. Managed a team of business analysts and administrative staffers.