3/09 - date: F.K. Hubbard & Associates, Inc. - Indianapolis, IN President - F.K. Hubbard and Associates provides sales, marketing and business consulting services to small/mid-sized clients. Diverse customer base includes an information support service company, multiple furniture manufacturers and forestry raw materials suppliers.Accomplishments include:• Developed new service capabilities for IT firm extending reach and services into e-Marketing. Doubling the qualified target audience and increased revenue 100%.• Broadened furniture manufacturers target audience and qualified prospect base by 100%, increasing sales significantly.• Expanded markets and created new products for raw materials supplier.

8/00 – 2/09 Rustic Integrity - Avon, IN President - Designed and marketed unique rustic furniture line to both retail and hospitality markets. Accomplishments include:• Transformed and revitalized stagnant State-run business, growing revenues by 800%.• Opened-up new markets for product line by establishing direct distribution channel into retail furniture and hospitality markets, growing revenue by 800% in four years.• Changed manufacturing model, tapping into a motivated and disadvantaged talent pool that achieved high product quality, built valuable skill sets and strong work ethic.• Created a win, win, win scenario by offering consumers a superior product at lower cost while developing a skilled labor pool.

4/99 – 7/00 Old Hickory Furniture Company - Shelbyville, IN Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing Established in 1885 Old Hickory Furniture Company is one of the oldest surviving furniture manufactures in America, specialize in rustic furniture for residential and hospitality markets. Reporting to the President, responsible for overseeing all sales and marketing for all products in Retail, Hospitality and Retail display markets.

3/98 - 4/99 Image Concepts, Inc. - Carmel, IN Senior Account Manager Image Concepts is a small marketing communications agency; responsible for overseeing account management, sales, media and research. • Created new services and capabilities developed Agency billing doubled during period of employment due to leadership and experience that for the agency.

4/96 - 3/98 Aearo Company - Indianapolis, IN National Merchandising Manager Aquired by 3M in 2008, Aearo is the largest manufacturer and marketer of safety products for both industrial and consumer products globally. Responsible for marketing Personal Safety Products to consumer markets including Hardware, Home Centers and Sporting Goods. • Strengthened Aearo Global Brand by eliminating overlapping brands.• Analyzed marketing opportunities and developed marketing strategies that drove significant new revenue. • Created annual merchandising and promotional programs for growing consumer group that increased revenue and reduced marketing cost.• Established tri-lingual packaging in four product categories under three brands internationally, significantly reduced packaging cost.

Independent Marketing Consultant – Chicago, ILProvided innovative marketing communications services to companies within multiple industrial categories, including strategic planning, brand development, trade show design, advertising design, media buying, collateral design and production, direct mail, telemarketing and video production.

Total P&L responsibility for 11 state region for global recruitment advertising agency (a division of global #2 Omnicom). Served on the Executive Board and reported to Chief Financial Officer in New York City.• Developed unique recruiting projects for clients that dramatically reduced hiring cost; • Doubled agency billing.

An award winning full-service advertising agency headquartered in Redondo Beach, CA. FKH&A was founded in the highly competitive advertising market of Los Angeles not with clients, but with an innovative media strategy that became highly successful. Within four years the agencies billings exceeded $5M annually and employed 35 professionals in two offices; the agency was sold to NW Ayer in 1984.• Received coveted Clio Award for best radio commercial.

The five year period following my military service between early 1974 and early 1979 was spend in three advertising sales positions as an Account Executive within two advertising agencies and one national media firm.

U.S. Army Security Agency - Germany Crypto Analyst - Top Secret Clearance Reporting to the base commander, prepared top secret intelligence briefing and audio visual presentations for foreign and domestic dignitaries.