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PROBLEM: After participating in commodities markets for several years, I recognized opportunities to streamline the series of processes for both buyers and sellers of the larger cargo, container ships of agricultural grains. Typical quantities: 50,000to 100,000 metric tons.SOLUTION:Exporters, importers, trading companies, and food manufacturers are.

Leesburg, VA, US

From napkin sketches to capital raise, from MVP to a commercially viable product — Atero is now positioned for future growth. With the company in strong hands, I can spend more time at the Board level.

Leesburg, VA, US

Minutes after I was inspired to launch Atero, I recognized that I: ► Was an accomplished sales leader but not a software product developer► Had P&L responsibility but had never raised outside capital► Had built sales teams but never recruited and managed development teamsSo…I joined a variety of networking groups to help me “know what I didn’t know”. As I.

Leesburg, VA, US

Atero is a SaaS platform custom designed to accelerate Online Reordering for manufacturers and distributors that are primarily receiving purchase orders by phone, email and/or fax. By using Atero to move a B2B book of business from offline to online, a manufacturer and/or distributor can supercharge its sales growth.I recognized a major pain point for.

MindShare is a network of chief executive officers (CEOs) from the most promising emerging and high growth technology companies in the Washington, DC region. Over 1,000 CEO’s of highly innovative and dynamic technology companies have joined forces through the MindShare Alumni Network.► In 2016, I was nominated and selected to join MindShare based on the.

Equipment Solutions was a commercial kitchen equipment and furnishings firm initially founded to meet the needs of a handful of manufacturers in the mid-Atlantic. After my prior employer's partnership dismantled, I Iaunched Equipment Solutions to create outsourced sales teams for a group of manufacturers that were looking for representation. We provided.

I created this standalone health care rep firm in tandem with Equipment Solutions, Inc. to generate additional revenue streams through non-food equipment manufacturers and expand beyond core food service business and address the needs of the healthcare market by targeting more than 400 hospitals and large nursing homes in the Mid- Atlantic region. In this.

I achieved growth goal targets by diversifying the company's product mix, adding distributors, doubling the manufacturers represented, and aggressively developing large scale volume customers secured through contracts with chain stores, institutional food service management companies and the General Services Administration.

I launched this company as a vehicle to generate incremental revenue by offering installation and distribution services to Mid-Atlantic Marketing's manufacturers. In this role I directed client-facing operations including Marketing, Sales, and Client Services.

Bachelor’S Degree

Mba, Finance