As a senior leader in several organizations I have learned that people are the key to success of any business. It is great to provide a great product or service, you also need committed people that fit in the culture and have passion to make it work.Some of my memorable accomplishments include:. Helped a specialty retailer go from 350 stores to over 1300 stores in 5 years and from approximately $300 million in Sales to over $1 Billion in Sales in the same time period. Lead the development and implementation of more than 10 different successful websites used for the sale of products and education of customers/clients. Lead the development of proprietary software package for quoting that reduce the cycle from 2 weeks to less than 2 days with 85% turned around in the same day. Lead the development and implementation of event based marketing system for use by several different retail operations that achieved double digit sales growth while their competition remained flat in sales growth. Lead and/or assisted in the negotiation and integration of over 50 mergers and acquisitions valued individually between $25 thousand and $50 million each. Lead the development and implementation of a professional retail management program that increased sales by 50%, while increasing payroll by less than 10%. Developed and lead the implementation of a due diligence program followed by a fortune 500 company. Developed and implemented unique valuation models for acquisitions used by various companiesMy key characteristics are as follows:. Focus on profits and results . Experience covers retail and outside sales, marketing and new business development, manufacturing (including both repetitive and custom job shop manufacturing). Over 10 years of Mergers and Acquisition Experience. Consultant with strong strategic planning skills. Effective system selection and integration