Senior management professional, entrepreneur, and business strategist with a proven record for steering business turnarounds, facilitating lucrative transitions to new markets, and creating solid internal structures that are both expandable for future growth, and responsive to customer expectations. Results- and success-driven history of driving 40-65 percentage increase in revenue growth through big-picture vision, creativity, and an intuitive sense for 'what works' in marketing, advertising, and product development. Decisive leadership style is underscored by fiscal acuity, an appreciation for the power of teams to excel, and a genuine commitment to transparent communications with vendors, staff, and clients.Successfully negotiated Million Dollar National Contracts with major, Big Box and Co-op retailers such as Home Depot, Lowes, Target, Sears, Ace, True Value, Do-It-Best and Amazon by building a strong national team of sales representatives, increasing account market penetration, developing new markets, implementing innovative merchandising programs and branding new product lines. Spearhead exciting, new business growth into Web Based Internet accounts such as Northern Tool/Equipment, Wayfair, Global Industrial, ATG, Home Depot.com, Amazon and Costco.com. Awarded 2012 Vendor of the Year by Northern Tool and Equipment.Honored with the Black Gold Award for the largest improvement in company profits for an Industrial Distribution company by reversing a negative decline. Substantially reduced a damaging warranty claim from $ 110 million to 67 million therefore improving the company's bottom line profitability.