James Patrick Rice Mba Email & Phone Number

United States

Business Advisor Ohio

Akron, Ohio

Sales Director Start Up Beverage Alcohol.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Raising Capital for KAYA.IO - A Start-Up Cannabis Transporter in Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois.

Cleveland, Ohio

Recognized for delivering exponential growth of the suppliers 8 brand portfolio in 2017 including a 37% increase in Q4 sales. Rewarded for dominating Q4 sales, which led to a 23% increase in Gross Revenue in 2017 and added an additional 200 points of distribution in the last 3 months. Spearheaded a strong performance driven team of 5 direct reports focused.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Leveraged market expertise, leadership skills, consultative approach and ROI analytics to demonstrate the value of increasing 250+ stores product distribution. Produced 800+ new product placements and delivered 500K+ revenue results. Utilized third-party syndicated data sources to justify premium product placement and ROI impact. Open new business chains.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area - West

Led a strong performance driven team of 5 direct reports focused on distribution, draft and displays. Delivered exponential growth of the wholesalers’ portfolio of craft beers including Lexington Brewing and Distilling, Dogfish, Head, Fatheads, Revolution and Stone Brewing. Maintained a solid understanding of business, financials, product lines, the market.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Negotiated the purchase of a 5 building mixed-use complex including 3 commerical and 2 residential properties, including an Ohio Liquor permit Planned the remodel and build out of 20k sqft. production facility, 10k sqft. aging and gastropub in Duck Island. Oversaw the design and specifications of all fermentation, distillation, bottling, labeling, and.

Cleveland - East

Planned and executed SEO, SEM, SMO and content marketing campaigns for National, Regional, & Local advertisers, including several major alcoholic beverage manufacturers. Utilized third party data analytics and insights sources to evaluate cross-channel media strategy, allocate investment to impactful channels and measure ROI results. Delivered 1.8M+.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Planned and executed Cable Television, SEO, SEM, SMO and content marketing campaigns for National, Regional, & Local advertisers, including several major alcoholic beverage manufacturers. Delivered nearly $2M of Local Sports Programming Revenue over 3 years. Leveraged existing relationships with media agencies, local businesses, regional key and national.

Midwest

Developed, sold and implemented brand initiative programs in OH, MI, PA. WV. Led all DM’s in Cooler placements with over 500, which led to 35k cases and $840K. Conducted monthly business reviews with the sales center manager to uncover new business opportunities, incremental sales volume, and Leveraged communication skills to coordinate program details and.

Brooklyn, Ohio

Delivered exponential growth of the wholesalers’ portfolio of Coors, Pabst, Great Lakes & Sierra Nevada which increased the value of the company more than $15M over 7 years. Reported directly to the principal and led all but 3 of the company’s sales, marketing and operations personnel and responsible for a $25M annual operational budget.. Led 30 direct and.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Managed local sales territory, supervising a staff of seven sales and operational personnel while forecasting, planning and administering a $300,000 annual operational budget. Increased sales nearly 20% over 3 years and led the Division in revenue growth twice. Hired, trained, led & promoted 3 new hires over a 3-year period. Led the Division and the.

Developed and implemented account call process, automated ordering system, and quality assurance standards to improve client retention. Delivered exponential sales growth against Bud Family products, which led all salesman in the Division in 1997. Led the Division and the Company in draft sales increases in 1996. Led the Division in New Bud Light Draft.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Created and directed new Grocery and Convenience Department. Implemented, developed, and trained personnel in use of leading edge profit analysis software. Developed forecasting-based growth strategy using syndicated data insights obtained by data mining integrated with strategic pricing that led to a 15% increase in Busch family sales in 1995. Planned &.

Grew beer sales for Molson 350% over 2 years. Acquired 50 Molson Ice draft accounts in 1994. Grew wine sales for Manischewitz 20% in 1994. Grew wine sales for Richards Wild Irish Rose 15% in 1994 Grew Canandaigua Wine Family sales 10% in 1994. Doubled Paramount Vodka sales in 1994. Tripled Paramount Cordials Family sales in 1994. Supervised sales team of.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Responsible for Product Quality, Stocking, Rotation of Anheuser-Busch Products. Completed Anheuser-Busch Field Beer 101 Training in 1993. Completed Anheuser-Busch Field Quality Audit Training in 1993. Completed Anheuser-Busch Draft Beer Troubleshooting & Repair Training in 1993

Masters Degree, Executive Management

Activities and Societies: 36 month program completed in 20 months while working full-time.Graduate Studies - Executive Management - 36.

Bachelor Of Arts Degree, Business Administration

Activities and Societies: 5 time Varsity Letterman (Football, Baseball) 3 time All Presidents Athletic Conference, President Alpha Chi Rho.

High School

Activities and Societies: Football, Summer Plus, Social Service.The Jesuit Preparatory High School in Akron, Ohio

Masters Of Science, Medical Cannabis Science And Therapeutics

Master Of Science - Ms, Medical Marijuana Science & Therapuetics

Medical Marijuana Science & Therapeutics.