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Chapel Hill, NC, US

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

Vinventions was formed in 2017 through a private equity backed purchase of Nomacorc to leverage the international distribution footprint and diversify the closure product offering beyond inserted synthetic cork to include screw caps, natural cork, and derivatives. The investment included acquisitions of Syntek in France, Ohlinger in Germany, and Alplast in.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Drove growth at G3 Enterprises, the E&J Gallo Winery, and other strategic international accounts in line with 2020 strategic plan which focused on solution selling versus single product selling. Led new North American go-to-market initiative through the distribution network. Delivered over 50% of corporate revenue and reported directly to the GM of North.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Developed brand plans, necessary tools, and provided timely communication to Regional Sales VP’s, VP Innovation, VP Exploratory R&D, Global Supply Chain team, Site Directors, and Finance teams for the effective deployment of the Nomacorc and Syntek closure brands. These core brands needed focus as internal resources were redeployed in the multi-product.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Directed global sales growth by providing closure solutions to large global wineries and importers, reporting to the CEO, Heino Freudenberg. This was the initial thrust of moving from a one product company at Nomacorc to a multi-faceted “House of Seven Brands” solution provider of Vinventions, committed to helping produce better wine and increasing.

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

Next Century Spirits is a global custom spirits solution provider focused on innovative finishing and filtering technology, blending and formulation, and turnkey product development. Led the B2B sales and marketing functions worldwide with a team of 4 while reporting directly to the Founder and CEO, Scott Bolin. The main objective was figuring out how to.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Nomacorc was a privately held family business that spun out of Nomaco as "Project Broomstick" in the mid to late 1990's. The objective of Marc Noel and his father Gert was to address the problem of cork taint that was prevalent in the wine world. The revolutionary co-extruded technology changed the landscape of synthetic closures forever. The benefits of.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

The Buffalo Trace Distillery was formed after the Sazerac acquisition of Ancient Age in 1997. The accomplishments and growth of the distillery are unprecedented in the annals of the US Bourbon business. The bourbon quality is world renowned and include Pappy Van Winkle, Blanton's, W.L. Weller, Eagle Rare, and the flagship, Buffalo Trace. I joined in.

Greater New Orleans Area

Founded in 1850, Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Since the 2000s, Sazerac has averaged double digit growth every year!When the Goldring family acquired Julius Schepps in 1997, I had led the distribution effort of Sazerac brands in South Texas through.

Houston, Texas Area

Led the post-merger sales effort in South Texas after Julius Schepps and Tarrant Distributing merged to form Republic Beverage. This is the first acquisition that comprised what is now Republic National Distributing (RNDC). Brands in the Falcon Division included Smirnoff Vodka, Jose Cuervo Tequila, Bacardi Rum, Remy Martin Cognac, and J&B Scotch, among.

Houston, Texas Area

The Julius Schepps Company was the leading wine, spirit, and beer distributor in North Texas founded by the namesake in the 1940's. Julius Schepps was a businessman/philanthropist who passed the business down to his son Phil and then grandson Lee. Lee expanded into the South Texas market in 1993 at the urging of Heublein, Bacardi, and Remy. I led the wine.

Greater Seattle WA, Dallas TX, New Orleans LA, And San Francisco CA Areas

Gallo is a family company that is the global wine industry leader and continues to win new friends for wine. They drive sustainable growth across all beverage alcohol occasions with both wine and spirits. I broke into the business under the leadership of Earnest Gallo and his son Joe in the Southern Division and spent two years training in California.

Ba, Economics

Activities and Societies: Zeta Lambda Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity - VP, Interfraternity Council - President, Basketball

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