Winland Foods is a leading Global manufacturer of Private Label and Branded foods. Winland Foods is an Investindustrial portfolio company.

Sales, Marketing, Business Development and Advisory services for organizations in multiple industries -- Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Blockchain, Eldercare Management Solutions, Healthcare Technology, Video/Film Production, and Sports & Entertainment. From startups to more established businesses.Includes business plan creation, B2B enterprise and B2C sales plans and marketing plan development & execution (including social media planning and analysis), customer mapping & analytics, and financial modeling.Please message me about how we can help you!

NEST Global Solutions delivers next generation document digitization and workflowautomation to increase an organization’s agility and scalability for business operations.Through document digitization, classification, validation and workflow automation, NEST facilitates and enables the most efficient method for data and document validation for quality control.Our suite of products and services are focused on delivering the value of data provenance for asset origination through to securitization.NEST creates efficiencies for the front, middle, and back office with our AI Enabled Intellectual Automation suite of products and services, including our Cognitive Digital Transformation Framework which is architected with independent components to perform at scale.

One River School of Art + Design – Middletown began in May of 2019, and One River's mission of “transforming art education” across America truly resonated with Kathryn & Joe Kaplan, franchise owners/operators.Founded in September of 2012 “one river” west of New York City, One River School of Art + Design has embarked on a mission to change art education in America. Started in Englewood, NJ, One River has taught thousands of students and established “a new direction in art education,” developing a proprietary approach for teaching a wide variety of art and digital programs to students of all ages in a state of the art facility.

Grey Sky Films has nearly 20 years experience in producing professional video for businesses and brands across the country and around the world.

Aloe Care is a proprietary technology that radically simplifies all aspects of care management, making independent living more feasible for elders while allowing them to age in place longer.

Reporting to the CEO and The Board of Directors, create and implement the Sales and Marketing strategy for the launch of TrueCred™, an innovative digital credential processing platform, into the US (initially) and Global marketplace.Establish customer acquisition targets to achieve overall revenue and profit goals. Recommend and establish sales channels through which the TrueCred™ platform will be sold. Build relationships within industry segments to develop strategic partnerships and key customers.Establish a comprehensive marketing and brand strategy for the business focusing on the products, sales channels, and competitive position while driving marketing programs. Lead brand development and strategy as a global leader in establishing open standards for security and data interoperability.Identify marketing and sales objectives by planning, developing, implementing and evaluating advertising and digital marketing strategy. Coordinate intelligence-gathering in order to deepen the understanding of clients, channel partners, and competitors, as well as the future of the industry and the industries served to provide inputs to strategic planning.

Provided consulting services for small and large corporate businesses and start-up organizations, including sales, marketing, business development, and overall strategic business support.• Created and implemented sales compensation plan to better align sales goals and overall company performance.• Developed strategic marketing plan and key metrics to determine target audiences that offer highest sales growth and profitability.• Provided key consulting advice and direction for start-up, social-media technology organization, including financing, sales, and marketing support.

Key liaison for Sales & Marketing, managing a $350m+ budget, leading the Market Development Team of 35+ individuals, consisting of:* Category Management - strategy, analysis, and monitoring of the 4 P’s: Product/Pricing/Promotion/Placement, new product introductions and planning on a Brand level across all Customers. Improved alignment between sales and marketing via enhanced communication and brand selling stories. Won Progressive Grocer award for developing Breakfast Breakthrough category platform to enhance integrated selling story to retailer community.* Trade Operations Strategy & Management- lead trade funds strategy, tracking, and ad hoc analysis, including Customer Segmentation model and Trade Spend Strategy & Optimization for a $350m+ budget across multiple customer channels. Increased ROI and created more effective trade spending through focused strategy and implementation plan.* Merchandising & Sales Operations – greatly improved focus on merchandising and display strategy and execution, leading to increased sales results with key customers. Improved Planning, Communication and Deployment operations by establishing best practices and functional training for sales leadership. Utilized enhanced communication methods to improve sales & marketing alignment.* Analytics & Reporting – streamlined customer analytics and overall reporting via structured templates, business dashboards, and more focused efforts leveraging data and analytics capabilities. This lead to more actionable strategies and tactical plans for customers. Developed specific process for defining and implementing strategic business intelligence throughout the organization.Key member of Operating Committee, providing leadership on the senior management team in support of overall sales, financial, and business goals and targets. Enhanced top-to-top presentations to key customers leading to increased collaboration and sales.

Provided consulting services for major consumer packaged goods companies, including category management, competitive & financial analysis, and strategic business support.Performed strategic analysis of Single Serve Beverage Market for leading Private Label company, evaluating market dynamics and providing recommendations for product and overall market expansion.Provided consulting support for Sales & Operations Forecasting Department, acting as interim Global Forecasting Manager, and provided strategic evaluation of forecasting process within overall billion-dollar consumer packaged-goods Company. Key Project Leader for Sales Orientation project, building a new sales organization within Company.

Created cutting edge wireless technology and media company in golf industry. Utilized sales, marketing, finance, and technology background to introduce an innovative new product and system to the golf marketplace on a global basis and grew the business over several years.* Raised $1m from 27 angel investors; ranging from $5k to $200k per investor.* Grew sales and achieved business plan results in 7 out of 10 years, while managing expenses in challenging business environment for start-ups.* Led and managed eleven employees.* Established Media Delivery System (eMDS), providing unique platform for advertisers and sponsors to reach a highly desirable target audience.* Leveraged social networking to enhance and grow customer base.* Early visionary of ground-breaking and trade-marked delivery system (e.g., RoundCast(R)) to communicate scoring to friends and family.Key eGolfScore clients include some of the world's most prestigious golf, corporate and charity organizations, including Trump National Golf, American Cancer Society (ACS), Verizon Wireless, Make-A-Wish Foundation and Autism Speaks to name a few.

Led marketing activities for Vendor Technology Finance Group; largest division of CIT Group.- Directed marketing activities for multiple divisions within major operating group, creating specific marketing campaigns for various products across the U.S. and Europe; managed a $50m marketing budget.- Worked closely with senior management and external advertising agencies to develop innovative branding and marketing campaigns.- Managed marketing programs and budgets for multiple divisions and Corporate Businesses Development group, which focused on major customer relationships (e.g., Dell Financial Services, Intel Financial Services).- Selected for key liaison role in creating new marketing team post-acquisition of Newcourt Financial in November 1999- Vice President of Marketing for Newcourt Financial (May 1998-November 1999)

Founded unique advisory firm of several business experts, providing various consulting services to entrepreneurs and businesses in strategy, sales, marketing and public relations, finance, technology, and operations. - Managed a team of high-level business executives, providing expertise to businesses based upon varied corporate and entrepreneurial backgrounds.- Developed business plans, sales & marketing plans.- Secured financing for entrepreneurs.

Worked closely with sales managers and field personnel to design national sales promotions and marketing partnerships.- Created an innovative marketing and promotional program for Hoop Dreams, one of the most successful documentaries ever.- Responsible for marketing budgets on national level; provided advisory budget support to local markets.- Worked closely with local market directors and managers, developing local and grass roots marketing programs in support of national branding and marketing campaigns.- Leader in developing early commitment to leverage the Internet for the Company.

New Product Manager/Marketing Executive- Led marketing efforts for several major brands including Milk-Bone pet snacks and Grey Poupon mustard.- Responsibilities included developing sales and promotional programs, as well as preparing extensive marketing plans involving all facets of consumer, advertising and trade promotions.Corporate Business Planning Manager- Interacted with several Nabisco divisions, responsible for monthly business operating report for CEO of Nabisco

Responsible for analyzing all new business proposals for insurance, leasing and venture capital subsidiaries for $100m financial services company.