Develop and grow internal lead gen capabilities across a number of HHS divisions.

• Acquisition and full cycle servicing the buy and sell side needs of clients• Focused on Texas businesses, specializing in Food & Beverage, Business Services, and Electronics industries

Leveraging my 40+ years of sales and marketing experience to cultivate deep partnerships with technology-oriented companies. At Launch Marketing, I leads key sales initiatives that involve engaging in interactive discussions with prospects and crafting strategic, actionable solutions to their most pressing marketing needs.

Managing Director at FOCUS Investment Banking, which is based in Washington DC. I am located in Austin, Texas and have spent the past five years focused on acquiring and full cycle servicing the buy side and sell side needs of my clients. I have focused on the Food & Beverage and Business Services industries and am able to cover many other industries based on my experience. I implemented a marketing campaign two years ago which has resulted in 3-10 potential client conversations per week. I was on six sell side deals, four of which I sourced via my marketing efforts. I have executive and operating experience in consumer goods, pet/animal goods, hospitals/medical practices, franchises, computer hardware, enterprise software, telecoms, outsourced sales services, digital marketing, sales and marketing management, and agencies.  Before joining FOCUS, I was CEO of Invenio Solutions based in Austin, TX.  Invenio was an outsourced sales engine servicing B2B efforts for clients like Microsoft, Thermo Fischer Scientific, Charter, Spectrum and Time Warner. We specialized in targeted marketing, lead generation, full cycle sales and customer service.  I also oversaw strategic direction and oversight of execution against annual plans.  I purchased the original company in 2001 and led growth from $1.2 million to $12 million in 2010.  I created Invenio in 2010 by acquiring two other like companies and led growth from $18 million to $45 million and 650 employees over the next five years.Prior to Invenio, I spent six years as a marketing manager at Dell Computers in various marketing positions, including the launch of the Dell server division.  I spent nine years at Ralston Purina as a marketing director in cat foods, dog foods, human foods, soy protein products, all within their private label and grocery products. I spent two years as a Unit Sales Manager in Procter & Gamble’s Beverage Division in SW PA and all of WV.

Invenio Solutions specialized in targeted marketing, lead generation, full cycle sales and customer service. Responsible for strategic direction and oversight of execution against annual plans. Purchased the original company in 2002 and led growth from $1.2 million to $12 million in 2010. In that year he acquired two other similar companies and led growth from $18 million to $45 million over the next five years.

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