Utilize entrepreneurial spirit and vast leadership expertise to oversee all business growth and product development efforts to promote sales and marketing of ThermaFLX targeted therapy compression garments and hot/cold gel packs used in the treatment/recovery of upper and lower body injuries. Consult with physicians, clinics, professional sports teams, professional athletes, manufacturers, and vendors to develop and produce prototypes that lead to producing/manufacturing new products. Devise and execute marketing, advertising, and promotional/educational events to promote products to doctors, sports therapists, therapy clinics, professional and collegiate teams, athletic trainers, B2C (through ThermaFLX website), and the general public through educational speaking events. Create/deploy business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) strategies to expand sales channels. ** Leverage hands-on management style in directing all business operations and strategic planning processes, identifying new opportunities, and deploying growth strategies to drive company success. ** Raised initial capital needed to start and fund all business, product development, and marketing operations. ** Established operational metrics, identified best practices and gaps between desired and actual business performance, and implemented long- and short-term change management solutions. ** Oversee and manage all financial/booking operations, including preparing/administering budgets. ** Filed and secured product patents on a number of products developed and produced for users in healthcare, sports, and the public sector.; actively working with patent attorneys to review and revise documents and drawings as needed. ** Built and maintained relations with United States and International manufacturing plants and vendors.

Established a 20+ year career of achievement in building and growing a highly loyal client base, utilizing active and passive listening skills to mentor and coach clients to understand their financial position and devise an investment plan to help achieve the clients financial objectives. Personally interact one-on-one with clients to assess risk tolerances, identify short-/long-term financial goals, and develop/present a customized financial plan that meets the clients needs and is suitable for their portfolio. Serve as main POC in educating clients on industry trends, investment and tax planning strategies, and managing portfolios. ** Built and maintained a strong book of business by prospecting new opportunities, soliciting referrals from existing clients, developing relationships, and conducting onsite client visits to win new accounts. ** Collaborate with vendor partnerships to grow investments and financial service products for the brokerage firm, thus growing and expanding new and existing client base. ** Consistently engage with existing and new clients to develop and manage a detailed and accurate financial plan that fulfill the clients financial objectives, ensuring the customized strategy is suitable for the clients investment portfolio. ** Utilize considerable knowledge of investment and financial services products to develop and present strategies to clients, maintaining a holistic approach to financial planning, while seeing the big picture in growing clients wealth. ** Serve as an active/passive listener, creating a safe environment for the current and/or prospective client to share/express their goals, dreams, and fears that leads to establishing and fostering the growth of a lifelong relationship with each client.