John Wiest Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

I specialize in growing companies and does so through four means:1 - Developing new products and services via market research2 - Opening new channels of distribution, including new product launches3 - Expanding into new geographic markets, especially international sales management4 - Identifying and forming strategic partnerships for marketing or finance.Typically assist food, online consumer, consumer product companies, but also include hospitality and retail. Use data analytics to inform strategy and drive successful, profitable business development.Distinguished in offering consulting services that identify the optimum growth strategies and work closely with our clients to effectively implement them. This benefits from years of "hands-on" experience in rapidly and systematically accelerate growth.Specialties: + Trained qualitative and quantitative market research professional+ Extensive food & beverage contacts and experience+ Online & email direct response marketing+ Channel strategy evaluations+ Objective third party situation analysis+ Incubation for startups, Go-To-Market planning+ Highly effective writing & planning for business plans & new venture funding+ International importer, distributor & broker development and management+ Planning & negotiation for business and new technology licensing.

London, Gb

Pilot Lite Ventures is a specialist Venture Management firm delivering a unique global venturing process. With its specialist teams on the ground, Pilot Lite validates, launches and manages new, or accelerates current ventures for major corporations in both established and emerging markets.John brings added value to PLV teams in consumer products, packaged goods, automotive, electronics and consumer healthcare innovation and distribution.

New Wave Foods is a leader in ocean-inspired, plant-based foods. It is our mission to create foods that are healthier for us, better for the environment and outstanding in culinary execution.

New York, Ny, Us

I listen very closely to marketers and researchers who seek innovative cost-effective market research solutions to pressing marketing issues. Phi Power offers unique very visual and highly interactive online quantitative tools. Leading development of ground-breaking online qualitative tool, FACE-TO-FACEtm. This permits fast assembly of focus groups, better respondent cooperation, large images, real-time client monitoring and indexed digital recordings. Fortunately, it's designed to work with established client-approved moderators.

Led teams for development of:> New retail concepts for United States Postal Service (Post Office Express) with projected revenue of $300M; > Worked closely with Peet's Coffee & Tea in shaping and launching Peet's into retail stores, now its most profitable division; > Set up test markets for Clorox ($3Billion) in Europe, Russia and South Africa.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Developed commercial accounts in automotive, telecommunications, online services for political polling firm of POTUS.Designed, managed and analyzed studies for new product innovation, positioning and advertising.

London, Gb

Ba, Economics, History

Mba, Marketing & Finance

Viticulture And Enology - Small Vineyard Management