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Marketing, Licensing, Executive coaching, Sales (to over 56k Customers in nearly 40 countries), Strategic Business Development, and Distribution support for companies expanding their pop culture brand management, event marketing and production, and wholesale specialty distribution of toys, collectibles, and licensed lifestyle character goods product. Brand partners including Studio Ghibli, Kaiyodo, Kato Trains, Max Ltd, Kotobukiya, and Remow in Japan, Derrico Studios in Canada, Beast Kingdom in Taiwan, Immersive Events, 100% Soft, Espada Art, and JapanLA in North America, Altraverse/Germany, Cosmic Group and Infinite Statue in Italy, Juguetimax in Mexico, and others.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Leveraged our existing success to become the market leader in focused, boutique pop culture brand management and wholesale distribution of toys and collectibles. With responsibility for sales & marketing, new product & client development, and budgeting, I also supervised the 2015 move to an expanded 50,000 sf distribution and office facility in Southern California and lead the installation of a new ERP system that facilitated rapid expansion. Founded in 2002 to bring the best of the hobby industry from the Japanese market to the US at the most competitive prices, Bluefin developed a rapidly growing and leadership position as the official and exclusive distributor of Bandai Collectors aka “Tamashii Nations,” Bandai Candy Toy, Bandai Gashapon, GSI Creos, Capcom, and Sentinel Toy for North America. Bluefin is also an official U.S. distributor for Bandai Hobby, Studio Ghibli and other collectible brands.

Hunt Valley, Md, Us

Responsible for identifying, developing, and expanding new business opportunities for the company and for new categories of business for brands, suppliers, toys, marketing, international sales, and distribution. Expanded toy and collectibles offering to generate over $200M in annual sales with over 700 companies in 70 countries.

Los Angeles, California, Us

Lead $62M company operation and acquisitions, development, and marketing of the company’s licensed and original intellectual properties. Additional responsibilities include overseeing the localization and adaptation of properties and their sales as books, e-books, digital products, consumer products and other forms of intellectual property, as well as overseeing sales, marketing, publishing, legal and business affairs, production, IT, and finance and accounting functions.

Spearheaded 50 store operation in Hong Kong and Taiwan, generating in excess of $50M annually with responsibilities that included store operations, distribution, warehousing, merchandising, store design and layout, loss prevention, inventory control, and purchasing systems operations and development.

Denver, Colorado, Us

Responsible for building and managing 76-store territory in the Los Angeles metro area with revenue exceeding $100M. Directed more than 260 management employees and nearly 1,500 personnel.

Middle management roles as Director of Store Operations and District Manager for ($400M annual sales) Wherehouse Entertainment in Torrance, Calif., from 1986-1992 with responsibilities that included new store openings and remodeling, store IT systems, store-level communications, staff development, and project management.