Food lover and seafood sales professional with over 25 years of experience in the wholesale and retail fish business. Served as a salesperson and in a leadership role, including business development management, sales training and marketing of fresh, frozen and prepared seafood products. Currently the Director of Sales and Purchasing at Atlantic Offshore Fishery, a New Jersey Shore seafood wholesaler, featuring fish and lobsters caught on the company's own boats, developed and managed $7+ million in sales over the last two years. Prior to Atlantic Offshore, served as the Sales Manager and Business Development Manager at Trinity Seafood, a subsidiary of Sysco. Grew Trinity's seafood sales with Sysco, via 700+ Sysco Marketing Associates, to over $25 million over a five-year period. Designed product specific sales training modules, weekly features, market updates and POS flyers to promote seafood sales. Responsible for producing power point presentations and running quarterly sales and marketing meetings to strategize growth with Sysco's upper management teams. Regularly traveled the northeast region, merchandising food show displays and visiting customers.Prior entrepreneurial endeavors include the launch of JonnyFresh, a seafood home delivery business to Monmouth County, NJ, residents, during the Covid pandemic. Built a website, jonnyfreshnj.com, designed and executed a weekly marketing campaign, growing sales to over $100 k. in a 10-month period. Earlier ventures include the conceptualization of Wild Edibles Retail stores and the development of seven highly acclaimed retail markets in Manhattan. Grew revenues from inception to $5 million over a seven-year period.Currently open to working in the role of a Sales and Business Development Manager for a fresh or frozen seafood company looking to grow or develop regional or national accounts.