• Recruited by CEO to spearhead the establishment of an organizational structure including B2B marketplace website, supply chain, business development, sales, marketing and operations.• Successfully catalogued over one million chemical structures and over 400 suppliers.• Penetrated markets and built a growing client base and market visibility.• Company owners decided to close the business.• Developed a complex chemical industry website.

• Directed a team of twenty Sales/Buying Representatives and fifteen administrative employees.• Established relationships with over 350 factories/suppliers in China, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Italy.• Sourced-out suppliers, negotiated contracts, assessed their product quality, supply infrastructure, production capability and compliance.• Directed sales and marketing including website development, advertising and use of social media platforms.• Established two 3,000 square foot retail locations in New York, a 20,000 square foot warehouse, show rooms, office space, shipping and freight forwarding.• Built a complete organizational structure consisting of business development, finance, supply chain, logistics, sales, marketing, administration operations, quality control and compliance.• Established goals and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to track performance covering sales, finance, productivity, supplier performance, social media leads, customer satisfaction and other key indicators.• Led the growth of Avanti Trends, an import/export consulting service as part of D’Lusso Designs imports.• Built Avanti Trends as an additional revenue stream of $1.6 million with 400 SKUs and 30 plus global suppliers developing 2 national OEM home decor brands from inception to profitability.• Grew DDI supplier base to 350 factories, increasing annual import container/LCL shipments to over 150 containers a year.• Grew DDI’s annual revenue to $5 million with lifetime revenue of $120 million.• Full integrated three B2B B2C e-commerce websites.• Increased annual revenues by 30% and production by 50% with creative resource allocation and automations.• Increased profit margins from 20% to 35% through cost efficiencies and new business development.• Maintained an annualized growth of 10% to 20%.• Converted inactive inventory into high performing SKUs resulting in revenue growth.• Achieved significant cost savings from 2,000 plus SKUs over 1500 customers by improved sourcing.

Founder of Next Step Music. Developed a full service musical entertainment company servicing the Tri-state area. Directed all aspects of creative and functional development as well as performing at functions.www.NextStepMusic.com

Developed a unique music entertainment experience inclusive of comprehensive light shows, stage effects and integrated automation and marketed over various platforms to create a high in-demand product.