Responsible for leading a team of dedicated field sales people, a call center and operations teams. This team includes 12 direct reports and 165 employees located throughout U.S. Served as part of company’s senior sales strategic leadership team. • Created and implemented strategic direction for a $150,000,000 business with 4 product lines.• Decreased workforce headcount by 15%, produced a 4% sales growth, achieved budgeted margin.Vice President, Purchasing, Supply Chain, and Operations, 2004-2015 Led company’s supply chain department, a function critical for business growth. Diverse responsibility for school direct sourcing, independent buyer network, national supplier source, and all field customer operations-related activity. Concurrently oversaw various HR functions until 2007. • Designed performance metrics and pricing strategy, developed technology tools, and created employee incentive to drive 25% productivity in first two years and 40% productivity gains within the first four years. • Created new pathways to develop business partnerships with 90% of the top 100 U.S. school districts which produced 20% increased revenue stream.• Produced the top employee engagement score from the 2016 Follett Corporations employee engagement survey

Vice President, Human Resources, Administration, and Distribution, 2001-2004. Maintained responsibilities related to HR and Customer Service, and led distribution and warehousing services and operations teams. Directed mixed union and non-union workforce in high production, units in/units out environment. Participated in two union contract negotiations over six-year period.Vice President, Human Resources and Administration, 2000-2001. Assumed oversight of all customer service functions, in addition to existing HR and T&D responsibility. Guided process improvement initiatives to bolster customer experience and improve employee effectiveness. Developed customer service team and increased Customer Value Satisfaction scores by 5% in first 6 months. Vice President, Human Resources, 1999-2000. Created HR department for $40,000,000 company, including design of employee performance programs, compensation plans, and culture development architecture. Assisted company president in search for and onboarding a new team executive team members. Doubled company size within five years.