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Oxford, Oxfordshire, Gb

Directs global sales of products outside the United States, emphasizing market expansions in the EU. Spearheads the organizational direction and development roadmaps for product offerings. Collaborates with the executive team to oversee and enhance the organization's financial positions.

Oxford, Oxfordshire, Gb

Serves on the advisory board of a global technology start-up in the transportation services industry, offering strategic business and legal insights for United States operations, while collaborating with investors to spearhead fundraising efforts, focusing on private equity in the US and EU markets.WheelRight provides invaluable real-time tyre management information to commercial vehicle fleets and private vehicle users globally. Our patented drive-over tyre management system is the result of several years’ R&D at a University of Oxford Science Park, where we continue to develop our products and services for our customers.

Greensboro, Nc, Us

Legal• Spearheads negotiations and drafts comprehensive agreements for M&A activities, including detailed financial analysis and valuation assessments. • Handles the creation and thorough review of asset purchase agreements, including the formulation of documents for new entity establishments. Manages the drafting and revision of Employment Law agreements, encompassing non-compete, non-disclosure, non-solicitation, independent contractor, and severance contracts.• Oversees relationships with external legal counsel, coordinating their activities and ensuring efficient legal service delivery. Serves as the primary contact for all legal inquiries, conducting comprehensive reviews of corporate contracts and agreements to safeguard organizational interests. Executive Leadership• Actively participates in the executive management team, leading at the vice president level with a strategic focus on elevating national sales, operations, manufacturing, and technology applications. .• Supplies a majority of the top fleets in America, drives strategic sales initiatives, leading a dynamic six-person national sales team towards consistent annual growth of 15%. Responsible for a robust P&L, encompassing sales and distribution operations serviced through a network of 8 distribution centers.• Serves as a key team member at the world's largest Michelin retread manufacturing company, overseeing the manufacturing P&L, accountable for producing hundreds of thousands of high-quality finished goods and managing a significant budget for tread rubber and raw materials across 8 facilities, while growing gross margins year over year. • Pioneers a technology division since 2019, developing 3 innovative product lines from inception, successfully reducing operational costs by 50% annually while escalating ARR to $2M within 36 months.

Greensboro, Nc, Us

Legal• Expertly drafted and scrutinized service and product agreements for a diverse range of customers and vendors, ensuring alignment with legal standards and safeguarding company interests in complex business environments.• Skillfully managed asset sale agreements, contributing significantly to strategic business dealings and asset optimization, while ensuring legal and financial compliance.• Developed a comprehensive suite of Employment Law agreements including non-compete, non-disclosure, non-solicitation, independent contractor, and severance agreements, bolstering company legal framework and employee relations.• Efficiently managed and strategically directed outside legal counsel, optimizing legal operations and ensuring effective legal support in multifaceted legal issues.• Acted as the go-to legal advisor for all internal and external general legal inquiries, providing informed guidance and fostering robust legal strategies across the organization.• Represented the organization in legal mediations and depositions, adeptly navigating complex legal scenarios to protect and advance company interests. Sales• In an executive role, strategically steered the national sales force, formulating and implementing high-impact strategies that significantly contributed to the company's revenue growth and market position.• Led a dynamic team of 12, masterfully managing 60% of the company's revenue by nurturing relationships with top-tier customer accounts, resulting in sustained revenue growth and customer loyalty. Bridged the gap between the National Sales team and local/regional teams to ensure a consistent go-to-market strategy for the organization.• Orchestrated large-scale tradeshow events, including the creative design and execution of a prominent 40 x 40 booth, showcasing the company's strengths and capturing industry attention at major events.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Active member of the advisory board for a national technology start-up in the transportation services industry, providing business advice, research and development strategy, and marketing support to foster growth and innovation.FleetVendor is a provider of software solutions to the transportation industry. Our focus is to equip transportation fleets with solutions that can allow for electronic integration and automation between fleets and their various service providers. Through workflow efficiency gains, resources can be consolidated and reallocated to help drive cost savings.

Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fr

Michelin Commercial Service Network - Franchise Advisory Council

Greensboro, Nc, Us

Legal• Orchestrates management of an extensive corporate real estate portfolio encompassing over 80 commercial properties, which includes in-depth research of potential sites, strategic negotiation, and comprehensive drafting and reviewing of commercial leases.• Expertly handles the drafting and thorough review of service and product agreements, ensuring robust legal compliance and mutual benefit for both customers and vendors, and maintaining contractual integrity.• Spearheads the preparation and careful examination of asset sale agreements, playing a pivotal role in significant asset transactions, underpinning the company's financial and strategic interests.• Manages external legal counsel relationships and workflow with precision, while also leading a summer intern program, demonstrating leadership and effective delegation skills in a high-stakes legal environment.Business Development• As a key executive team member, highly instrumental in developing strategies for sales force optimization, spearheading marketing initiatives, overseeing IT resources, enhancing customer service, providing administrative support, and fostering staff development and training.• Catalyzes substantial organizational growth, scaling the company to 80 offices, 11 manufacturing plants, and 1,400 employees, while driving record revenue growth, showcasing strategic vision and operational excellence.• Created the company's first database for tracking real estate and general contracts, developing a workflow for field-based contracts to be sent to the corporate office for review and execution.• Leads a comprehensive marketing overhaul as the primary executive, encompassing the redesign and development of a new external website and internal intranet, significantly enhancing corporate branding and internal communications.

Greensboro, Nc, Us

Sales - Guide commercial tire division sales and brand strategy across organization to ensure constant and consistent growth throughout 45+ locations across the southeast.Marketing - Maintain current marketing initiatives and develop new strategies for all divisions of the organization. Staff Development - Oversee the development and execution of various staff development programs, including the first year training program.Legal - Manage various legal issues, with main emphasis on contract negotiation, commercial lease negotiation, employment law, service agreements, and asset purchase agreements.Information Technology - Provide strategic direction to IT group, as well as oversee the development and implementation of new technology based business solutions. Customer Relations/Administration - Provide guidance and oversight to Customer Relations and Administrative Department.

Greensboro, Nc, Us

-Responsible for all sales and marketing activity in the state of North Carolina, which included a team of 18 sales representatives and 14 offices.-Developed, organized, and executed a variety of staff development programs.-Managed various legal issues, with main emphasis on contract negotiation, commercial lease negotiation, employment law, service agreements, and asset purchase agreements.

Greensboro, Nc, Us

- Created sales and marketing initiatives to promote business growth throughout the southeast. - Developed, organized, and executed various staff development programs.- Managed various legal issues, with main emphasis on contract negotiation, commercial lease negotiation, employment law, service agreements, and asset purchase agreements.

Greensboro, Nc, Us

-Managed existing customer base while developing new commercial tire and vehicle services opportunities in the greater Charlotte, North Carolina market area.

Provided basic legal services to emerging businesses in the Charlotte market area. Those services included selection of business entity type, business formation and registration with the North Carolina Secretary of State, creating of internal governance documents to organize company structure, commercial lease review, and development of employment/independent contractor agreements.

Obtained Third Year Practice Certification under the North Carolina State Bar and prosecuted criminal matters for the state. Those district court cases included traffic offenses, simple assaults, domestic violence, and DWI offenses.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Drafted tax court petitions, briefs, and offers in compromise for clients attempting to settle tax liabilities with the Internal Revenue Service.

Master Of Science - Ms, Finance

Juris Doctorate, Law

B.A., Economics, Management & Society (Double Major)