Kari Lynn Rusing, Mba Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Enterprise Minnesota is the voice of Minnesota manufacturing. We are an ISO 9001:2015 certified consulting organization serving small to medium-sized manufacturing enterprises throughout the state. Our expert consultants are trusted advisors delivering valuable, measurable, and sustainable results in the areas of :* Strategy for Growth* Talent & Leadership* ISO Management Systems* Continuous Improvement* Manufacturing Peer Councils for CEO | Owners and OpEx* Enterprise Value & Exit | Succession PlanningWe know Manufacturing and are experienced in a wide variety of products from plastics to food, computers to metal castings, medical device to circuit boards. Please reach out to me to learn more or visit our website at www.enterpriseminnesota.org.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Rusing & Associates is a strategic business development + sales firm that partners with manufacturers of the consumer goods and design industries within mass & specialty retail. We assist clients in developing strategic plans for growth in the areas of sales, product innovation, brand creation, and manufacturing. - Directed a consumer goods portfolio of $60MM sales to mass retailer over four-years. - Secured key promotional assets to drive incremental sales of $4.5MM over two years. - Utilized consumer insights to identify product innovation and opportunity, resulting in a 30% SKU increase and a revenue increase of $500K+. - Collaborated and unified a $1.5MM national TV and digital marketing strategy that created promotional synergy for manufacturers and retailers.- Consult on brand management & strategy to develop solutions leading to increased consumer awareness and brand renewal.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

O'Brien-Sexton Associates is a retail business consulting & sales management firm specializing in consumer goods products. - Account management and sales leadership for national-brand clients to Target, Best Buy, Menards, Bluestem, and other regional accounts.- Consistent annualized sales of $18.5-$23MM.- Drove steady SKU growth with topline brands experiencing a 100% YoY increase for three consecutive years; mature brands experienced a consistent 25%-50% SKU growth.- Curated, secured and managed six clients within Target's owned-brand programs. - Led cross-collaboration of teams for licensed, Target-exclusive products.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Directed sales relationships of small-medium clients with annual sales of $2-4MM.- Implemented a strategic sales plan to a Target-client relationship that resulted in a three-year, 240% sales growth.- Researched, analyzed, and reported on retail data for the seasonal categories.

Dallas, Texas

Managed client relationships and consulting teams for the Global Expatriate & Taxation divisions. Created and presented marketing plans for EY partners and sales team. Participated in contract negotiations resulting in multi-year engagement contracts that added $1.5MM in new revenue.

Mba, International Business Management, Finance & Strategic Management

Bs, Accountancy

Activities and Societies: Kappa Kappa Gamma, Rush Chairman