I founded The Monkey Hook, LLC in 2004. The Monkey Hook is the best way to hang anything on drywall, and has become the #1 selling picture hanger in America. Retailers include Ace Hardware, The Home Depot, Lowe's, Do-It-Best, Orgill, Sears Hardware, The Container Store, Wal*Mart, and many others nationally and in Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Powerwave was an Executive Search client for many years. When they asked me to find a head of Global Recruitment and Staffing, and wanted a line management business background who understood recruiting, I turned out to be the perfect fit. They were a great client and I wanted to help them build an outstanding Recruiting organization worldwide that would build shareholder value by recruitine the best talent to the company quickly and efficiently.I was able to do that by re-building and expanding the organization over my first 4 months and filling over 250 jobs globally while improving processes, communication, and relationships within the organization. I resigned from Powerwave in August 2007 only because the Monkey Hook, LLC was on track to exceed $1 Million in sales and required substantially greater attention.

I joined DHR (a Big 5 Executive Search Firm based in Chicago, IL)after 17 years in line and general management with Hunt-Wesson (ConAgra) and Del Monte Foods. While in those companies, I grew share and profit on my businesses by building great teams. After we sold Del Monte to Texas Pacific Group in 1997, I was approached by DHR International to open their San Francisco Bay Area presence. I believed that the most important factor in business success was the recruitment and organization of talent that 'fit'. DHR presented a chance for me to apply what I learned in packaged goods to clients in diverse industries, including Financial Services, Technology, Services, Entertainment and Wireless Telecommunications. Some of my clients included Wells Fargo Business Bank, Lee Iacocca's EV Global Motors, AC Nielsen, 24 Hour Fitness, Activision, and of course Powerwave Technologies.

Responsible for various strategic business units, including Tomato, Beverages, Snack Cups and Vegetables during tenure. Also led Sales Operations during one year through period of major change. Accomplishments:• Repositioned canned Vegetable line with FreshCut across advertising, promotion, and packaging efforts. • Led record pricing, and overhauled consumer / trade promotion efforts which drove record profits while holding share leadership. • Extensive participation with seven other officers in marketing the company to exit 7-yr LBO, including presentations to potential buyers, bankers, and financial institutions.• Grew Tomato business profit from $4.3M to $10.9M in one year through product improvement, distribution gain, new products, and cost improvement.• Re-allocated production capacity to growing diced tomato business, achieving #1 category share.• Reduced costs totaling $2+ million annually via capital investment/process improvement across 2 facilities.

Marketing and Business Management responsibilities on Hunt's Tomato Products and Wesson Oil. Introduced successful new products (Spaghetti Sauce) and grew existing businesses (Ketchup, Diced Tomatoes, BBR Sauce); Reduced Trade Spending in Key Categories through category leadership in the marketplace. Recruited by CEO to join Del Monte Foods.