* Highly motivated and experienced management professional with expert proficiency in coordinating targeted business strategy and operational excellence for a highly successful e-Commerce business; skilled in building highly effective social media marketing campaigns that boost brand visibility and audience engagement* Comprehensive understanding of the skills needed to manage ongoing business planning processes while developing strategies to meet future challenges; experienced in the leadership of major projects focused on process improvement and productivity, positioning company’s for expansion and revenue growth* Extraordinarily successful entrepreneur with the capacity and business sense to continually commit strategic adjustments to proactively address issues and strengthen the overall effectiveness of the organization while safeguarding product quality and customer service principlesCore Skills & Competencies:* Operations Management* Conscious Capitalism* Continuous Improvement* P&L Responsibility* Revenue Growth* Social Media Strategy* Budget Management* Product DevelopmentKey Career Achievements:* Jimmybeanswool - Serves as the Co-Founder and CEO of this online yarn and fabric retailer, reaching a peak of over $8MM in annual revenue and securing media coverage by Forbes, HSN, and Facebook. Invited to the White House as an entrepreneur and small business owner. Navigated the company to be ranked as one of Inc. magazine’s Top 5000 fastest growing private companies on five occasions, and named by BizRate as one of the best online companies for customer service for over six consecutive years. Since 2018, has acquired Namaste, dellaQ and Madelinetosh, three beloved companies amongst knitters, crocheters and makers.* Authored the Stitch Red Books Knit Red, Crochet Red, and Sew Red* Founder of Beans for Brains Scholarship Program, to date has given out over $50k is scholarship awards.* Spearheaded an industry-wide campaign to support #iknitforeddie, a social media campaign featuring Hugh Jackman to promote the Eddie the Eagle movie, a story of a British ski-jumper based on real eventsEmail me at laura@jimmybeanswool.com or call me at (775) 827-9276