Edelbrock, LLC is a leading manufacturer of performance enhancing automotive parts including Carburetors, Intake Manifolds, Cylinder Heads, Camshafts, Supercharger Kits, Electronic Fuel Injection, Crate Engines, Fuel and Water Pumps and Apparel.- Chain Stores: responsible for sales, business development, and strategic planning for Advance Auto Parts and Pep Boys.- International: responsible for sales, new customer acquisition, business development, and strategic planning for all Edelbrock branded International and Export distribution.

ES Robbins is a diversified manufacturer and global distributor of extruded polymer products for office, industrial, consumer, food, and equine markets.- Responsible for annual program reviews, business development, and strategic planning for top corporate accounts, Staples and Essendant, including business units in the US and Canada which totals more than half of the company’s gross annual sales volume and profit.- Working in conjunction with manufacture’s rep, opened the way to present Industrial and Food Services items to Staples Industrial Canada. This would improve ESR profitability. - Reestablished a direct business relationship with Costco. Added seven chair mats to Costco.com via drop shipping. Prior to this, chair mats were fulfilled through a wholesaler. This change in distribution improved ESR profitability and opened the door for meetings with the buyers responsible for the Clubs and Business Centers.- Established distribution with new customer Grand & Toy a prominent Canadian e-commerce office supply company. Estimated annual volume $300k.- Opened dialog with BJ’s, introduction conference call set up to determine next steps.

Vulcan is a leading provider of custom store fixtures and point-of-purchase merchandising display solutions. - Directly responsible for sales, business development, and strategic planning in NC, SC, VA, and CA.- Doubled territory sales, which was the result of overseeing the design, testing, and production of several new display solutions at existing customers: Lumber Liquidators, Ferguson and PetSafe. Lead time on a new project is over nine months from inception to installation.- Successfully helped to launch two new merchandising solutions at Harbor Freight, the first projects to this key new customer, with several new projects in the pipeline.

ACCEL Performance Group is a leading supplier of aftermarket performance automotive components under the ACCEL, Mr. Gasket, Mallory Ignition, Lakewood, QuickTime and Hays brands. – Responsible for sales management, business development, and strategic planning for the retail channel which represented over 60% of the company’s gross annual sales volume and profit.– Hands-on management of annual retail plan-o-gram reviews included evaluation of assortment, point of sale, turns, profitability, merchandising, competition and new product offerings.– Oversaw successful plan-o-gram updates at AutoZone, O’Reilly and Pep Boys. The first new plan-o-gram for O’Reilly in over four years. Added key new products while replacing competitor. Promotional plans put in place to help ensure sell through of new product placements.– Instituted test of top two ignition coils at AutoZone in 250 stores, led to rollout into 4000 stores, a significant inventory investment on their part, and over $2M in retail sales potential.

- Defined a strategic plan and led a cross-functional team to successfully gain product placement at Staples and OfficeMax, an ES Robbins first, significantly increasing gross sales by over 230% from 2006 to 2010. - Directly managed all aspects of unprecedented growth including new account set-up, product development and testing, production forecasting, shipping and logistics, EDI set-up, catalog and online submissions, and execution of retail displays and graphics.- Grew a pilot program for 58 clubs at Sam’s into a major rollout which grew to include over 300 club locations, resulting in a 150 percent sales increase over the prior year. A critical part of the club business is providing easy-to-shop merchandising solutions utilizing a standard pallet.- In the face of dramatic fluctuations in raw-material costs and a challenging economic environment, developed individualized strategies by customer for the communication, negotiation, and execution of price increase notifications while protecting the margin position and product placement with key customers.

- Stanley Black & Decker, National Sales Manager: Bostitch Office Products- Vanity Fair Corporation, Regional Account Manager: Vassarette Brand Intimate Apparel- Warnaco, US and Export Account Manger: Warner Brand and Private Label Intimate Apparel- Jockey International, Major Market Account Manager: Woman’s and Men’s Underwear- Macy’s Herald Square, Assistant Buyer: Woman’s Ready-to-Wear