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New York, Ny, Us

Providing consulting services for Natural Stone and Solid Surface sourcing, private line development, project management, business development, and client services. Specialize in both Commercial and Residential applications. Deep experience working in partnership with quarry owners and solid surface manufacturers. Served as strategic advisor to Trajus Surfaces during post-acquisition transition.

Jamesburg, New Jersey, United States

Promoted to President and CCO to continue growth trajectory, grow revenues, and turnaround, streamline, and align operations, expanded natural stone and quartz products lines, and efficiencies across all companies in the Trajus Surfaces portfolio, while maintaining responsibility for top-line, direct (large fabricator account) sales. Operated with 10 showroom locations including two hubs across a footprint of 16 states. Served as Leadership Partner of McKinsey Consulting Group for Trajus Surfaces evaluation as a tool for the PE-Boards future strategy. Reported directly to CEO of Trajus Holdings. Company was purchased in 2023.

Jamesburg, New Jersey, United States

Retained post-acquisition to lead migration of EGM and Marva under the Trajus Surfaces umbrella, as well as reenergize sales performance, streamline/diversify overall product mix, and build profitable revenues across the entire company. Successfully rolled out Salesforce platform, which was the foundation of the business. Created and launched one vision, one voice strategy that completely rebuilt organizational infrastructure and streamlined and integrated EGM and Marva (acquired by PE Firm in 2016) under Trajus Surfaces.

Jamesburg, New Jersey, United States

Promoted to reposition and rebrand company, create dedicated product lines, grow retail footprint, and ultimately prepare company for sale. As second in command overseeing all retail operations (five locations and a hub), drove alignment and standardization across operational infrastructure. Transitioned company from a legacy infrastructure into a refined, forward thinking entity and cutting-edge market leader with centralized SOPS and complimentary products. Developed and launched Private Label Alleanza Quartz™ line cross business, phasing out PentalQuartz®. Grew Alleanza Quartz™ to 35% of overall product sales in five years. EGM was successfully sold to PE-group in 2016. With EGM guidance, PE Group acquired Marva Marble to expand footprint. Served on executive team that led the migration of newly acquired EGM and Marva Marble into Trajus post-acquisition.

Jamesburg, New Jersey, United States

European Granite and Marble (EGM)Jamesburg, NJBrought into this family-run business to expand the company from two to five locations across the Northeastern US, as well as build out the operational, IT, and sales infrastructure to improve efficiencies, reduce costs, and support rapid growth. Worked closely with Stone Profit Systems (SPS); changes made by EGM made SPS the leading ERP software in the Natural Stone Industry. Built the organizational and operational infrastructure and opened two additional locations in NJ and CT. Introduced a hub and spoke model that efficiently managed the entire product/distribution process. Served as Corporate IT Officer.

New York, New York, United States

Recruited for ability to successfully implement state-of-art technology across highly complex, fragmented environments. Charged with evaluating and revamping Deutsche Bank’s entire IT infrastructure, and 100-person team, supporting three trading floors (NY) of the Equities division. Senior Advisor to the Senior Technology Staff. Senior member of the Disaster Recovery team

Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

Senior member of Merrill’s Global Server Consolidation Project tasked with overhauling and updating company’s entire global technology infrastructure. Drove high-capacity consolidation, spend reduction, and improved efficiencies by condensing five multimillion-dollar systems into one. Introduced IT Infrastructure and applications performance monitoring system. Developed tools that upgraded all computers to Y2K ready for a network of 64K+ computers. Member of Y2K executive panel.

New York, New York, United States

Built entire global computer infrastructure from the ground up for Seagram, who was at the time, one of the world’s largest alcoholic beverage firms. Set up first 24/7 help desk and support network. Grew division first supporting New York, then nationally and ultimately globally. Traveled extensively worldwide, creating infrastructure/team, implementing standards, and building relationships that enabled one connected computer network for Seagram s globally.