Ten Acre Gifts mission is to be the premier global branded food gift company for family and friends by curating and delivering on-trend gifts that are better for you, bring you comfort and joy, and make our world a better place.The Ten Acre Gifts team is passionate about curating artisanal food and entertainment gift solutions for every occasion that amuse, inspire and excite the gift-givers and every person on the receiving end.

Currently teaching evening classes in Marketing at the highly ranked Argyros School of Business & Economics.

Accountable for overall results, strategic planning, operations, finance, and human resources for the company’s $65 million global specialty gift and gourmet foods business. Led company’s five person executive team focused on profitable double digit annual growth. Trained and developed ten direct reports and an overall organization of 60 people across the U.S., Europe and China.• Sales growth from $15.0 to $65.0 Million.• Net profit as % of sales improvement from 7% to 17%.• Developed an improved company culture built on the values of creativity, integrity, passion, focus and flexibility.• Significantly reduced overall logistics costs while improving perfect order rate to over 98%.• Invested in leading edge systems and processes to radically improve new product development efficiency while reducing overall costs and increasing margins each year.

Responsible for sales and marketing of company’s $50 million global business. Led a four person executive team driving double-digit sales growth. Directed all sales and marketing activities across all brands and retail outlets. Trained and developed eight direct reports, 10 indirect reports and a broker organization across 48 markets.• Total company sales up 66% from $30.0 to $50.0 million in six years.• Broadened distribution of the core Roca brand from 25% to 85% A.C.V. in six years.• Increased gross margins from 40% to 55%.

Responsible for sales, marketing, customer service and logistics for the company’s $154 million business. Member in the company’s five-person executive committee focused on explosive earnings growth and profit and loss management. Trained and developed nine direct reports, 40 indirect reports and a broker organization across 50 markets.• Developed then implemented marketing plans across many new products to include bag confections, the company’slargest category representing over $50 million.• Created and drove a five-year plan on confections with detailed marketing and sales targets which lead to the doubling of the company’s confection sales.• Reduced the overall cost of sales from 9% to 7% by reducing headcount and consolidating the Food Service Groupinto the Branded selling organization.

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