C Suite Consumer Products Executive with a proven track record of stabilizing and turning around troubled businesses optimizing shareholder value. Excels at identifying and exploiting new business opportunities, while optimizing existing core business competencies Exceptional reputation for hiring, training and developing management teams fostering teamwork in a results driven culture. Thorough understanding of Supply Chain, Sourcing, Creative, Merchandising, Marketing as well as Operational dynamics. Proven history in direct to consumer sales through Internet, Catalog, Brick and Mortar Retail. Completed turnaround and sale of Western Schools in 2018 for 20 times Ebitda. Directed the turn around of the Utrecht Art Supply business and completed it's sale to Blick in April 2013 for 8.5 times ebitda. As President of Ballard Designs I was a key member of the team that sold Cornerstone Brands to IAC for $760 million in 2005. Specialties - Optimizing Shareholder Equity -Building Management Teams-Driving top and bottom line results-Maximizing return on inventory-Building Multi-Channel businesses-Identifying core compentencies of a business/competitiors weaknesses and developing a Strategic Plan to exploit both.