Burgschneider is THE leader in authentic costuming, accessories, equipment, and iconic items. In short, we are in the business of materializing worlds. The foundation of Burgschneider and its brands is in LARP (Live Action Role Play), specifically the medieval period. Additionally, the company has recently expanded into the world of licensing–to start, deals for Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer.

Cubles are a Patented mashup of Origami x Puzzle x Action Figure x Trading Card. Eco-friendly, recyclable, and made in the USA.

Fractional Executive Services

All things Biz Dev for the innovative Last Gameboard.

Heading up a team that is providing a track on Physical Products for Boulder Startup Week

Developer of licensed collectible merchandise.

Negotiated multiple licensing agreements for video game accessories. Set up sales relationships between Mad Catz staff and licensor staff.Built and launched in-house apparel program based on Mad Catz brands.Introduced new factories and merchandise categories to the company.Build and maintain budgets for my division.

President2007-2011; Created Direct to Consumer On Demand Apparel business from concept.Negotiated multiple licensing agreements for the emerging On Demand Apparel category.Negotiated relationship with Lucasfilm and Reed Exhibitions to create and manage $1M in merchandise for Star Wars Celebration fan convention in August 2010. We had seven months to concept, design, submit through approvals, and produce 80+ SKUs of merchandise across a wide variety of categories.Build and maintain all budgets of the company.

Started the company as a marketing consultancy and evolved it into one of the leading manufacturers of collector action figures.Built the company to $7M in annual sales and 20 employees before selling it off in 2006.In the growth phases, successfully built distribution with top Japanese collector brands (Epoch and Kotobukiya), introducing both to North American and European audiences.Negotiated dozens of merchandise licensing contracts with a variety of IP owners in different countries.Handled all facets of marketing.Coordinated and attended trade and consumer shows to interact directly with customers and consumers.Created the Direct to Consumer model for the action figure business and was a pioneer of the comic convention exclusive. Built the Palisades collectors club to more than 10,000 paying members.Negotiated the purchase of a prop replica company, Factory X, and integrated it into our business.Negotiated all bank financing and managed high level relationships with multiple banks.Negotiated factory production in China and personally visited multiple factories on a regular basis.