Southeast Regional Manager GA, AL,SC, NC

With clients from Chicago to Miami, Cellar Keepers was developed out of the private wine management needs of individual collectors. • Heading logistics of benefactor’s donations as well as winery donations for the Atlanta High Museum Wine Auction 2004 - 2007. • Designed private software to streamline clients inventory. • Work with wine auction houses performing collection and assessment as well as client private collection sales.• Teach customized preparatory courses for individuals and corporations preparing them for the Society of Wine Educators exams and hold an 86% pass rate with the national pass rate only being 46%.• Fulfilling the specific wine needs of each client, consulting in wine acquisitions, food pairings and drinkability of wine as well as long and short term goals that reflects the collector’s palate and investment needs.

Territory focusing on Georgia, Alabama, Northern Florida with utility work in South and Eastern regions• Exceeded sales goal for fiscal 2015 by 144% and fiscal goal 139% for fiscal 2016• Increasing account sold in markets between 150-500% in 3 fiscal years• Creating brand awareness and education through wine dinners, retail tastings, staff trainings• Weekly regional independent sales calls and distributor market work• Track and manage LBS, NBS expense and Margin Deviation, Inventory Control along with allotted market T&E• Driving Distributor programming through distributor partners, retail and restaurants• Quarterly distributor general sales meeting presentations for program drives and brand education• Conduct Quarterly Business Reviews with multiple GA Distributors to grow Aveniu Brands distribution and sales• Make effective use of point of sale materials

An amazing January 2005 Wine Spectator cover cellar, with vast depth and quality, 8 cellars equalling 6,000 square feet and 35,000+ bottles of wine. • Annual audit of cellars and insurance valuation of cellars. • Responsible for being an evening cellar host, educating the guests as well as private and small group tutoring for the family. • Overall cellar schematics and wine database security and technology design, shipment logistics, conducting business with auctionhouses, wineries and brokers around the globe. • Managed the purchase of Bordeaux futures traveling to Bordeaux doing barrel tastings, meeting with wineries. • Organization and execution of the eventual sale of the collection totaling 5.5 million dollars with 2.7 million dollars of that being profit.

Sales representative for the top 13 fine wine retail accounts in Atlanta and Athens, writing over 2.5 million in sales. • Awarded ‘Salesman Of The Year’ 2002 as well promoted to District Manager of the fine wine retail division. • Negotiated the sales goals and implemented new innovation with suppliers for execution in 110 of the elite fine wine retail accounts. • Dailey operations and training of 6 sales reps with over 10 million in sales. • Managing the selection, purchase and sales allocations of the growing Italian portfolio.