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Elite Roof & Solar is a highly rated roofing contractor and solar installer currently serving Charlotte, Winston-Salem, the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, as well as northwest and central South Carolina. Established in 2012, Elite has built up a great brand serving over 5,000+ customers and is a GAF Master Elite contractor (only top 2% of contractors earn this designation) and multi-year President's Club winner (less than 10 in the entire state of NC). Our ownership team acquired Elite Roofing in 2020 to bring modern technology and processes to scale and grow Elite to become the premier Roofing and Solar provider in the Carolinas. Elite Roof & Solar will help both residential and commercial customers with all of their roofing needs – from simple repairs to roof replacement and solar installation – all while continuing to deliver the best service in a professional manner.

Arcus Technologies is an IOT & Smart Home management consulting and software development company that was established to help companies:- bring IOT products to market faster and scale affordably- develop winning go-to-market strategies and grow their customer base- drive significant customer engagement and leverage data to generate new revenue streams

Mooresville, Nc, Us

Iris is Lowe's cloud based smart home management system- P&L responsibility for business unit- Led team of over 100+ professionals responsible for software development, QA, operations, customer support, product management, marketing, merchandising, analytics, business development, public relations, finance, legal, and store & contact center training- Delivered high growth rates for customer subscriptions (average 39% YOY 2016-2019), revenue, and profitability - Grew business from startup to $30+MM annual revenue with a 35% product margin and 55% service margin rate, and expanded the offering to be sold in both Lowe's and Amazon.com- Acted as spokesperson for company giving interviews (on camera and one-on-one) with CNN, Forbes, ABC News, USA Today, and a multitude of other national / local publications, blogs, etc.

Mooresville, Nc, Us

- Iris - Porch.com- Aging in Place Strategy- Services Platform- Corporate Strategy

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- Accretive Commerce was a privately held outsourcer focused on e-commerce, customer care, and fulfillment services for retailers. - As a direct result of Accretive's growing marketing and sales strength, it was acquired by GSI Commerce in September of 2007 for just under $100 MM. - Led the re-positioning of the company to an fully integrated, end-to-end outsourced solution provider with strong differentiation vs. key competition. Created & executing all marketing and PR strategies which led to ~20% revenue growth

Southfield, Mi, Us

Ford, GM, and DaimlerChrysler's B2B company formed to streamline industry processes by providing web based software and services to the entire global automotive industry. Assets sold to Compuware in March 2004.- Marketing Director - created and launched corporate identity and product positioning- Product Management Director - transformed rudimentary process into a business development system for new software / product development- Business Development Director - developed and drove company to new business model, member of deal team on M&A sell side activities

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

- Marketing Leadership Program - Marketing Strategy Manager, Brand Manager, Sales / Zone Manager- Product Development Leadership Program - Product Design Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Strategic Planning Analyst, Financial Analyst

Mba, International Business

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

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