Global Product Management & Development of B2C, B2B, and eCommerce electronics and tech accessories.

Executive consultant leading business planning, market analysis, strategic business development, product strategy, and category expansion for companies looking to accelerate growth.Hands on execution from ideation to launch to EOL collaborating with cross-functional client teams to ensure product plans, roadmaps, specifications, schedules, suppliers, and resources are aligned with customers, partners, and the market.Experience with electronics, cut & sew, and accessories brands selling through eCommerce, Retail, and B2B channel globally.

Regional leader for an award-winning headphone company managing all aspects of sales and marketing for North America. Doubled sales YoY by creating and executing new strategies to build customer relationships. Represented the region and provided vision, customer insights, and leadership to the engineering team to maintain a dynamic roadmap in a fast-paced competitive market.  Built, developed, guided, and managed a sales and marketing team of direct reports running eCommerce, Retail, and indirect Channel. Planned and executed Amazon advertising, Social Media, Affiliates, Influencers, PR & Events, within an annual budget.

Head of marketing and sales for fast growing cybersecurity software company.  Built a network of Value-Added Resellers and Managed Service Providers to offer B2B SaaS solutions directly and through the channel. Grew B2B sales by 400% in 18 months. Strategic leader that helped transform company from consumer direct only to selling to businesses through indirect channels opening significant new market opportunity.

General Management of OEM Alliance division and the Targus B2B product portfolio.  Doubled profit and cut working capital of OEM business by 50% in first 24 months Lead strategy, business development, and P&L of a $400M+ business  Developed strategy and executed product development for a $300M+ Dell contract Provided thought leadership and vision for category expansion to create new revenue streams and enhanced services for the Targus portfolio and our OEM brand partners. Built a new product team in Hong Kong to improve time-to-market and enhance the capability of our Southern California product team and our supplier facing resources based in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Spent 50% of my time in Hong Kong in 2015.Global role that required I foster cooperative and effective business relationships with internal teams and key customer teams at Dell, HP, and Lenovo and others. Leadership of a global cross-functional team managing strategy, planning, design, development, project management, and business development of hardware and software solutions including universal docking stations, universal power adapters, laptop cases, iPad Cases, Keyboards, Mice, USB Hubs, and wireless charging.

Led category expansion efforts in private label accessories. Researched, created a strategy, and built a team responsible for Product Planning and Marketing - Ingram Micro house brand (V7) accessories - carrying cases, cables, TV mounts, monitors, stands, keyboards, mice, speakers, digital picture frames, GPS, etc.

Started the Batteries Plus franchise location in Sioux City, IA. Own and operate this small business that sells batteries to retail and wholesale customers. This business continues to grow and outperform peers in the franchise network.

General Manager of the 3rd party consumer electronics, PC accessories, and software business. Responsible for all aspects of procurement, product marketing, eCommerce fulfillment, and solutions bundling. Managed a cross functional team that cut across multiple disciplines throughout the organization driving sales on Gateway.com and our call center sales team.

led multinational team responsible for all costs, contracts, and supplier relationships for laptops PCs. $1Billion in annual spend. Negotiated over $100M in savings during 2003 & 2004

Developed and executed comprehensive business plans for laptop computers. Maintained 18-24 month platform and component technology roadmaps. Responsible for product lines that generated $500 M - $1 B in annual revenue. Product management interface to Intel, Microsoft, LG, Quanta, IDEO

Managed long-term supply relationship for mobile systems components including LCDs, CPUs, HDDs, batteries, etc. Negotiated long-term contracts with LG electronics, Mitsubishi, and Hitachi. Annual spend $100M-$300M

Project leader for Gateway Japan startup:- Site selection, resource allocation and recruitment, facilities lease negotiation, facilities layout, liaison between legal and financial consultants, initial product marketing plans and forecast- Management of the Nissho Iwai distribution relationship including ending this relationship and negotiating the final settlement agreement- Gateway Japan was the most successful start-up in Japanese business history after year one.Managed relationship with international distribution partners including Japanese distributor, Nissho Iwai.Responsible for configuration management, localization planning, financial model maintenance, and overall relationship managementConducted extensive feasibility study and developed business plan for entry in to Japan

Domestic and International Sales of Personal ComputersAverage monthly sales in excess of $1MTechnical point person for entire sales team

Telephone based technical support representativeResponsible for trouble shooting of a vast array of technical problemsGained essential knowledge of PC hardware and software