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San Diego, California, United States

- Developed the international business for an Ecom focused eyewear brand - Expanded distribution footprint from 8 countries to 52 countries- Created a factory direct program for larger international partners, shipping product directly from our overseas manufacturer to the client- Grew international sales from 316 k in 2021 to 410 k in 2022 to 1.1 M in 2023

- Managed relationships and sales with exclusive distributors in over 50 countries for two different action sports brands, Protec and Sector 9 Skateboards- Grew the international business for both brands after the 2018 skateboard downturn from 1.5M > 3.8M > 5M(Sector 9 grew from 510K in 2019, to 830K in 2020, to 1.4M in 2021. Protec grew from 950K in 2019, to 2.6M in 2020, to 3.6M in 2021)- Conducted seasonal pre-books and at once sales for more than 200 accounts across the globe- Created financial forecasts and budgets annually, tracked and reported on sales weekly, and adjusted forecasts and budgets accordingly- Identified new opportunities for product offerings by monitoring global market trends and and coordinated the development of future product lines to fill gaps in the market.

- Traveled to 16 countries developing the business with related and third party distributors and opened accounts in 19 new countries, increasing the total distribution territory to over 70 countries- Organized, coordinated and attended trade shows in 3 different countries and leveraged these as platforms to launch the summer deliveries which made up 70% of annual sales- Designed region-specific marketing initiatives and strategic pricing incentives to promote sales growth and increase market share. Ex: Custom wheels for Canada and South Africa, special boards for Japan, Australia and South Korea, unique pricing structure for LATAM, etc...- Supervised 2 in-house sales representatives, as well as a team of international distributors and sales agents- Created a new product by rebranding an existing and unpopular shape, the Sentinel. The new SKU, the Mini Lookout, has been a top two seller for the company annually since its conception in 2014. More than 50,000 units have been sold to date, which equated to a wholesale value of roughly $5M

- Increased sales in all territories by 21% (from $2.5 M to $3.2 M) over this period, with 30% growth in Latin America specifically- Managed at once sales with smaller, individual retailers in countries with direct sales- Searched, vetted and trained new international reps and distributors- Coordinated marketing and promotional activities with international clients

Guadalajara / San Diego

- Founded an LLC with a Mexico based, fruit packaging company- Established a sales office in San Diego and ran the day-to-day operations- Grew sales to $1M+ from less than $200k and expanded client base from two to ten