• Guiding fine wine and spirits collectors, investors, buyers and sellers navigate market conditions, educate and negotiate successful deals and terms. • Delivering up to date market knowledge in a pragmatic, focused and results-oriented manner.• Protecting clients seeking industry recognized advice, effective strategy, and proven results.• Investment advisory initiating collector goals and investment, structuring acquisition plans for meeting client ROI.• Detail oriented review of inventory, understanding collector goals, creating drink-hold-sell recommendations.• High-touch logistics, administration, finance and communications with clients and stakeholders.

• Consulting collectors on their selections, the market, and Acker's position in the global fine wine and spirits auction business.• Negotiating for clients on valuations, terms, logistics and fees.

• Consulting private client wine & spirits collectors on the market and selling fine wine and spirits in the secondary market.• Negotiating for clients with auctions, brokers and retailers on valuations, terms, logistics and fees.• Detail oriented review of inventory, understanding collector goals, creating drink-hold-sell recommendations.• High-touch national logistics, administration, finance and communications with clientele and stakeholders.• Initiated Investment Advisory service understanding collector goals and investment, structuring acquisitions plans for meeting client ROI.

Brands: Aviation American Gin, Sombra Mezcal, Astral Tequila, TYKU Sake and iichiko Shochu. • Directed all sales, marketing, and financial initiatives in six states, inclusive of tracking, forecasting and reporting. • Planned and participated in over 300 retailer tastings and 150 on-premise promotions, collaborating with agencies and field marketing team to execute events. • Active in all markets with effective communications to accounts, distributors and representatives through market visits, distributor meetings, educational trainings, trade events, account calls, in-store activations, and monthly newsletters.• Delivered strategic direction to distributor teams and managed all sales and marketing initiatives across platforms, achieving strong growth and exceptional performance by meeting company KPIs. • Grew Aviation Gin depletions +117% and points of distribution 150% through managing pricing, programming, sales training, and account merchandising along with weekly and monthly communications.• Executed 40+ sales & marketing initiatives to drive volume and points of distribution.• Supervised and empowered a team of two field marketers and one brand ambassador.• Compiled and analyzed sales and financial reporting of depletions, points of distribution, inventory, and pricing structures. • Negotiated and coordinated distributor inventory, pricing strategies and brand activity.• Led monthly and quarterly distributor performance reviews.• Called on key local, regional, and national accounts, supervising compliance, and activation throughout the territory.• Rolled out the successful launches of new SKUs, brands, and category with iichiko Schochu through distributor ownership, educational tastings, and trainings.

• Created partnerships with the Major League Baseball, the NY Yankees and the Wine & Spirits Guild of America.• Collaborated with a Loire Valley winery in France to produce a Rosé wine for the American palette. This included identifying consumer preferences in flavor profile, color, taste and packaging. Then translated those requirements through blending, experimentation and packaging creation.• Led French winery and internal stakeholders on logistics, regulatory issues, TTB label approvals, packaging graphics and materials from labels to outer shipper.

Brands: Portfolio comprised of 20 southern hemisphere family owned wineries and 100+ SKUs.• Managed sales, distributor management and national, regional and local key accounts.

Celebrity Chef driven restaurant concept with Aaron Sanchez of The Food Network's Chopped, on the water within a new $3.5B mixed use development, generating strong press and consumer reviews.• Created an innovative world class beverage program focused on 'craft' wine, beer, spirits with a strong emphasis on the art and theater of mixology.• Initiated a state of the art beverage system - highly purified water, cold draft ice cubes, 7 cocktails on tap, 25+ original cocktails, 30 craft beers, 70 small production wines and 200 craft spirits.

Judge for the IWSC's (International Wine & Spirits Competition) 'Spirits of the Americas' 2013 & 2014 competition to celebrate the diversity and innovation of distilling in the Americas by recognizing the best of the selection! An amazing diversity of excellence in distilling.

Brands: Beleza Pura, Rochinha, Armazen Viera and GRM Cachaças, Beleza Pura Caipirinha (RTD), Absinto Camargo and The Sommelier’s Selection. Distributed: Cold River Vodka and Gin, Mad Fish and Bird in Hand wines.• Founded an international sales, importing and distribution company focused on spirits from Brazil, creating Beleza Pura Cachaça, Beleza Pura Caipirinha (RTD) while also offering three artisan brands with sales in ten US markets, NZ and the Caribbean.• The company was the first importer to introduce a portfolio of super premium Cachaças in the US. • Sold over 15,000 cases of Beleza Pura and 5,000 cases of artisan brands. • Developed and executed experiential marketing plans, leveraging available resources to capture market share and drive volume, awareness and market visibility.• Executed a marketing campaign that garnered over 72 million impressions, 100 articles and 240 events, which directly tasted 64,000 consumers. • Managed all intellectual property, sales, marketing, finances, regulatory, legal, logistics and operational functions along with fundraising activities. • Directed an internal team of five employees and 20+ independent contractors.

Representing Brown-Forman, Allied Domecq, Bacardi, Sidney Frank, Scheiflin & Somerset, Seagrams, Banfi, KacherDirector Multi-Unit Accounts “Channel Management” and Top 5 Sales Consultant

Assisted John Kapon with Absentee bidding in the early Live (in-person) Auctions. - worked closely with John & Truly Hardy- active trader during this time

NY distributor providing Gallo training and an elite account base that included retail and on-premise accounts representing Bacardi, Gallo, Deutsch, Pasternak, Vineyard Brands+Top Sales Consultant • Increased Sales in 1st year becoming the top 7th sales representative in the company• High profile NYC accounts such as: Le Cirque, Aureole and Gramercy Tavern• Consistently achieved and exceeded goals Accounts included elite retail and high profile NYC accounts, such as: Windows on the World (Kevin Zraly, Andrea Immer Robinson, Gillian Balance), Le Cirque (Ralph Hersom), Aureole, Lespinasse (Joe Nasse), Le Bernardin, Bouley (Domenic Simone), Jean George (Chuck Simeone), Lutece (Andre Soltner), Montrachet (Daniel Johnnes, Tim Kopek), Daniel (Olivier Flosse), Tribeca Grill (David Gordon), Chanterelle (Roger Dagorn), Gramercy Tavern (Paul Grieco) and many more.

Responsible for Front of House Operations in elite NY locations: Specialties: guest relations, managing staff, education and creating/complimenting beverage programs, and food and wine pairings. Working closely with professionals and characters that included Marty Shapiro, Buzzy O'Keefe and Sam Corrente, Tony Fortuna, Jano Moratis, David Sarner, Michael Ault, John Crabtree, Glen Vogt, Don Quigley, Gustavo and these talented Chefs: Francesco Antonucci, Candy Argondizza, Francois Kwaku-Dongo, Genaro Picone, Rick Moonen, John Schenk, Gary Robbins and Jerry Bourkney. Personally earning Wine Spectator 'Grand Awards' for our wine lists at Remi 'Award of Excellence', and 'Best of' awards for Malvasia, The Water Club, The Monkey Bar and a ja.

Food & Beverage Management

One of the top restaurants in the U.S. Worked with the impeccable staff that included Chef/owner Alfred Portale, Jacinto Guarddarrama, John Schenk, David Walzog, Bill Telepan, Master Sommelier Scott Carney, Nick Mautone and Laurie Tomassino.

Food & Beverage Management

Licensed in NY & NJ, specialized in sales, marketing and development analytics.

U.S.S. John F. Kennedy (CV-67, aircraft carrier) Norfolk, V.A., Sixth Fleet*Shellback (x-pollywog...-) - equator cross 1981