Evaluate investment risk level and providing funding to start-up companies.

Business development. Planning and new brand introductions. Responsible for forecast, budgets and format changes. Recent expanded responsibilities include sales force planning and development

Start-up operation in a nationwide, web-enabled service business.As one of the first staff members for this venture, participated in and advised on almost every aspect of the new business. Brought entrepreneurial experience and expertise to this new venture in systems, communications, business development, demographics, logistics, operations, human resources, investor relations, purchasing and procurement, accounting, sales and marketing, real estate lease negotiations, vendor contract negotiations.

Consultant to diverse vertical businesses such as medical, veterinary and dental practices, real estate management offices, school district offices, agricultural and logistics businesses, such as Valet Today, Inc.Services included business consulting, systems design, demographic services, sales target identification and lead development; also offered PC end-user technical support, training, website development and internet consulting.Performed beta testing for major software developers such as Prodigy, Lotus Development Corp., Microsoft, Aldus and Symantec. Designed and implemented Prodigy’s original user interface.

Founding Partner of start-up operation, Diverse responsibilities in: MIS, operations, purchasing, market analysis and research, end-user support and business development. • Successfully supervised relationships with over 4000 newspapers• Performed media rate and contract negotiations. • Developed Hispanic market advertising parameters.• Managed MIS department including help-desk and programming functions.• Developed newspaper circulation database and advertising coverage by zip code analysis system.• Implemented hardware rollout, progressing from three employees in one location to over 350 in four locations. • Purchased hardware, software, office supplies; negotiated real estate, office, telephone equipment leases and vendor contracts.• Directed Geographic Information Systems (GIS) market research including clustering and geodemographic research, mapping and analysis.• Developed training courses and taught all the Microsoft Office Suite modules to end-users.

Successfully developed marketing plans for 37 merchandise lines in three divisions with a combined volume of over $1.2 billion annually with direct departmental P&L responsibility.• Generated $59 million sales increase in a single fiscal quarter for the automotive category.• Managed the distribution logistics department with 15 direct reports.• Designed and implemented the “just-in-time” inventory system, reducing order lead-time by approximately 80 days.• Introduced "telecommuting,” reducing district managers’ travel expenses by 31%.• Introduced desktop publishing to the Sears Merchandise Group, reducing in-house production time by 70% and expenses by 62%.• Developed in-house advertising photo production system, reducing turn-around time by 80% and production expense by 56%.• Increased software sales by 42% and gross profit by five percentage points.• Negotiated contracts with over two hundred vendors.• Supervised TV, radio and newspaper advertising media plans.