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Livonia, Michigan

Responsible for financial performance. Turned around a negative cash flow situation in 2015 to a $65 million positive cash flow for 2016. Achieved objective of selling product inventory that had been sitting dormat for 2 years before I took over.Managed all employee hiring and development decisions. Revamped sales, marketing, engineering and cross functional positions to become a high performance team. Grew the business substantially in personal, fleet, government and international market segments. Sales increased 151% from 2015 to 2016.Developed brand through innovative social media, events, sponsorships and press events.Managed pricing and incentive decisions to build sales momentum while growing revenues and cash flow.Aligned dealer body with Mobility Ventures goals resulting in success for both the dealers and MV.Approved all product development decisions adding innovation and safety features to the MV-1 wheelchair accessible vehicle.

Southfield, Michigan

Created brand identity and secured pro bono advertising, PSAs and social media to build the brand image for the Autism Alliance of Michigan (AAoM) among the public.Engaged the charity in a number of new events and unique promotional opportunities that elevated awareness and increased revenues from $350K to over $2 million in one year. Introduced and led a high profile golf event that involved the Detroit Pistons and the National Basketball Association.Negotiated a deal with CBS Cares and the Woodward Dream Cruise to have Autism Alliance of Michigan recognized as an official charity. This included over 1.5 car lovers who attended the dream cruise and awareness of Autism Alliance of Michigan skyrocketed as a result.Created an unprecedented strategic collaboration between a major research university and 3 non-profits to set up a portfolio of small businesses employing adults with autism. The results were published so it can be replicated throught the U.S. and beyond. This is unprecedented.Catapulted Autism Alliance of Michigan into a major player in the Michigan non-profit space in 5 months, securing corporate sponsorships, changing the face of social media, negotiating pro bono advertising and creating relationship with the National Basketball Association on a national level.Lead efforts in creating an infrastructure for adults with autism in Michigan. Key areas will be housing, employment and services.

New York (Hybrid)

Transformed Autism Speaks from a donor centric charity to a multi-functional industry leading brand catapulting revenues from $12.5 mil/yr to $67 mil/yr in 3 years.Managed major awareness building and fundraising events.1. A dinner at the NY Metropolitan Museum of Art partnering with the NBA, bringing in former Hall of Fame players sitting with paid guests tables with Bill Bradley as the featured speaker.2. Concert at Carnegie Hall featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bruce Springsteen where the Who's Who of NY media and entertainment were the paid attendees.3. Fundraising dinner at Cipriani's where famous chefs donated their time and expertise to cook dinner for the high paying guests.4. A gold outing at the famous Winged Foot country club.Introduced the 'Light It Up Blue' campaign with a major advertising agency. It has become a world slogan celebrating World Autism Awareness Day/Month, and has raised awareness and funds for autism around the world (www.lightitupblue.org).Managed social media team that has attracted over 1 million Facebook followers and has led the way to engage the autism community in a two-way dialogue.Established a quarterly program with SiriusXM radio and its Dr. Radio channel that enables conversation with autism experts and families struggling with autism.

Served as Director of Special Projects. Recruited corporate sponsors to participate in local Walk Now for Autism events as well as strategic marketing promotions.

Created strategic blueprint for senior management to use to focus on 4 premier brands with the objective of of improving revenues and net profit by multi-billion dollars annually.Implemented the 5-stage consumer funnel methodology that measures intender data from awareness to opinion, from opinion to consideration, from consideration to shopping, and finally from shopping to purchase.

Led ongoing efforts of a 500-member team of skilled trades to deliver outstanding auto show exhibits, which proved instrumental in substantially reducing cost while improving employee morale.Achieved multiple 'best-in-show' exhibit awards and played a key role in HUMMER exhibit that earned the prestigious 'Gold Award' by Exhibitor Magazine.Removed over $25 million in operational costs while simultaneously boosting employee morale to an all time high.Earned 'Chairman's Honors Award' for contirbution in the promotional lauch of a 100,000-mile warranty campaign.

Built brand building promotions and campaigns for the Cadillac DeVille, including full P&L responsibility. Facilitated dealer relationships and chaired the DeVille Dealer Council. Conducted public and customer relations activities, as well as creating diversity programs.Turned DeVille brand around to make over $1 billion in net income while growing market share from 40% to 50%, capturing significant share from Mercedes on the East and West Coasts. DeVille contributed $1.1 billion in net income comprising 65% of Cadillac's net income during this period and 18% of the entire GM North America net income for fiscal year 2000.Introduced 'Certified Pre-owned Vehicles' program which increased residuals on the DeVille by 9% points amounting to $30 million in cost savings.Created communication plan to reverse the image of Night Vision technology from being an eyesore to a 'badge of honor' by leading a national effort with the news media to promote the uniqueness of Night Vision only on the DeVille. Developed Night Vision setting the present to local and national media, including appearances on CNBC and CNN. Vehicles with Night Vision sold out in the first 3 months of launch, many selling for $3-4,000 over sticker price.Market share catapulted from 40% to 50%. Trade-ins of competitive vehicles soared from 4% to 35% under my management, capturing significant share from Mercedes on the East and West Coasts. Expanded scope to become a truly global brand. Doubling and tripling market share in the Middle East and Japan.Spearheaded development of "Going for the Gold" employee program focused on quality achievements through teamwork. Developed strategic alliance with U.S. Olympians and the Detroit Hamtramck assembly facility focused on quality. DeVille made it into the J.D. Power Initial Quality Survey Top Ten. Earned "People Making Quality Happen" award.Earned Chairman's Honor Award for contribution in the promotional launchof the 100,000 warranty campaign.

Negotiated multiple mutli-year multi-million dollar strategic alliances with major global partners including a $120 million+ 10 year agreement with Disney corporation that expanded the relationship from sponsoring a ride at Epcot Center to a comprehensive strategic alliance with all aspects of Disney Corporation, including Cap Cities. ABC, ESPN. Internal valuations estimated the relationship to be worth $240 million.Negotiated multi-year multi-million dollar strategic agreement with the U.S. Olympic Committee. Managed GM's sponsorship for the Centennial Games in Atlanta. Secured Olympic Programme sponsorship level rights for the U.S. with the U.S. Olympic Committee at 25% of the asking price. Consequently, this saved GM $25 million at the Centennial Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, with 3,000 GM vehicles being driven with the Olympic logo.Created GM Eventworks (R*Works) that managed all major marketing promotions for GM on a global basis. Allowed GM to reduce structural costs by $9 million and establish an asset of 'expert's in the field' resulting in such strategic alliances as a 16-year agreement wit the U.S. Olympic Committee and NBC.Catalyst of implementing Brand Management at GM. Part of an elite team that redesigned the organizational structure to focus on growing powerful brands. Board member of the GM Brand College. Designed and taught Brand Management courses to Brand Teams.Negotiated GM's sponsorship of the WNBA.

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