Paul Leary Email & Phone Number

Santa Rosa, Ca, Us

Northern Ca

Assemblage focuses on the Consumer Product and Service Industries. Think of an engagement with Assemblage as a "Managing Director for hire". This is not about a consultant relationship where there is only recommended strategy; rather, this is a scenario of working with a senior executive, who has an entrepreneurial mindset, that is going to be there side by side with you to tactically execute to your business goals.Get in touch if this is of interest to your brand and team.

California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

YPO is the premier global leadership organization for more than 27,000 chief executives in over 130 countries and the global platform for them to engage, learn and grow. As a YPO member, I harness the knowledge, influence and trust of the world’s most influential and innovative business leaders to inspire business, personal, family and community impact.

Bay Area, Ca

- Co-founder and leader of focused goals, strategies and KPI’s of a multi-brand & multi-channel premium wine company, with wholesale & client direct sales in over 45 US states and 12 export markets. - Achieved annual compounded revenue growth of over 46% and consistent gross margins of 55% through a diversified product set, focused weekly sales goals/KPI accountability and detailed COGS focus by the sales, finance and operations teams. - Mentored of a team of 45 employees who worked within well-defined company mission, vision and brand values to create a sustainable operating culture that promoted team member retention.- Focused on refinement of quarterly revenue forecasting in wholesale sales through use of Nielsen scan depletion data and in consumer direct channel with recurring membership programs that sustain subscription revenue. - Directed numerous multi-year projects, including—sale of a company brand to Restoration Hardware; development of a winery production facility; and multiple rounds of investor capital raises. - Influenced strategic brand and direct marketing partnerships with private online portals through national brands, including—American Express, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Live Nation and Mercedes Benz - Implemented industry-leading proprietary customer loyalty program through an RFM client-scoring algorithm. - Recognized as a Salesforce thought leader with the deployment in 2007 of Salesforce’s Sales and Marketing Clouds to be a competitive advantage for all company operations, including—CRM for wholesale and direct sales; ERP for inventory control; revenue pipeline and processing in Sales Cloud; an integrated ecommerce platform; campaign management for each sales activity.

Napa Valley, Ca

- Instrumental in the demand marketing to grow case production from 60,000 to 100,000 cases, with gross revenues of $31MM, gross margins of 58% and operating profit of 26% of revenues. - Improved growth in product depletions by leveraging new brand and focused line extensions to over 75 global wholesale partners and high margin consumer direct channels throughout the USA. - Achieved development of a $20MM winemaking and sales facility in Napa Valley with a focus on production efficiencies and an exemplary customer experience in retail and membership sales. - Active member of the Executive, Production and Technology Committees, which were charged with long-term production planning, channel pricing, technology systems development and go to market sales strategies. - Recruited, hired and mentored a team of over 40 employees in diversified sales, marketing and operations positions.

Napa, Ca

• Led a team of over 100 employees in a $9M gross revenue restaurant within a multi-store company.• Expanded on industry-leading gross profit and operating income through a focus on employee retention, exemplary operations standards, and a focus on customer loyalty.

Ba, Philosophy, Government

Activities and Societies: ASSMC Graduating Class President of 1993, Dean's List-Graduated with a B.A. in Government and a minor.

Certificate In Ebusiness Strategy & Management

Certificate In Business Administration