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California, United States

Custom manufacturer of casual clothing and accessories for all using modern embellishing methods. We also hand make wire wrapped custom jewelry with precious minerals and stones along while sourcing other compatible spiritual and environmentally friendly products.

Cathedral City, California

Created men's casual clothing line focused on comfort, elegance, individualism and positive messaging along with spouse. • Identified specific styles, current trends and unique artwork in alignment with clothing line vision. • Orchestrated and oversaw quality control process for clothing manufacturing and artwork application with contractors resulting in minimum waste of raw materials. • Identified best ecommerce opportunities, web design and search engine optimization for clothing brand. • Administered and directed the manufacturing of vintage baseball uniforms for vintage leagues across the country.• Executed all finance activities, including: negotiating contract pricing, auditing invoices for payment, accounts payable and accounts receivables.

Fort Lauderdale, Fl

Consulted, educated and managed expectations for new designers seeking to establish a clothing or accessory line.• Planned and executed all aspects of clothing production for established upscale lifestyle brands and new designers.• Implemented clothing ideas into patterns and samples for review and revisions by customers.• Sourced raw materials (fabrics, notions and trim) used in production of clothing items.• Coordinated shipping logistics involving raw materials and final products.• Developed, refined and maintained network of experienced contractors throughout South Florida.• Operated design center and sample making showroom in Fort Lauderdale for customer inspiration and engagement.

Established a modern clothing manufacturing and distribution facility using personal funds and the talent and over eighty years of combined experience by business partner and three full-time employees. - Expanded into three distinct units of business: contract manufacturing, custom manufacturing of uniforms and ready-made clothing embellishment and distribution. - Marketed and created client base by demonstrating exemplary customer service, design and boutique "Made in America" custom manufacturing capability.- Achieved preferred provider status of custom uniforms and accessories to many high-end hospitality businesses. - Coordinated and managed all logistics, setup and marketed at trade show events .- Organized all details and Conducted uniform fittings and installations on client properties located nationally and in the Caribbean.- Created a cottage industry network of home sewing operators and other small factories to assist in production workload and deadline management for custom and contract manufacturing.- Organized a network of contractor specialists including: other manufacturing plants, contract embroidery, screen printing, fabric sublimation in order to achieve high- quality final clothing products for distribution to end-users.- Consistently refined and held all contractors to high quality standards to effectively compete against less costly offshore manufacturing.- Sourced of raw materials (fabrics, notions and trim), ready-made items to be modified or embellished for resale and office supplies.- Primary decision maker of all capital expenses, including: machinery, vehicles and the negotiation and execution of leases for production facilities.- Created Company Policy/Employee Handbook.- Built solid teams through goal setting, achievement, performance reviews, discipline and terminations.

Organized, prioritized and supervised the completion of time-sensitive quality controlled multimedia presentation demonstratives for courtroom trials.- Orchestrated and highly experienced in determining shipping logistics for deadline intensive presentations based on costs and delivery times.- Effectively communicated all issues between department managers, co-workers and subordinates. - Instrumental in the growth of Technology Department production from nine to fifty employees including job training for new or reassigned employees.- Created administrative procedures for technology department that was inline with senior management directives.- Administrator of presentation databases on company servers including: database integrity, file management, restores and back-ups.- Knowledge of document imaging, graphics creation, audio and video editing, litigation cycles and terminology.- Ordered, received and monitored the use of all consumables from office supply company and other needed vendors, including temporary staffing agencies.

Over ten years of continuous growth in management at various locations for company with nationwide presence. Knowledgeable in legal and corporate human resources guidelines for employee interviewing, hiring, discipline and termination. Demonstrated ability to successfully train and motivate department personnel and devised reward programs. Began employment as a media researcher recording a synopsizing all newscasts out of Albany, NY media market. Promoted and moved to New York City Corporate headquarters as Traffic and Placement Manager for News Division. Promoted to Production Manager of Chicago office with staff of fifteen, set-up independent contractors in smaller regional markets. Promoted to Production Manager in New York City Office in 1997 with staff of fifty and eight direct reports. Enhanced and streamlined operations through troubleshooting, reorganizing and cross-training employees.

Informed and entertained public during evening and overnight shifts. Assisted in the production of commercials, station promotions and the morning radio show. Coordinated music library and completed various administrative duties.

B.A., Communications

Internship - Production Assistant - New York State Commission on Cable Television - 1986

A.A.S., Broadcasting/Media Arts

Activities and Societies: Program Director - WRSR College Radio Station Recognized for Student LeadershipReceived Grant from the Hugo &.