Peter Monteleone Email & Phone Number

Sonoma, CA, US

Sonoma, California, United States

Sustainable business solutions for the wine & agriculture industries. Current clients include:Forum Mobility - building demand from the wine and coffee industries for electric port drayage trucking in CA, helping reduce emissions in and around California ports. Napa Green - independent, third-party auditing of vineyard and winery sustainability.

Novato, CA

• Spearheaded strategic initiatives as part of leadership team, resulting in significant growth and innovation
• Created purchasing framework for doubling sales revenue from 2016 to 2022 while navigating extraordinary business challenges of import tariffs, international shipping crisis and Covid
• Led purchasing and logistics team, including strategic product procurement and development, government compliance, supplier relations management and sourcing from 80+ artisan producers
• Built extensive network of long-term, collaborative supplier relationships with French producers
• Established go-to-market strategy across all direct wholesale and national distribution markets
• Managed inventory and coordinated operations across three US warehouses housing over 1,100 individual products, optimizing efficiency and reducing costs

Novato, CA

• Purchased and managed inventory of 50+ international brands across hundreds of skus
• Managed CA sales teams in Bay Area and Southern CA and produced extensive product training
• Planned, implemented, and tracked sales and marketing strategies to increase market share and revenue
• Developed and executed customer tastings to educate target audiences on product features and benefits

San Francisco Bay Area & Central Coast

• Increased territory sales revenue over twofold within two years
• Built lasting client relationships through timely delivery of products, customer education and staff training
• Acquired extensive wine education through travel abroad, professional tastings and customer training

Sonoma, CA

• Worked cross-functionally in enology lab, back office and on client consulting engagements
• Documented IT systems and built quality assurance process to support colleagues and customers
• Educated employees on troubleshooting and problem-solving protocols for IT and office systems

San Francisco, CA

• Absorbed broad wine & spirits education through staff and consumer tastings, industry seminars
• Learned retail side of industry via wine sales, inventory management, and customer/club management
• Wore many hats in small family business, from facilities management to operations

Glen Ellen, CA

• Learned hands-on while executing all facets of wine production, from cleaning and preparing equipment, to processing fruit, managing fermentations, racking/elevage, and preparing final product for bottling
• Kept operations in compliance with company/OSHA safety and legal requirements

San Francisco Bay Area

• Designed and implemented business intelligence solutions for clients to increase operational efficiency
• Built key customer relationships to maintain and extend client engagements
• Achieved highest Siebel certification and taught company training course for new hires

Boston, MA & Austin, TX

• Completed rigorous training courses in software development and corporate consulting methodologies
• Collaborated with client teams to design customized data collection models for specific business tasks
• Maintained proficiency with several database technologies and CRM/eCRM software
• Extensive US and international travel to client sites, engaging both client and internal teams

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mathematics, Spanish Minor

Activities and Societies: Kappa Alpha Order, Vanderbilt Rugby, Math department teaching assistant

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Sustainable Management

Activities and Societies: Presidio Sustainable Table Organization (PreSTO), Net Impact Connecting rigorous management theory and practice.