In 2005 I developed a 15,000 SF strip center in Commerce Township, Michigan. Shops at Commerce Village is located on the hard corner of Union Lake & Wise Road and features a Walgreens on the South end and a Biggby Coffee with a drive-through on the North end-cap. Other tenants include:> Willson's Pub 'n Grill, a 100+ seat restaurant and pub with a liquor license and outdoor seating> Verizon Wireless > Modern Nails & Spa> Tokyo Sushi - Thai, Japanese and Sushi… Show more In 2005 I developed a 15,000 SF strip center in Commerce Township, Michigan. Shops at Commerce Village is located on the hard corner of Union Lake & Wise Road and features a Walgreens on the South end and a Biggby Coffee with a drive-through on the North end-cap. Other tenants include:> Willson's Pub 'n Grill, a 100+ seat restaurant and pub with a liquor license and outdoor seating> Verizon Wireless > Modern Nails & Spa> Tokyo Sushi - Thai, Japanese and Sushi Fusion cuisine> Barre Reaction - Fitness> Great Clips> Specs Eyewear> Biggby Coffee with a drive-throughhttp://shopsatcommerce.com Show less

I was SVP Business Development, a member of the management team and an equity partner at Homerun.com (Homerun®) when it was acquired by Rearden Commerce for $87 Million in August of 2011.After the acquisition, I became SVP Business Development at Deem® and managed Strategic Partnership and Business Development initiatives with National Accounts in all business verticals.While not much was known about Deem® (no need to brand when you are channel-centric), Deem® is one of the… Show more I was SVP Business Development, a member of the management team and an equity partner at Homerun.com (Homerun®) when it was acquired by Rearden Commerce for $87 Million in August of 2011.After the acquisition, I became SVP Business Development at Deem® and managed Strategic Partnership and Business Development initiatives with National Accounts in all business verticals.While not much was known about Deem® (no need to brand when you are channel-centric), Deem® is one of the dominant e-commerce SaaS syndicated commerce companies valued at $1.35 Billion and backed with $535 Million in capital from tier one VCs (Khosla, Foundation Capital and Oak) and Corporate Partners and investors (Amex, CitiBank, JP Morgan Chase). Deem® powers many business and commerce sites generating $5+ Billion annually in spend across the network. https://workfource.deem.com Show less

I was retained as a consultant by Big Communications which provided sales training programs for sales forces in only the Pharmaceutical industry to broaden their reach and expand to new business verticals.After I secured a number of contracts for Big Communications with multi-billion dollar Fortune 20 companies in the Managed Care and Healthcare vertical, Big Communications was acquired by Meredith Corporation.

I joined Entertainment when they went public, was there when they became a subsidiary of CUC and then Cendant, then when they were sold to the Carlyle Group and then became a wholly owned subsidiary of Barry Diller's IAC Corp... and was still there after EPI was sold to a private equity firm.Reporting directly to the Founder and CEO, I personally signed contracts and entered into strategic partnerships and business development initiatives that generated 100's of millions of consumer… Show more I joined Entertainment when they went public, was there when they became a subsidiary of CUC and then Cendant, then when they were sold to the Carlyle Group and then became a wholly owned subsidiary of Barry Diller's IAC Corp... and was still there after EPI was sold to a private equity firm.Reporting directly to the Founder and CEO, I personally signed contracts and entered into strategic partnerships and business development initiatives that generated 100's of millions of consumer transactions annually from merchant funded discount offer redemption... and generated $Billions annually in incremental revenue for our strategic partners. I initiated, closed and managed Strategic Partnerships and Business Development relationships with C-level executives at National Accounts, repackaged and sold our content in both in-print and online custom private labeled discount programs to money center banks, credit card issuers, airlines, cruise lines, car rental companies, hotel chains, telecom, cable providers, National retailers, service providers and numerous other Fortune 500 companies.I was awarded the first and only $100 Million Sales Achievement Award ever given to an employee at Entertainment Publications inscribed "a feat of biblical proportions" for personally generating over $100 Million in net profits for the company. Show less