My entire career has been focused on business management and operations, investment banking, sales and development, and creating successful relationships both inside and out for companies, brands, projects and products across diverse industries, including retail, hospitality, entertainment, and education. I've done this for 20 years, domestically and internationally. My job has been to make sure that each unique business ran effectively, efficiently, profitably and more successfully in every definition of the word. This was achieved through developing people and rapport skills, mentoring, motivating and inspiring team members, setting them up to succeed, “both win” negotiations, marketing plans, time management, exemplary customer service, implementing new strategies, through sales, joint ventures, team work, fiscal responsibilities, and operational excellence.Some Career Highlights:Managed businesses from start-ups to $300M+Launched companies on 4 continentsConducted business in 40+ countriesCreated online marketing solutions that yielded a 25% increase in revenueSuccessfully launched businesses in new cities and marketsManaged teams of over 500+ employeesIn the early 2000s, launched a very profitable e-commerce company with 7-figure sales the first yearNegotiated 10-figure contracts with Fortune 500 companiesBuilt a start-up of 9 employees to over 250Produced or managed the production of over 1500 events and conferencesCo-managed one of the most successful rock stars/bands of all timeSenior Operations Director of a 13 location retail chain in Southern CaliforniaManaging Director at a private Investment Banking firm that has successful transacted over $300 billion in capital raises and M&A