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City Of Industry, Ca

Led Touch to commercialize new multi-sized capsulized single serve hot beverage platform with a full line up of retail and commercial brewers and capsulized beverages.Plan and executed Commercialization: Strategic Partnership, IP Platform Licensing - Brand and Technologies, Commercial, Box Retails, and E-Commerce. Managed P/L and Financing.Developed the licensing arrangements and then executed the comprehensive product development of a single-serve coffee & beverage platform with the brewers and capsulized beverages for the world's largest beverage company.Core Responsibilities;Product DevelopmentBusiness DevelopmentLicensing - Coffee Brands and Strategic PartnersStrategic Planning & InsightCapsulized Beverage DevelopmentCommercialization Manufacturing Supply ChainsReverse Logistics & FulfillmentMarketingCapitalization & FinancingGuided the company through a full-scale IP litigation at US Federal Court, and Inter Parte Review at Patent Trial and Appeal Board of US Patent Office, and full market leveraging actions from a multi-billion dollar global company Led emergency crises management for the company and raised MMs litigation financing (after litigation became public) to successfully fend off financially draining actions

City Of Industry, Ca

Pioneering innovation and commercialization of world's first remote controlled Robotic Mounts for Flat Panel applications, and various Automated Industrial and Consumer Electronic products. Successfully developed supply and licensing partnerships with Sony Electronics , Vizio, Toyota, and Milestone AV which became Legrand AV.Constructed and commercialized new full line of TV accessory brand, Proforma for Sony Electronics by structuring a multi-MM licensing agreement from Toyota Tsusho, a global trade & finance division of Toyota Motors Group to finance the development, manufacturing, retail and Direct to Consumer marketing for the project. Core Responsibilities;Product DevelopmentCommercializationBusiness DevelopmentSales ManagementManufacturingSupply Chains and SourcingReverse Logistics & FulfillmentOperationLogisticsSuccessfully commercialized Wallwizard Brand; full line of motorized and manual TV mounts. Wallwizard was the first to incorporate smartphone app technologies to control the movement of display mounting directionsManaged very competitive Supply Chains for Vizio and Sony in China, Korea, Taiwan, and Mexico

Greater Los Angeles Area

Led development and commercialization of leading household appliance and housewares products in the market.Successfully developed a long term exclusive business with Ron Popeil, Forbes Magazines’ Salesman of the 20th Century and father of infomercial marketing. Developed and commercialized Ron’s most successful products; Showtime Rotisserie & BBQ Oven (Set it and Forget it!), Electric Pasta Makers, Food Dehydrators, Pocket Fisherman, Chop o Matic and many more. Managed multiple 3rd party OEMs and vertically integrated on site plant of metal stamping and forming, molded injection, coatings, components, electrical and ITs, manufacturing and final product assemblies, and operations that manufactured up to 1 MM plus Appliance & IT products a year.Large Scale Volume Manufacturing; On Site and 3rd Party OEM - Cost Reduction engineering and extreme Lean Quality Manufacturing. Supply Chain and Logistic Management – Manufacturing partners, Supply Chains to international and domestic Logistics. Import, fulfillment, reverse logistics and distribution to QVC and E-Commerce, retails, and DRTV / D2C Core Responsibilities;Business Development – Fast TrackedDirect to ConsumerProduct DevelopmentCost Reduction EngineeringManufacturingProject ManagementSupply ChainsSourcingLogistics and DistributionReverse LogisticsFulfillmentRefurbishmentCustomer SupportCustomer Call CenterExtensive knowledge and experiences in Direct to Consumer marketing and distribution.