I started in the fireworks industry as a retailer and owned/operated several locations for 5 years. I then became the Regional Retail Manager for North Central Industries and managed their Indiana locations for another 5 years. After growing the Indiana region, I was promoted to Director of Operations for North Central Industries. As Director of Operations, I now oversee 20+ retails locations in Indiana, 10 locations in Kentucky, and assist in our Georgia division. Aside from retail my other responsibilities include new product development, purchasing, vender relations, and head of wholesale and retail marketing.With the creation of a marketing department, I was able to create a seasonal marketing plan to increase awareness of our retail brands and store locations, extend the brand awareness of the wholesale division from regional to nationwide, create 2 new product lines, improve NCI's company websites while adding online order, and improve all graphic design opportunities from product labels to catalogs to signage.With my background in fire, security, sprinkler, and camera systems I am able to manage all our building systems across the 3 states that we currently operate. This involvement ranges from service, installation, repairs, preventative maintenance, and managing vendors.North Central Industries is a growing company that is continuing to grow, expand, and diversify their impact on the fireworks industry.