Stu Levitan Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga

25 year old retained executive search firm with headquarters in Atlanta and offices in Chicago, Houston, & Washington DC. www.brightwelltalent.comPLEASE NOTE: I AM NOT THE BRIGHTWELL TALENT CONTACT FOR ANY SOLICITATIONS!!!!!

Greater Atlanta Area

Advisor/consultant to private equity/venture capital firms and beverage/food companies. Identified and evaluated viability of potential acquisitions/investments for Spencer Trask, Bedford Capital, The Beverage Group, US Beverage Corp., Salem Partners, Silverpoint Investments and Circle Peak Capital. Provide broker representation for Stolle Biologics (milk protein ingredient), Summit Foods (private label confection manufacturer). Provided operations, sales, marketing and financial advice to… Show more Advisor/consultant to private equity/venture capital firms and beverage/food companies. Identified and evaluated viability of potential acquisitions/investments for Spencer Trask, Bedford Capital, The Beverage Group, US Beverage Corp., Salem Partners, Silverpoint Investments and Circle Peak Capital. Provide broker representation for Stolle Biologics (milk protein ingredient), Summit Foods (private label confection manufacturer). Provided operations, sales, marketing and financial advice to Progressive Beverages (white spirits), Hype Energy Drink, Nutrition 21 (Chromium Piccolinate), Alaska Glacier Refreshments, WaterBank of America, Mizmor Kosher Water, Hi*Tea (Hemp based RTD Tea) and several bottled water start-ups including Ethos and Aspen Pure. Partner in development of Babicino - automatic baby formula dispenser. Show less

Recruited by CEO to serve as General Manager, Water Products with the intention of salvaging a failed water pitcher, with filtration (Clear2o), and to introduce additional water filtration products under the Clear2o brand. Developed market strategy that included special events, social media campaigns and sampling. Orchestrated design, engineering, marketing and sales of new product called Clear2Go, a sports bottle with built-in replaceable filter. Generated $1 million in revenue within 8 months… Show more Recruited by CEO to serve as General Manager, Water Products with the intention of salvaging a failed water pitcher, with filtration (Clear2o), and to introduce additional water filtration products under the Clear2o brand. Developed market strategy that included special events, social media campaigns and sampling. Orchestrated design, engineering, marketing and sales of new product called Clear2Go, a sports bottle with built-in replaceable filter. Generated $1 million in revenue within 8 months of launch. Managed design/engineering of two line extensions of bottle; fashion and kids using same filter technology. Re-positioned and repackaged failed pitcher and received “Best Value” announcement from Consumer Reports (April 2010) which generated 5 times previous on-line sales Show less

Recruited by founders to serve as Chief Operating Officer of this start-up company focused on the dual strategy of acquiring fresh water spring sources while, concurrently, introducing an innovative consumer product; ICEROCKS. ICEROCKS are hermetically sealed, ready to freeze spring water ice cubes packaged in disposable plastic trays. Company went public in U.S. through a reverse merger in October 2006 and was represented on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board. Responsible for operations… Show more Recruited by founders to serve as Chief Operating Officer of this start-up company focused on the dual strategy of acquiring fresh water spring sources while, concurrently, introducing an innovative consumer product; ICEROCKS. ICEROCKS are hermetically sealed, ready to freeze spring water ice cubes packaged in disposable plastic trays. Company went public in U.S. through a reverse merger in October 2006 and was represented on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board. Responsible for operations, sales and distribution. Show less

Recruited by former CEO and Icelandic shareholders (including: Coca-Cola Iceland; City of Reykjavik; and Hof Holdings) to reinvigorate a 10-year failed project exporting Natural Icelandic Spring water, primarily to the US market. Umbrella strategy was to become an ambassadorial consumer product reflecting Iceland’s image to the global community. Challenge necessitated strategic overhaul of business approach including: product positioning, staffing and training of… Show more Recruited by former CEO and Icelandic shareholders (including: Coca-Cola Iceland; City of Reykjavik; and Hof Holdings) to reinvigorate a 10-year failed project exporting Natural Icelandic Spring water, primarily to the US market. Umbrella strategy was to become an ambassadorial consumer product reflecting Iceland’s image to the global community. Challenge necessitated strategic overhaul of business approach including: product positioning, staffing and training of production/QA/transportation/administration/finance and sales functions. Cultural eccentricities between US based sales/marketing and Icelandic based administrative/operating personnel required mitigation and Icelandic Board of Directors needed to be convinced to invest in a long term growth strategy. Full P&L and functional responsibility for this quasi-start-up 40 person enterprise. Show less

Recruited in 1990 by Chairman to build struggling enterprise into a world class competitor in the global bottled water category. Grew Naya from $4 million revenues with $2 million loss to $160 million revenue with 20% EBITDA and 8% net profit in just 8 years, becoming the second leading selling imported bottled water in the US and the #1 selling Canadian water in the world. Led the 450 employee organization to achieve repeated recognition for technical expertise, innovative packaging and… Show more Recruited in 1990 by Chairman to build struggling enterprise into a world class competitor in the global bottled water category. Grew Naya from $4 million revenues with $2 million loss to $160 million revenue with 20% EBITDA and 8% net profit in just 8 years, becoming the second leading selling imported bottled water in the US and the #1 selling Canadian water in the world. Led the 450 employee organization to achieve repeated recognition for technical expertise, innovative packaging and revolutionary marketing/distribution strategies. Naya’s distribution alliance with Coca Cola Enterprises, initiated in 1992, fostered the explosive growth of this relatively new beverage category and pioneered the way for yet unknown brands such as Arrowhead/Poland Spring (Nestle), Aquafina (Pepsi), Dasani (Coke) and Crystal Geyser. Show less

Recruited as first Director of Marketing for 30 million case, $200 million+ soft drink bottling and beer distribution company in Metro NY and NJ. 17 branded products and private label soft drinks were distributed by more than 200 independent and company owned direct store delivery distributors. Reported to President, with P&L responsibility for $11 million marketing and $5 million media budgets for all brands including Canada Dry, Seven Up, Orangina, Yoo-Hoo, A&W, RC Cola, Hawaiian Punch… Show more Recruited as first Director of Marketing for 30 million case, $200 million+ soft drink bottling and beer distribution company in Metro NY and NJ. 17 branded products and private label soft drinks were distributed by more than 200 independent and company owned direct store delivery distributors. Reported to President, with P&L responsibility for $11 million marketing and $5 million media budgets for all brands including Canada Dry, Seven Up, Orangina, Yoo-Hoo, A&W, RC Cola, Hawaiian Punch, Perrier, Labatt’s, and Coors. Member national Seven Up, Canada Dry and RC marketing committees. Managed regional efforts of 6 national advertising agencies. Show less