Susan Purcell Email and Phone Number

Creating a variety of gourmet delicacies, including Intense Raspberry Sauce!Maintaining emphasis on all-natural, organic ingredients & spectacular flavor.Currently focusing on production and wholesale distribution of our outstanding gourmet ice cream sandwiches (some vegan, some dairy-based) that are always deliciously gluten free. MaineFlavor products are available in natural/specialty food stores, as well as our ice cream cart.

Business & editorial principal for this successful & trustworthy source of cooking information. Interested in publishing a book of very interesting, informative, timeless, and entertaining Q&A from the 2001-2013 archives of oChef: Answers to Life's Vexing Cooking Questions. Please contact me if you are an interested publisher or agent.

Consulting to Environmentally-Progressive Business Ventures.Special focus on sustainable automotive technologies that can revolutionize and stabilize the transportation industry.Also working to promote development and sales of alternative energy technology.

Corporate sales and new market development, especially development and extension of architectural markets, retail environments, museum environments, hospitality design projects, and various green/LEED initiatives.Worked closely with architects, designers, and visionaries to realize projects with timely and budget-sensitive solutions.

Built revolutionary digital tech grp that pioneered key business & service changes in many industries–grocery merchandising/mktg, kitchenware merchandising, cookbk publishg, nutrition mgmt, info svcs, wireless apps, food publishg, & specialty food mktgBuilt/rev integrated financial models for planning & opsDesigned/managed sw construction w/unique system to instantly calc nutrition per servg on any recipe. Supervised construction of massive data warehouse to manage comprehensive… Show more Built revolutionary digital tech grp that pioneered key business & service changes in many industries–grocery merchandising/mktg, kitchenware merchandising, cookbk publishg, nutrition mgmt, info svcs, wireless apps, food publishg, & specialty food mktgBuilt/rev integrated financial models for planning & opsDesigned/managed sw construction w/unique system to instantly calc nutrition per servg on any recipe. Supervised construction of massive data warehouse to manage comprehensive integrated data collection incl food names, prep/cooking processes, multicultural/lingual terms, dietary rules, ingredient nutrition, recipes, attributes, personal prefs, bibliographies, UPCs, product info, e-commerce components, videos, & partnersship objectivesWon 2 SIIA CODIE awards for excellence in software: Best Debut of the Year 1999 & Best e-Commerce Storefront Debut 2000. Best Website Finalist (the other 1999 finalists were ABCNews.com, Discovery Channel Online, ESPN.com, Quicken.com, & MayoHealth.org). Also named Finalist in 2000 for Best Online Information Site & Best Lifestyle ProductAnalyzed usage data for e-comm, informational, & interactive areas of ucook & sites of key partners. Focused on context of usage trends (both intra-site and inter-site factors), w/multiple variables incl referral, visitor region, demographics, spending habits, time per page, & time of day/week ratios. Used findings to refine & further test site components, marketing campaigns, & integrated commerceLed business development & strategic partnership initiativesListened to team members, customers, & partners. Collaborated w/team & partners on new prods for consumer & commercial needsDesigned 2 wireless apps to deliver ucook to Palm Pilot & other devices, making the system fully portable for quick pt-of-purch reference in grocery stores & farmers’ mkts. TUCOWS top-rated itHired & managed fast-paced start-up team of 32 employees (8 depts) & 5 contractor/engineers Show less

Managed small communications company, specializing in marketing research. Client projects included direct-marketing analysis, institutional-funding research, and magazine readership studies.

• Provided market analysis, research services, and strategic planning to senior managers and editors. Served as a member of a small team responsible for the development and articulation of comprehensive marketing strategy. Contributed to the design of a subscriber information system, developed specialized forecasting models, managed list-testing and package-testing studies, and tracked and analyzed ROI data.• Managed half of Market Research Department’s projects. Work included developing… Show more • Provided market analysis, research services, and strategic planning to senior managers and editors. Served as a member of a small team responsible for the development and articulation of comprehensive marketing strategy. Contributed to the design of a subscriber information system, developed specialized forecasting models, managed list-testing and package-testing studies, and tracked and analyzed ROI data.• Managed half of Market Research Department’s projects. Work included developing and maintaining specialized databases, planning and budgeting projects, designing and testing questionnaires, performing quantitative and qualitative analysis, writing and editing reports, and presenting results to top managers.• Trained and supervised researchers, assistants, new research analysts, and temporary employees. Worked with agencies, consultants, and contractors. Utilized syndicated research and online database services. Show less

Managed transition from manual to computerized systems for sales, accounting, purchasing, inventory, and management. Analyzed and streamlined company operations. Researched and recommended purchase of appropriate hardware and custom software. Opened Eastern US sales market and assisted with rollout of a new product. (This company was subsequently acquired by Illinois Tool Works.)