Marketing Strategist and Brand Ambassador for ROUSE. Property Manager of Irish Fields Apartments, a new 4-5 star property in Fitchburg, WI opening March 2024. Contact me to schedule a tour!

Guided Wine Tasting Experiences, Wine Society Membership, Direct to Consumer Wine Sales, Custom Label bottle development and Corporate Gifting

Day to day management of Development Team and Projects (Marketing & Communications, Special Events) with a key focus on Donor Relations. Work directly with the Chief Development Officer to create Development Plan to reach fundraising goals to support the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County vision and mission.

Produce and facilitate two events each month for eWomenNetwork-Madison, a local chapter of the number one networking and referral global community for women entrepreneurs (although men are members too!) that is in it's 20th year. Come join us for the most effective networking events. At eWomenNetwork our purpose is to support, promote and showcase our members' products and services and to help them achieve their professional goals.Please join us and learn the power of networking and building relationships with successful business women who know the great benefits of sharing and helping.

Sole owner and proprietor of Eventful Advantage LLC. Manage own business. Create experiences not just events is woven into everything we do.

We work with business owners and decision makers, associations, non-profits, speakers and coaches to help build their business and brand through the power of events while making sure their attendees have experiences. Experiences lead to memories and we ensure that you, your business and brand will be memorable. We are able to produce both in-person and online events in an interactive and engaging way to achieve your purpose and goals. Our focus is on business events where we can give our clients the most value based on our strong business background. We handle all sizes of events at any budget level. Events include: Meetings, Summits, Conferences, Product/Service Launches, Sell from Stage Events, Fundraisers, Networking, Grand Openings, Open Houses, Appreciation Events, Recognition and Award Events, Milestone Events, and Special Celebrations.

Events, meetings and activities to help communicate, connect and engage employees and teams of employees (in-person & online). Improve employee retention, improve team performance and productivity and become known as a better place to work which will attract future employees.

Train people and teams on event planning and management along with how to create experiences. Online course for how to create your own successful online events. Workshops to fit your company and employee needs, contact us to learn more.

Keynote speaker for in-person and online events along with podcasts. Speaking topic can be adjusted for the audience. Contact me directly to book. Recent topics include: • Create Experiences Not Just Events – The Advantage of Taking Your Audience Over the Top• The Magic of Creating Experiences• Build Your Business & Brand with Events – In-Person or Online• How to turn your Open House, Grand Opening, Milestone Celebration… to a Client Attracting Event• Customer Experience Advantage - Get Clients, Referrals and Keep Them Forever

Consultation on any aspect of your business event to help you make it more successful. Review and Consultation on any aspect of your customer experience journey and how to improve upon it to keep your customers loyal and refer additional business to you.

Directed the creation of new products for Haggar, managing the product assortment and exercising responsibility for preparing the product line to go to market. Led a merchandising and design team of seven people to oversee all Haggar products, which primarily included Men’s Bottoms and Suit Separates. Identified white space in stores, reacted to new trends in fabric and product, and worked well with both cross-functional and external teams. Helped Haggar maintain leadership as overall #1 Dress Pant brand including having the top two selling styles and to increase market share in Casual Pants and to have the #1 selling style according to the NPD Group published data. • Successfully launched over five new products that were well-received and purchased by Haggar accounts. • Collaborated with sales to develop account strategies and made sure representatives were prepared with everything they needed to have a successful meeting. This resulted in Haggar successfully starting business with several new accounts along with expanding business with existing accounts.• Instituted practices and procedures to improve morale and function of team. Set up new practices and procedures to enable team to work in a more efficient manner and to keep on time and action calendar. Managed, developed and mentored team to perform at a high level of standards and grow in their jobs. Successfully promoted an intern to a full-time assistant.• Improved professionalism of how Haggar presented product to accounts. Worked with new marketing team to improve appearance of product with packaging to give it a more polished and complete look, along with improving the line books given to accounts. • Worked with E-commerce team to help build product assortment. Recommended additional product to help in growth of Big and Tall and D2C businesses.• Spearheaded the time and action and product assortment of Haggar’s first catalog sent to more than 400,000 customers in Spring 2017.

Sole owner and proprietor of TYE Consulting. Managed own business. Independent merchandising consultant contracted by wholesale, retail, and industry-related service businesses, including E-commerce, on a project-by-project basis.

Led the project and creation of the new Pierre Cardin sportswear line, a partial product license for Perry Ellis, from line direction to product launch. Stayed on after project completion to also work with additional Perry Ellis brands, Axist and John Henry. Developed product line. Performed extensive market and competitive research. Hired a designer to work on project. Worked with cross-functional team to help put together product line and materials needed to go to market. Creatively worked with factories and mills to use existing fabric and colors to make line to achieve fast turnaround time to get line to market quickly. • Successfully launched Pierre Cardin new men’s multi-classification product line from idea to saleable samples in 45 days to be able to present product to accounts during market, resulting in sales into 500 doors. This was a company record from line creation to sample readiness for the company.

Recruited to put together product line for PLUGG, a young men’s and boys’ multi-classification line. Generated sales from close to zero to $130 million. Built team from one designer to 20 people, which included all facets of design, including technical and graphic design. In addition to Men’s and Boys’ line, was asked to take on leadership of Juniors’ and Girls’ line. Directed creation of product lines and special private label lines. Collaborated with overseas partners to make certain all necessary details for sample line and setup were complete and to specifications. Chose fabrics and colors, created SKU plan, developed new processes, worked with licensees and marketing agency, ensured sales had samples, and that everything was ready to go to market. Conducted factory and U.S., Canada, and European shopping and account trips. Implemented quality control improvements.• Successfully launched new PLUGG product line that grew to dominate market and become company’s premium revenue generator.• Recognized leader in Men’s and Boys’ cargo pant and short sales, per NPD Group data during this trend cycle. Sold line to all major and mid-tier department stores. Created special private-label product lines for Sam’s, Costco, Walmart, Kohl’s, and JCPenney.

Oversaw 15 people, including assistant, buyers, and assistant buyers. Managed product areas of all classifications of young men’s, boys’, and men's contemporary, including directing business for area, developing financial plans. Responsible for making sales and gross-margin plan. Oversaw assortment of merchandise bought for stores. Collaborated with advertising, promotions, and planning departments to determine what to buy, promote, mark down, and reorder. Led key vendor accounts and worked with vendors on product assortment and margin. Recognized for bringing new trend product to stores.

Headed development of private-label, multi-classification young men’s and boys’ line sold into all Federated stores. Designed sales plans for each category for each account. Presented and sold product to buyers of each store group, including travel to factories, trend shopping in U.S. and Europe, and store visits.

Acted as key market representative to core vendors for young men’s and men’s contemporary/denim, and made assortment recommendations for the different store groups to follow.

Worked with president to develop and launch new-concept store, Hollywood Store, which brought together all licensed products in entertainment into one store. Successfully opened two different concept stores. Buyer, 1992-1993. Served on team of buyers for Cignal stores, a European-styled specialty store of men’s and women’s products. Shopped market, and chose and bought product assortment, with a concentration on Men’s Bottoms and Women’s Denim. Analyzed business and worked with store management to display product correctly. Worked with in-house designers to develop own product. Made U.S. and European trend trips and store visit trips.

Senior Buyer, Men’s, 1989-1992. Managed financial planning and results of five departments. Included attending European runway shows. Associate Buyer, Juniors, 1988-1989. Assisted senior buyer in building financial plans and choosing assortment. Planner Distributor, Dresses, 1986-1988. Worked with senior buyer to advise on quantity and type of merchandise needed to assort stores properly.

Group Sales Manager, Juniors and Lingerie, 1985-1986. Coached store sales team, created schedules, and merchandised selling floor. Assistant Buyer, Dresses, 1984-1985. Executive Trainee, 1984