Thad Halstead is a Chief Of Staff at Advisors Excel at Advisors Excel. He possess expertise in assortment, retail, merchandising, apparel, visual merchandising and 17 more skills. He is proficient in Spanish. Colleagues describe him as "Thad is a brand builder with deep retail roots who "gets" the customer, the product/service, the strategy, the industry, and the operational/financial realities of the business. To me, if you really understand retail, you have a foundation that will allow you to build anything you want in the business world...Thad has this knowledge. Thad is also clear thinking under fire, and has the mental discipline to challenge constructively, and the human skills to collaborate with impact. As a long time business builder, program designer, and deal maker, Thad knows how to bring the right people into the right discussion to define and solve the true problem so that all the partners win. I'd work with Thad again in a heartbeat." and "Thad is a great merchant with a thorough business knowledge and a great relationship with his team and throughout the organization. I primarily supported him as he established new licensing relationships and he was always well versed on business and legal issues and able to make well reasoned decisions on negotiating strategy."