As a Founding Partner of Encore Group, I lead an entrepreneurial team with extensive experience starting, managing, and building high-performance companies. Encore Group drives rapid value creation through the consolidation and enhancement of fragmented and high-growth consumer service verticals.I am a passionate people leader, aiming to foster climates that encourage personal investment, excellence, accountability, and teamwork. I am also a passionate entrepreneur, seeking to identify innovative solutions to business challenges, drawing from 40 years of experience rapidly scaling and consolidating businesses through intentional investments and disruptive approaches to operational and strategic improvements.Formerly, I have had the opportunity to serve as President and Chief Business Officer of Ferrero North America and CEO of Ferrara Candy Co., overseeing integrations, acquisitions, and divestitures, and capital expansion projects; Operating Partner at L Catterton, managing more than a half dozen successful outcomes; and Co-Founder of Swiss Army Travel Gear (TRG Accessories), with revenue of $150 million.
Listed skills include Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Mergers And Acquisitions, Start Ups, and 2 others.