Professional Summary Outcome-oriented, emotionally mature leader with 15+ years' achievement driving new product development and innovation in progressively responsible leadership roles for global companies. New product development expert who brings to enterprises a wealth of multinational management experience, including the establishment of overseas offices and subsequent development of operating processes and infrastructure governing seamless transition/handoff to stakeholders. * Strategic thinker with a skill set spanning sales, digital marketing, operations, and business development. * Creative leader and cost-reduction expert who, by managing innovation (with an eye toward the bottom-line) and analyzing processes from end to end, takes time-to-market above the threshold that makes a business viable in the 21st century. Six Sigma Black Belt. MBA in Global Management. MBTI: ENTJ. Wheelhouse: INNOVATION NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (NPD) FROM CONCEPTION à MARKET GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS Additional Expertise: TEAM LEADERSHIP SALES & OPERATIONS PLANNING (S&OP) INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIGITAL MARKETING BUDGETING & FORECASTING P&L COST REDUCTION PROCESS IMPROVEMENT CHANGE MANAGEMENT OVERSEAS OFFICE DEVELOPMENT SOURCING PROCUREMENT SIX SIGMA STRATEGIC PLANNING NEGOTIATIONS REPORTING SUPPLIER/VENDOR MANAGEMENT DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIPS RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT TRAINING & STAFF DEVELOPMENT and Leading manufacturer of affordable wall décor and ready-to-hang wall art to big box retailers and department stores in North America. Vice President of Global Supply Chain (continued from page 1): * Recognized for instituting supply strategies and practices that dramatically increased overall operating efficiency-in less than 10 months, for instance, resuscitated the company's Mexican facility from flatlining performance to producing more than 1 million units each month. * Rapidly wound down operations at an under-performing facility in Montreal while taking on responsibility for Artissimo the Middle East. * Conceived and implemented big-picture modifications to purchasing strategies including new sourcing of raw materials. Held bifurcate reporting responsibilities regularly delivering updates not only to Artissimo Designs' CEO but also to the Board of Directors of the private equity firm with which the company had partnered. PROFESSIONAL PROFILE Education UOP GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS - Los Angeles, CA

Highlights:

• Product Development
• Sourcing
• Supply Chain
• Integrate
• Inventory
• Forecasting
• Inventory management
• Management
• Quality
• Quality Assurance