Experience

M. Judson Booksellers

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Owner, Managing Partner

  • Oct 2014 - Present

  Share a love of reading. Champion literacy. Create community. Promote local love. • Oversee operations for stores, cafes, and ancillary businesses• Manage people (two retail teams, one restaurant, 25+ people) towards maximum efficiency and personal growth• Maintain the financial health of the organization, including budgeting, investing, and strategic planning• Provide and interpret financial information for managerial staff and collaborate on strategic direction• Develop and execute marketing plans for all businesses to expand reach and awareness• Create and maintain a strong cabinet of professional services partners• Develop new businesses and channels • Oversee planning and staff for 150+ events per year • Build and maintain community partnerships



Auburn Oil Co. Booksellers

• Owner, Managing Partner

  • Jun 2019 - Present



Adec Group

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Owner, President

  • 1999 - Jun 2022

  Built business from scratch, dedicated to managing B2B channel communications for corporations worldwide to maximize software investments in complex environments. Added value via configuration consulting, requirements gathering, and/or content creation and administration. Maintained expertise in all aspects of online partner relationship management from multi-million dollar off-the-shelf software packages to custom in-house applications. Impact:  MOTOROLA INC.—Provided content management services to 2 business units and multiple internal groups in 81 countries and 9 languages ATD—Assisted with implementation of ecommerce system, maintained content for extensive product catalog, conducted user acceptance training, provided project management services ACCENTURE — Provided subcontract services to multiple clients for content management, business requirements gathering, and training AT&T—Designed content structure and permissioning for new system, which consolidated multiple disparate systems and massive amounts of data into one centralized solution VMWare—Won content management project and secured long-standing client for ongoing maintenance of partner relationship management tool FedEx—Championed launch of successful promotion to over 5,000 partners nationwide by providing needed training and support staff Syngenta—Gathered requirements in Portuguese; conducted needs analysis; and provided strategic consult on system structure development for large Brazilian client



Timestwo Inc.

• Retail

• Partner

  • Aug 2010 - Aug 2012

  Co-founded business dedicated to selling retail products and donating identical items from each sale to local charities. Directly accountable for establishing and managing operations, team, budget, inventory, and distribution. Developing relationships with recipient organizations and delivering first-class customer service.Impact: Created successful lean organization despite extremely low profit margins. Brought organization to fruition quickly, including launch of e-commerce site. Selected by Presbyterian College as 1 of 3 to team with Chinese Confucius Institute to grow sourcing business with China.



Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company)

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager of Communications for Americas

  • 1997 - 1999

  Progressed to implement extranet solution across Americas for Motorola partners and establish central communication system for mobile devices that previously did not exist. Initiated and led project that continues today, currently in 9 languages, 81 countries, 2 business units, and multiple business groups with +38K users and 30K+ partners. Additionally developed internal communication system for Americas by partnering with agency to create brand identity and system. Managed +$1M budget and negotiated contracts. Impact: Drove development of groundbreaking, B2B channel management system that is still in place today. Earned buy-in from high level decision-makers by clearly conveying power and benefits of extranet system. Built framework for system to constantly evolve and meet growing capacity and business needs.

• Product Marketing Manager

  • 1996 - 1997

  Promoted to set-up product marketing for new Brazilian factory adding wireless phone production. Determined product line by working with sales teams in Brazil and product teams in Chicago. Identified and oversaw product and software changes required for wireless carriers. Impact: Successfully carved out and fulfilled new critical product marketing role. Assimilated Brazilian language and culture, gaining acceptance in factory environment. Produced full support programs for launch of tens of products with multiple carriers and significant adaptations.

• Training Manager - Europe and Latin America

  • 1994 - 1996

  Advanced quick release of cutting-edge products/technologies by developing and delivering sales training materials during cell phone industry boom. Traveled extensively to evaluate training requirements by country and supported different product versions in every market.Impact: Instrumental in establishing department as strategic partner for product launches. Advanced and bolstered 15+ product launches, including iconic StarTAC launch. Increased department credibility and built solid relationships with business groups worldwide.