Experience

1Flourish Capital

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisor

  • Mar 2021 - Present



Kaizen Development, Inc

• Sacramento, California, United States

• President

  • Feb 2011 - Present



BlueAnt Wireless, Inc.

• Vice President - Operations / President/CEO of North America

  • Sep 2008 - Jan 2011

  Served as corporate President/CEO and Secretary. Market leader in cutting edge Bluetooth products integrating voice control and voice activation technology. Design, manufacture and distribute Bluetooth headsets and car speakerphones throughout North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Served as corporate President/CEO and Secretary. Market leader in cutting edge Bluetooth products integrating voice control and voice activation technology. Design, manufacture and distribute Bluetooth headsets and car speakerphones throughout North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.



Olympic Boat Centers

• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Regional Sales & Service Operations

  • May 2004 - Sep 2008

  Complete budgeting responsibility for human capital, fixed and semi-fixed expenses, revenue, gross profit, capital expenditures and EBITDA. Formulated budgets for inventory forecasting and purchasing at model/option level, by month. Create sales, marketing and training plans to meet and exceed revenue, gross profit and market share goals. Instrumental in developing and implementing a policy and procedure manual using an Owner, SME and Tester system. Improved EBITDA by $1.3 million in first 18 months. Attained a 20% increase in market share during first 18 months. Successfully introduced new product category and brand. Licensed - State of California Yacht and Ship Broker Elected - Board of Directors, Northern California Marine Association.



Fry's Electronics

• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director - Merchandising and Operations

  • Apr 1997 - May 2004

  Big box consumer electronics retailer with $4.0 billion in annual sales Director, Merchandising and Operations Selected to transition 200k sq ft Incredible Universe location into Fry's. Successful transition resulted in increased annual sales to $163 million becoming the #1 volume store in the company. Promoted to Regional Manager of a $1.2 billion region employing over 3,000 people in multiple states. Promoted one year later to Director of Merchandising and Operations. Matrix management system whereby the Director oversees all aspects of the operation, including store design and development, vendor negotiations, purchasing, RTV, merchandising, advertising, training, account reconciliations, internet merchandising and compensation models and analysis.



Incredible Universe (acquired by Fry's)

• General Manager

  • Jul 1995 - Apr 1997

  Led team of over 300 with annual sales in excess of $80 million in a 205,000 sq. ft. superstore. Complete P&L responsibility of superstore. Managed all facets of retail operations, including marketing, advertising, hiring, training, merchandising, direct-to-vendor RTV, inventory control, expense control and home delivery operations. Select locations of this Tandy division were acquired by Fry's Electronics in 1997. Led team of over 300 with annual sales in excess of $80 million in a 205,000 sq. ft. superstore. Complete P&L responsibility of superstore. Managed all facets of retail operations, including marketing, advertising, hiring, training, merchandising, direct-to-vendor RTV, inventory control, expense control and home delivery operations. Select locations of this Tandy division were acquired by Fry's Electronics in 1997.



Circuit City

• Technology, Information and Internet
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Manager

  • Nov 1990 - May 1995

  Led team in hiring, training, inventory control, expense control and merchandising. Selected to open two new stores in the Los Angeles market. Led Southern California market in comparable store sales increases. Led team in hiring, training, inventory control, expense control and merchandising. Selected to open two new stores in the Los Angeles market. Led Southern California market in comparable store sales increases.



McDonnell Douglas Aerospace

• Cost Analyst

  • Jul 1986 - Oct 1990

  Manufacturing cost analyst utilizing MRP and MRPII systems. Various employment contracts assigned to time critical projects. Collaborated with engineering teams to create and deliver presentations to Air Force, D.O.D. and NASA officials for changes in weight, time or cost of project. Project assignments included Space Station Freedom, MD-11, MX Missile, C-17 Airlift, FA-18 Super Hornet and H.E.D.I. Manufacturing cost analyst utilizing MRP and MRPII systems. Various employment contracts assigned to time critical projects. Collaborated with engineering teams to create and deliver presentations to Air Force, D.O.D. and NASA officials for changes in weight, time or cost of project. Project assignments included Space Station Freedom, MD-11, MX Missile, C-17 Airlift, FA-18 Super Hornet and H.E.D.I.