Experience

True Classic

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Marketplaces

  • Apr 2023 - Present



Hawke Media

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Sr Director Marketplace

  • Apr 2019 - Jun 2023

  Hawke Media is voted among the fastest growing marketing companies in the United States by Inc Magazine. * Developed services to support brands with their launch on Amazon and Walmart * Trained and managed a team of Associates to help brands successfully launch on Amazon * Developed marketing material and trained Business Development team on benefits of selling on Amazon * Helped 30+ brands to successfully launch their products on Amazon * Built strategic partnerships with Amazon and 3rd party vendors. Conducted Amazon training for our partners and entrepreneurs. Show less



Evermost, LLC

• Greater Los Angeles Area

• Co-Founder

  • Apr 2017 - Apr 2019

  EVMT is committed to bringing useful, novel, and beautiful products to your home. • The main strategy of the company is to launch consumer friendly products on Amazon. • Launched a pet supplement product in May 2018, providing 100% pure, safe, natural, and effective treatment for your dog's anxiety, joint pain, or immune issues. • Designed product brand strategy including brand promise, pillars, voice, and customer personas • Established a supply chain and build partnerships with multiple vendors • Developed marketing campaigns (ads, sales funnels, content marketing) to support launch Show less



707 Street

• Los Angeles, CA

• President

  • 2015 - 2017

  Launched, successfully managed and profitably divested 3rd party apparel seller with prime positioning on Amazon and eBay, generating and optimizing data-based product listings. Launched, successfully managed and profitably divested 3rd party apparel seller with prime positioning on Amazon and eBay, generating and optimizing data-based product listings.



Hoovy LLC

• Advertising Services

• Founder & CEO

  • 2014 - 2015

  www.hoovy.co Hoovy is a revolutionary advertising platform that uses drones to raise brand awareness. We are voraciously coming up with new, innovative ideas unique to your brand and your image. It is time for a change in the traditional outdoor media and advertising. Our platform uses the latest technological advances to allow our clients to advertise more efficiently and at a lower cost than any alternative in the market. www.hoovy.co Hoovy is a revolutionary advertising platform that uses drones to raise brand awareness. We are voraciously coming up with new, innovative ideas unique to your brand and your image. It is time for a change in the traditional outdoor media and advertising. Our platform uses the latest technological advances to allow our clients to advertise more efficiently and at a lower cost than any alternative in the market.



SpaceX

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Procurement

  • 2013 - 2014

  •Identified $300k in savings by analyzing most expensive McMaster parts and established a process to source them from an alternative vendor. •Surveyed potential vendors, negotiated terms, and established relationships with 19 new suppliers that ended up being on-boarded as new vendors. •Established new processes with 50 suppliers in include SPXQC-37 clause on all the POs, which allowed Space X to monitor 222 critical parts. •Closed over 1,500 (85% of the total) of old purchase orders that were past due by automating the process of reviewing open purchase orders. Show less



Bank of America

• United States
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Operation Project Consultant (Analytics)

  • 2010 - 2012

  •Delivered consulting expertise to line managers on productivity issues, as well as analyzed the market and operational impact in the business •Improved efficiency of the department by 40% by evaluating employee workload; collaborated with programmers to automate processes. •Analyzed bank’s database of distressed loans and developed reporting system to keep track of aged inventory and monetary losses. The reports established trends and identified outliers that needed to be resolved. •Recommended strategic solutions to Senior Managers of best way to resolve special case loans that have been in the system for a long time. Decreased days the loans were in the system from 1,000 to 90 Show less



CERES Real Estate Partners, LLC

• United States
• Real Estate

• Analyst

  • Jul 2009 - Jul 2010

  Collaborated with the founding partners to raise a $300M fund for the private equity firm that spun off from Madison Dearborn Partners to focus on distressed real estate debt and assets. •Researched potential investment opportunities by analyzing and modeling financial data to forecast valuations for land, housing communities, development projects, and vineyards. •Established relationships with outside investors and effectively communicated the firm’s history, strategy, and the investment opportunities. Effectively presented the firm to two endowment funds. Show less



Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC

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

• Accounting Associate

  • Jun 2008 - Jun 2009

  •Supported the finance team of 7 people, managing operations of 6 investment funds and over $18B in capital for a private equity/ management buyout firm •Maintained investment IRR calculations to monitor firm’s performance. The calculations were used for reporting to limited partners purposes, as well as to develop business strategies •Researched data and responded to internal and external audit requests and queries, build relationships and communicated with investors and limited partners, developed quarterly reports and generated K1 (tax) packages, managed cash books and general ledgers •Build an investment database by modeling and forecasting valuations and identifying debt structures and financial ratios for over 100 portfolio companies. The database strategically synthesized the firm’s investments in one place, improving communication effectiveness and strategizing broad business decisions Show less