Experience

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  Endeavor Tool Company LLC and Ice Tubes LLC

  • West Boylston MA 01583

  • Executive Vice President

    • Jun 2000 - Present
    • West Boylston MA 01583

    Endeavor Tools and Ice Tubes is a product development, sales, marketing and merchandising organization that brings product from its inception to at times TV and eventually to the retail selling floor.Our original focus was tools but we develop and merchandise for all categories of product.I am involved in all aspects of product development, and marketing with a main concentration on sales..

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  Direct To Retail and Retail Distributors

  • Framingham MA

  • Sales Manager and Buyer

    • 1991 - Jun 2000
    • Framingham MA

    In the buying position I was responsible for overseas product development with extensive overseas travel.In the sales management position I was responsible for the management and results of a number of sales organizations across the United States developing strategies and end result performance selling to retail.

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  Zayre Corp

  • Framingham MA

  • AVP Merchandising

    • 1974 - 1989
    • Framingham MA

    I started my career on the selling floor, moved to the home office and held positions of Product Planner, Assistant Buyer, Administrator, Buyer, Divisional Merchandise Manager and AVP-Divisional Merchandise Manager. The majority of the above positions were is the consumer electronics, traffic appliance division, with a short time in the stationary division..