Experience

TrendSource Distribution

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Jan 2009 - Present

  Manage the production and development of all DVD products. Direct creative vision and production for both standard DVD and high definition Blu-Ray discs. Perform research on new product types, excess Inventory, current DVD products and contact suppliers. Created close-out product list and prepare customer PowerPoint presentations. Supervise the participation, materials, procurement for a all trade shows. Develop and maintain account & supplier contact data base and sale solicitations, formulating personalized customer and vendor relationships for continued business development. • Developed and sourced vendors for all media products propelling overall market share beyond 35%. • Increased company revenue from $3,000,000 to $10,000,000 within a 2 year period.



Tru Company

• United States
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services

• Consultant

  • Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

  Manage the production and development of all DVD products. Direct creative vision and production for both standard DVD and high definition Blu-Ray discs. Perform research on new product types, excess Inventory, current DVD products and contact suppliers. Created close-out product list and prepare customer PowerPoint presentations. Supervise the participation, materials, procurement for a all trade shows. Develop and maintain account & supplier contact data base and sale solicitations, formulating personalized customer and vendor relationships for continued business development. • Developed and sourced vendors for all media products propelling overall market share beyond 35%. • Increased company revenue from $3,000,000 to $10,000,000 within a 2 year period.



BCI Eclipse, a Navarre Corporation

• DVD Product Manager

  • Aug 2006 - Dec 2007

  Developed and implemented new products and product enhancements within the customer portfolio, managed cross functional teams to launch the various products, as well as managed P&L and facilitated monthly sales, performance and budget forecasting.Spearheaded the development of internal and external marketing communications for DVD products, collaborating with various vendors and marketing support teams throughout the organization.• Production of over 200 DVD releases from creative development and design to finished product.• Maintained fair cost baseline with all vendors by negotiating favorable pricing and payment terms.



CodeBlack Entertainment LLC

• Director of Production

  • Oct 2005 - Jun 2006

  Developed an innovative and streamlined production cycle, authoring all points of creative navigation. Led post production creative services and oversaw entire collaborative process. Coordinated and scheduled weekly vendor relations meeting with internal and external participants.• Led the development of Theatrical and DVD releases some of which included: Steve Harvey: Don’t Trip … He Ain’t Through With Me Yet!, Preaching to the Choir, Shadowboxer starring Cuba Gooding Jr.and Helen Mirren.• Oversaw Direct to DVD production of such titles as: The Walk, Blood of a Champion starring Bokeem Woodbine, Book of Love, Boss’n Up with Snoop Dogg, Flip the Script, Cheech Marin & Friends.



UrbanWorks Entertainment, LLC

• Senior Director of Production / Senior Production Manager / Production Manager

  • Jan 2003 - Sep 2005

  Oversaw all production operations including compliance, quality assurance, payment processing and portfolio management of customer accounts.Directed all production efforts for the company. Managed planning and scheduling of multiple production schedules, monitoring progress and materials usage. • Managed design and release over 300 high profile, award winning products including high revenue earning releases such as the 4 disc set of “The Cosby Show”, a 4 disc set of “A Different World”, Dave Chappell "Killin' Them Softly", Platinum Comedy Series (Mo'Nique, Cedric the Entertainer, Paul Rodriguez, Shaquille O'Neal & Earthquake) Hair Show• Maintained streamlined production process for multiple independent film makers projects.