Experience

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  Sandler Partners

  • Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

  • Technology Solutions Advisor

    • May 2020 - Present
    • Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

    Sandler Partners is a carrier-neutral telecommunications consulting firm that specializes in all areas of voice and data consulting. Sandler Partners has repeatedly been featured in Inc. Magazine’s list of America’s fastest growing companies. The mission of Sandler Partners is to connect our clients with the highest quality communications service providers for all voice and data projects, while securing the lowest possible rate structure. A detailed list of services include: inventory/audit, solution design, market comparisons, vendor selection, contract negotiation, facility relocation, project management, and dispute resolution. Sandler Partners serves as a resource to businesses seeking an analytical and informed vendor audit and selection process within a complex IT and network landscape where service outages are common, overcharging is almost customary, and overpaying is rampant.Specialties: Specialties: Telecom Audits, WAN Design & Optimization, SDWAN, MPLS, VPLS, Colocation & Datacenter, Data and Voice RFP's, Voice & Data Design, Contact Center, Dual Carrier SIP, CCAAS, UCAAS, IAAS, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Telecom Expense Management, and Mobility.

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  PURETI Inc.

  • Consultant

    • 2010 - 2011

    Consulted on the branding and marketing strategy for the PURETI brand. Created different marketing decks for each of the targeted industries.

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  JONES APPAREL GROUP, INC

  • Vice President of Licensing

    • Jan 2000 - Jan 2007

    Responsible for the management of several licensing programs, including, Nine West, Gloria Vanderbilt, Nine & Company by Nine West, EnergieInterfaced with over 20 different licensees representing product categories that included accessories, apparel and homeIntimate involvement with all product development, and responsibility for the final approval of the licensed productsActed as a liaison between corporate, marketing and the licensed extensions for the brandsMonitored licensee adherence to the license agreementsNegotiated license agreements as well as renewals/amendments for existing agreementsResearched and found new licensees for new categories of distributionCreated and maintained budgets for each fiscal yearManaged a group for each of the licensed brands

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  WARNACO, INC

  • Marketing Director

    • Jan 1994 - Jan 2000

    Responsible for the development and management of private label sleepwear programs at both Walmart ($20 million) and Target ($10 million). Additional private label accounts included Victoria's Secret, Victoria's Secret Catalogue, Costco, Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, SearsLed sales/customer presentations to the private label accounts both in house and at their headquartersResponsible for the development and management of sleepwear programs as a licensee, under the brand names of Valentino Intimo, Calvin Klein Sleepwear, and Lejaby. Communicated directly with the brand management/licensors.Reviewed costs and price quotes for all private label and branded linesCoordinated lead times for garment production with foreign officesCommunicated with fabric/trim sourcesResponsible for adherence to yearly budgets