Nicolas Block

VP of Operations at Headline Shirts
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(386) 825-5501
Location
San Francisco, California, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Retail Apparel and Fashion
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • VP of Operations
      • Jan 2015 - Present

      • Leading warehouse, production and customer service teams• PM for warehouse management, supply chain and accounting system• Trained and supoorted team of 19 users on use of back office systems• (1/2016) Began leading marketing, sales, and accounting in addition to warehouse, production and customer service teams

    • VP of Technology and Communication
      • Mar 2014 - Dec 2014

      • Led a marketing team of 5 to beat revenue and customer acquisition goals• PM for customer facing commerce system and back office warehouse management, supply chain, and accounting system• Trained and supported team of 19 users on use of back office systems

    • Technical Director
      • Aug 2008 - Mar 2014

      2013 - 2014• Bootstrapped Headline Shirts warehouses, implementing software systems and SOPs• Built software to streamline production system• PM for project to implement Simparel ERP system• Architect and PM for ecommerce platform relaunch• Implemented SCRUM for marketing and development team to improve productivity and visibility2012 - 2013• Led refactoring of ERP software with 4 full-time remote developers• Designed and implemented marketing plan to double online revenue• Managed annual advertising budget across 4 networks with 1b+ impressions• Developed fulfillment procedures and technology to support multiple warehouses• Designed, built and A/B tested UX changes to increase ecommerce conversion rates• Implemented marketing strategies to double marketing list growth2008 - 2012• Bootstrapped ecommerce site, designing and implementing ecommerce UI and server stack• Developed advertising strategy for ecommerce site to reach profitability• Coded an ERP app to support employees in sales, production and fulfillment• Implemented EOQ and safety stock algorithms in ERP to reduce inventory costs• Implemented ecommerce app redesign to dramatically increase conversion rate Show less

    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Designer and QA Engineer
      • Jan 2007 - May 2008

      • QA for Flash/Flex/Ruby on Rails application. • Designed UI components for 'Collage' photo editing and annotation app • Built templates for marketing cross-promotions with Fortune 500 clients • Built demos for critical investor presentations • Company acquired by eBay 6/2008 • QA for Flash/Flex/Ruby on Rails application. • Designed UI components for 'Collage' photo editing and annotation app • Built templates for marketing cross-promotions with Fortune 500 clients • Built demos for critical investor presentations • Company acquired by eBay 6/2008

    • Frontend Developer
      • 2007 - 2008

      • Implemented all markup, CSS, and javascript for a consumer facing jobs website • Worked with designers, engineers and principles to implement and improve design • Implemented all markup, CSS, and javascript for a consumer facing jobs website • Worked with designers, engineers and principles to implement and improve design

Education

  • Fulbright Fellowship Riga Latvia '05-06
  • San Francisco Art Institute
    BFA, Photography, New Media
    2001 - 2005
  • Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
    New Media
    2003 - 2004
  • University of Vermont
    Ecology, Lithography
    1999 - 2000
  • The Putney School
    Humanities
    1995 - 1998

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