Experience

Windham Fabrics

• United States
• Textile Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• National Sales Manager

  • 2017 - Present

  International wholesale cotton fabric company. Windham Fabrics (wide range of printed cotton fabric), Baum Textile Mills (high quality fleece) and Anthology Fabrics (handmade Indonesian batiks) supplying designers, manufacturers and retailers. • Manages hundreds of designer and manufacturing accounts for each of the three companies in the US and abroad. These accounts span across womenswear, menswear, childrenswear, accessories and home décor markets. • Leverages years of national trade show expertise to further solidify current accounts, forge new relationships and attract former customers to the new company. • Creates new opportunities for existing accounts to expand their business, uplevel their offerings and address their unforeseen challenges. • Collaborates with accounts to sell open line printed fabrics. In addition, enthusiastically introduces the options of digital printing both existing designs and proprietary custom designs. • Successfully navigating transition to new operations systems. Show less



Michael Miller Fabrics

• United States
• Textile Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales Manager- Sales Leader- Account Executive

  • 2007 - 2017

  International wholesale cotton fabric company serving womenswear, menswear, childrenswear, accessories and home décor markets. • Grew account portfolio yielding $100,000 in sales into a portfolio consistently generating over $2,000,000 annually • Opened and managed hundreds of domestic accounts while continuing to solidify business relationships that lasted a decade-long tenure. Accomplished through 1:1 sales meetings and attendance at nationwide trade shows. • Devised and implemented procedures for swatching, sampling and maintaining the fabric lines. • Partnered with accounts on custom designs from concept to completion, as well as selling open line prints. • Consulted in art department design meetings to present customer requests and educate on market trends Show less



Aratex Studio

• United States
• Textile Manufacturing

• Account Executive and Studio Manager

  • 1992 - 2007

  Textile design studio serving manufacturers, designers and textile converting companies. • Established and managed an extensive client base for service work in a busy textile design studio while maintaining a large account base. • Responsible for custom artwork from client concept meeting through project completion. • Generated all original artwork sales to manufacturers and converters in the apparel and home furnishings industries. Textile design studio serving manufacturers, designers and textile converting companies. • Established and managed an extensive client base for service work in a busy textile design studio while maintaining a large account base. • Responsible for custom artwork from client concept meeting through project completion. • Generated all original artwork sales to manufacturers and converters in the apparel and home furnishings industries.