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Over 25 years of experience in entrepreneurial start-ups, venture capital roll-outs, initial public offerings, strategic planning and organizational development in retailing. Personal advisor and management coach at the CEO level for companies of all sizes. Principle objective is identifying and achieving the management and moral high ground. Assisting companies in adopting best practices and competitive strategies through an historical and on-going study of retail companies throughout the US and around the world. Helping the CEO in defining the mission and matching the organization and business processes to the mission. Finding levers for intelligent growth. Identifying best practices and establishing business processes for continuous improvement. Defining the business model and related strategies to achieve competitive positioning.

Benchmarking to support decision making in support of shareholder value. Creating a reason for consumers to vote with their feet for a retail format. Pull marketing to allow the consumer to drive the product and service offering. Determining the nature and direction of the business in a global competitive market. Engineering the consumer experience to differentiate the product and service offering. Defining the business processes that will permit continuous improvement through systematic decision making. Global supply chain efficiency and responsiveness. Unified customer experience before, during and after each visit to a retail store. Minimizing the costs and risks of achieving a superior merchandise assortment. Turning an idea into a company. Financial modelling as the foundation for superior execution. Harnessing the reach and power of the Internet.

Developed detailed strategic business plans for a number of emerging retail companies, enabling entrepreneurial management to raise venture capital and implement organizational and business process development programs for aggressive growth.Conducted executive management training programs for several national specialty store chains. The programs included strategic planning workshops and hands-on training in financial analysis and operations management.Conducted reviews of merchandise planning, buying and distribution functions to improve productivity and control. Introduced innovative techniques such as open-to-ship distribution and assortment planning.Assisted in vendor partnership development and vertical integration of product development and global sourcing for a wide range of retail formats.Performed operations reviews of numerous companies to introduce best-in-class business practices to increase productivity, improve financial control, and reduce direct store expense.