Mar 2022 – Feb 2026 · 3 yrs 11 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

• Leading growth and operational excellence for Kvadrat Acoustics in North America.
• Driving sales strategies that have quadrupled revenue from 2021 to 2025.
• Holding P&L responsibility while managing the North American team across specification, end user, and contractor sales.
• Established and expanding North American manufacturing partnerships and overseeing operations team at NY based operations warehouse.
• Started a remote drafting and estimating hub in Mexico, to optimize costs and support scalable growth while delivering excellent support.
• Launching new product lines and implementing a supply & install model in NYC to enhance project margins.
• Some notable US projects and photos below:

Sep 2017 – Mar 2022 · 4 yrs 6 mos

• Responsible for all Fellert sales within the United States, Canada and Mexico. Responsible for growing contractor relationships and specifications while focusing on changing industry perceptions from older rigid acoustical plaster systems to the benefits of flexible, recycled-cotton based acoustical plaster. Strength in Flexibility!
• Manage our CRM pipeline for backlog and prospect opportunities, coordinate sales leads to reps from DODGE reports and fly in to close sales in-person. Target any and all acoustical plaster projects as Fellert prospects.
• Lead an international team of independent reps and contractor reps to work together to set quotas, develop strategic sales plans, set growth targets and grow Fellert specifications and sales throughout North America.
• In charge of all AIA CEU presentations to Architects and Designers while coordinating presentations either in-person or through our rep network to Acousticians, Owner's Reps, General Contractors and Subcontractors. I plan and manage our industry related events and shows related to acoustical plaster.
• Gather photos of completed Fellert projects and coordinate custom samples and designs of acoustical plaster that are unique to the industry.
• Started our distribution and sales networks for Mexico through strategic contacts and presentations in Spanish to open a new market for Fellert.
• Most importantly, I negotiate and close sales with our client base of contractors who are growing Fellert into the leading acoustical plaster brand in the world.

Sep 2015 – Sep 2017 · 2 yrs

• Responsible for all sales from the West Coast to Colorado, and all of Canada.
• Manage our salesforce.com pipeline for backlog and prospect opportunities, coordinate sales leads to reps from DODGE reports and fly in to close sales in-person.
• Lead an international team of independent reps and contractor reps to work together to set quotas, develop strategic sales plans and grow Fellert specifications and sales in all territories.
• In charge of all AIA CEU presentations to Architects and Designers while coordinating presentations either in-person or through our rep network to Acousticians, Owner's Reps, General Contractors and Subcontractors. I plan and manage our industry related events and shows related to acoustical plaster.
• Most importantly, I negotiate and close sales with our client base of contractors who are growing Fellert into the leading acoustical plaster brand in the world.

May 2015 – Sep 2015 · 4 mos

• Responsible for growing sales with representatives and distributors for California, Oregon and Washington, while also growing Fellert specifications and sales with strategic local representatives, distributors and installers in Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Singapore.
• In charge of AIA trade-shows and industry events throughout the West Coast and Asia.
• Top priority for this assignment is to grow specifications and demand for Fellert in Asia.

Feb 2014 – Aug 2014 · 6 mos

• Teaching primarily OW, AOW, and Deep, Nitrox and Wreck Specialties at Ban's Diving Resort.
• also experience teaching Rescue Course and Divemaster workshops in multiple languages.
• Ran exercise programs at 6am weekly
• Martial Arts classes 3 x a week in the evenings.

Jun 2013 – Feb 2014 · 8 mos

• Divemaster at Ban's Diving Resort, Assisting courses and leading dives.
• Coaching Insanity (Beachbody) workouts at 6am every morning 6x a week.
• Sensei for evening martial arts programs.
• Loving life and work!

Nov 2012 – Dec 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo · World wide

• Nov 2nd I flew to Istanbul, Turkey and will be taking a year to travel east... lets see if I can make it back to North America!
• On the way I hope to learn more languages, meet more people, discover amazing cultures and landmarks while searching for the deeper answers to life's big questions.

Sep 2011 – Nov 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

• As a Specifications Rep for Formica, my main responsibility is to forcast large projects from my contacts and relationships at Architectural and Design firms in NYC and Long Island, and pass these projects along to our sales team to ensure we have visibility throughout the spec proccess and over to the actual sale of Formica products.
• I am also responsible for educational events and CEU presentations in my territory.
• I enjoy providing consultative insight and hope to provide value to my clients while also genuinely enjoing the relationships I build here in NYC

Jan 2009 – Sep 2011 · 2 yrs 8 mos

• NYC Specification Sales Team
• I work with a large account base of Architects, Engineers and Interior/Lighting Designers, here in NYC and also in Long Island and Westchester. I also work with a number of end-user clients in the hospitality and retail industry.
• In servicing these accounts, I establish lasting relationships by providing consultative specification assistance to both grow my company's sales and enhance the performance of my client's projects.
• I also coordinate our client's international specifications with our sales and support teams abroad to ensure that we provide assistance to our customers on their projects worldwide. I use my language skills and relationships abroad to ensure all parties involved are able to collaborate towards our mutual success.

Jun 2008 – Jun 2009 · 1 yr

Jan 2004 – Jan 2008 · 4 yrs · Waterloo, Ontario

• Starting as an instructor in 2004 with 10 students, I grew a program at Wilfrid Laurier University to over 60 students in 2008 and became the Director of Martial Arts programs at the university. We had over 6 hours of classes a week plus private programs, group instruction clinics and team building outings. At the end of my time at the university, I cultivated another instructor to take over and successfully continue my program for the next 2 years.