Expert in marketing and business planning with executive level experience in fine jewelry manufacturing and food processing. Both companies served multiple markets. Jewelry industry market segments included retail, wholesale and manufacturing companies in the U.S. and overseas. Products sold were findings, mountings, fabricated metals, finished jewelry, diamonds and precious gems, tools and packaging. Promotional materials of all types were developed in-house and with ad agencies: catalogs, newsletters, fliers, trade magazine ads, website, point of sale and sales collateral. Pricing, public relations, product development and trade shows were additional marketing activities. Company sales increased five-fold while I was head of marketing at the firm. Food industry customers were independent and chain retail stores, food service, concession and industrial accounts. Products sold were vegetable oils largely in the gulf south. Promotional activities were developed with local advertising agencies and included TV, radio, newspaper advertisements, cookbooks as well as point of sale and sales collateral material were developed for the consumer product profit center. In the three years I managed the consumer products division, profits doubled. As project manager for a company-wide cost saving campaign saved over $500 thousand in a year. Earlier in my career I was a financial planning manager with a high tech company and a management consultant with assignments that focused on organization, planning and cost control.