CEO
HookUp, LLC
Total years of experience :36 years, 8 Months
Strategically positioned company to become a leading marketer of branded engine oils, lubricants, specialty chemicals, soft beverages - Coke & Pepsi product lines, and paper products.
• Created a drop ship model program for Transportation Chemicals.
• Developed fast order fulfillment program for beverages product lines.
• Created a B2B model serving all 50 states for Multiple Product Lines.
• Exponentially grew the company from a new venture to a current market share of 35%.
• Introduced a new brand under X10 for a complete car care product line.
• Marketed all company products online through strategic platforms.
Committed executive corporate mentor shaping rising C-level managers of startup companies, imparting knowledge and of startup companies, imparting knowledge and expertise on strategic business development and corporate growth, revenue generation, and organizational optimization. expertise on strategic business development and corporate growth, revenue generation, and organizational optimization. expertise on strategic business development and corporate growth, revenue generation, and organizational optimization.
• Unparalleled cross-business collaboration resulting in:
- Optimized 600%+ ROI on capital expenditures
- Minimized risk exposure on new initiatives
- Streamlined processes and systems, cutting 45-55% of costs, shortening processing time by of costs, shortening processing time by 250%
- Higher efficiency through leveraging cross-business resources
• Successfully stimulated founding and triumph of startup companies in the fields of healthcare, online platform and electronics.
• Through professional expertise and field experience, fills in the gap of starting and aspiring company builders through startup entrepreneur coaching, exemplifying cutting-edge strategic execution of complex tactical engagements for global firms, contributing to continuing intellectual capital and client retention. engagements for global firms, contributing to continuing intellectual capital and client retention.
• Mentors executives on methods to implement diversification strategies and acquisitions for companies in United States and international markets grow sales and profit exponentially
• Enables company stability, promoting innovation balanced with robust risk management resulting in increased business growth and profits.
• Generates research-based solutions to client companies, creating pre and post sales initiatives, A/B testing, international marketing programs, and identification of tangible and intangible impacts for KPIs, integrating pertinent methodologies targeted to specific business challenges.
• Advances collaborative consultation, co-creating right solutions with executives emphasizing profitable growth and business excellence solutions.
Highly-efficient in imparting fiscal, strategic, operational leadership which creates exponential growth in revenues and profits for a marketing and distribution company specializing in transportation chemicals, DEF (diesel exhaust fluid) and specialty chemicals. Oversaw 200 employees across various geographic locations.
• Achieved 20X revenue growth within a five-year period through industry disruptive strategies.
• Awarded through unique customer acquisition strategies and successfully completed petrochemicals, industrial chemicals, and contracts to some of largest entities in the US, viz:
-United States Department of Defense(DoD)- Contract Value $55 million - 10-year tenure. Supplied proprietary blend glycol-based coolants and runway deicing fluid to the U.S. Department of Defense globally; shipped to government distribution points, redistributed to bases in U.S. and globally; 150-40 ft. containers shipped to the M.E. for Gulf War
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-NASA - Leveraged relationship with DuPont and supplied NASA with cooling system gas/refrigerant for a space shuttle program.
-Department of Aviation - Airport Runway Deicers - Contract Value $65 million - 8-year tenure. Provided over 20 million gallons of runway deicing fluid to Chicago O’Hare Airport, Chicago Midway Airport, and U.S. air force base in Alaska all within a 2-hour shipment requirement on 24/7 schedule.
-Chrysler Corp. -Contract Value $12 million - 4-year tenure. Supplier of raw materials of ethylene glycol in barges for OEM fills.
• Recognized first-mover advantage in emerging diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) industry validated by the City of Chicago; requested Leader Petrochem to author bid specifications for the new commodity’s application potential; and serve as an industry standard bid.
• Leveraged successful relationships from key clients to be awarded as the largest automotive wiper-blade logistics contract which held a 25% market share in the US.
• Distributed $180 million worth of products annually; providing customers with products, logistics and distribution services from owned state-of-the-art distribution facilities utilizing over 750K sq. ft. of space, pushing out 42 million wiper blades annually, along with multiple other products lines.
Founded and marketed sales of branded and private label engine oils, lubricants and specialty chemicals to South America, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand markets.
• Recognized arbitrage opportunities to contract manufacture products to underserved markets that required US based oils and lubricants and capitalized through vertical integration strategies.
• Strategized and scaled into 22 countries within first two years.
• Developed a marketing program and harnessed demand for private label petrochemicals and lubricants for each region.
• Successfully contracted out manufacturing to various facilities optimizing production and meeting exponentially growing month over month demand.
Received promotion to Marketing Manager within 9 months through pitching unconventional growth strategies to C-level suite executives. Conducted a 10-country business viability study for product lines for sales to the European Economic Community
• Progressed within organization over 7 years with visible positions throughout the company.
• Created innovate marketing program for customer base throughout North America.
• Managed introduction of new products.
• Researched and facilitated establishment of international presence in ten European markets as the company’s first international venture.
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