Experience

Education & Professional Development

Michigan State University - Business Administration Bachelor of Arts degree

Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania - Executive Education, Brand Management

BOSTON WHALER - June, 2019 to July, 2023 (Edgewater, FL)
General Manager, Protector RIBS / Brunswick Commercial & Government Products
- Global management of dedicated Boston Whaler products that serve Military, Police, Search & Rescue applications.

SAIL & SKI / MARINEMAX - July, 2014 to June, 2019 (Austin, TX)

Portfolio Manager & GM
- Manage lake location store in addition to all new and pre-owned inventory for multiple locations.

SUNSTREAM CORPORATION - September, 2012 to January, 2014 (Austin, TX)
Regional Sales Manager
- Created and managed plan to expand Southwest dealer channel for hydraulic and air displacement boat lifts.

SAIL & SKI - September, 2007 to September, 2012 (Austin, TX)
Sales Executive & Sales Manager, Pontoons
- Sold and delivered Sea Ray, Bayliner, Nautique, Boston Whaler, South Bay and Harris boats and Kawasaki jet skis.

THE SKI DOCK - December, 2003 to Septemer, 2007 (Austin, TX)
Sales Executive & Sales Manager, Performance Boats
- Sold and delivered Chaparral sport boats and cruisers, Baja performance boats, and Tigé towboats.

WINTERNALS SOFTWARE (now Microsoft) – November, 2002 to December, 2003 (Austin, TX)
Director, International
- Led international dealer development plan for system recovery and network administrator tools.

CREDITMINDERS - April, 2000 to October, 2002 (Austin, TX)
Chief Operating Officer
- Co-founder of financial service company that streamlined online loan transactions with consumers and lenders.
- Co-inventor of international patent #20030208412 and led provisional and non-provisional patent applications.
- Secured initial round of venture funding and coordinated eventual sale of company.

DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION - October, 1994 to April, 2000 (Austin, TX)
Global Program Manager, DCSE Program – 1999 to 2000
- Developed, implemented and managed global Dell Certified Systems Expert (DCSE) Program.

National Sales Manager, Industry Solutions Group – 1997 to 1999
- Developed acquisition strategies for OEMs and Vertical Integrators that could not be penetrated through direct sales.

Group Manager, Mobile Systems Brand Management – 1994 to 1997
- Created and executed high-impact launch and marketing programs to achieve successful re-entry into portable market.

IBM – January, 1992 to September, 1994 (Chicago, IL and Raleigh, NC)
Manager, Mobile Systems Product Marketing
- Created competitive analysis, market requirements and specifications for launch of new ThinkPad product line.

COMPAQ (now Hewlett Packard) - January, 1984 to October, 1991 (Houston, TX and Munich, Germany)
Manager, Product Planning, 1991 to 1991
- Returned to Houston to lead worldwide planning, development and introduction plan for RISC-based products.
- Organized Advanced Computing Environment Developer Committee (ACE) with Microsoft, SCO and Digital.
Manager, Europe & International Product Marketing – 1988 to 1991 (Munich, Germany)
- Transferred to Munich, Germany to build the first Product Marketing team responsible for Europe and Asia-Pacific.

- Organized / chaired Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) Consortium International Marketing Committee.

Product Manager – 1985 to 1999 (Desktop - 1986 to 1988, Portable - 1985 to 1986, Assistant Product Manager – 1985)
- Led teams that managed desktop and portable product line roadmap and lifecycles.

Sales Program Coordinator – 1984 to 1985
- Researched and created the first sales programs and sales tools implemented for field sales organization and dealers.