David Kelly

Strategic Planning, Operations, Financial Analysis

Columbus, Ohio, United States

About

Experience

  • Finance Manager at The Best Bees Company
    Aug 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

    Corporate and Residential Beekeeping Services

  • Board Member at Local Roots Market
    Sep 2018 - Feb 2022 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    - Served as vice president of the board, secretary, and as a regular board member. - During my time on the board we restructured the organization, righted the finances, tripled our annual net sales, and fostered a number of small businesses. - We enabled numerous local food businesses to grow, develop, and even expand into their own buildings.

  • Business Owner/Operator at Fox Hollow Garden LLC - Hummavore
    Jan 2016 - Dec 2021 · 6 yrs

    • Conducting annual financial modeling, planning, forecasting, tracking, and monthly accounting reports with an eye towards sustainable economic growth and long-range project cost-benefit analysis. • Pivoting from my original business venture by transitioning to value-added products with larger barriers of entry for competitors. • Calculating transportation and logistics of a multi-site business operation. • Adjusting production and inventory levels weekly to accommodate changing market conditions. • Increasing overall sales per market in 2021 over all prior years and the dollar amount per individual transaction by 9% annually from 2019 through 2021. • Operating a multi-site business, hiring and managing 7 employees across different work sites. • Ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local government regulations • Sourcing and purchasing commercial equipment, inventory, and supplies. • Developing and maintaining a network of relationships with customers, local farms, local businesses, suppliers, distributors, markets, and local government.

  • Assistant Manager, Educator, Farmer, Crew Leader at Organic Farming
    Aug 2010 - Nov 2015 · 5 yrs 4 mos

    Second Nature Farm, Serenbe Farm, Green Meadows Farm, The Food Project, WWOOFing

  • Back-up Site Coordinator/Group Leader at YMCA of the North Shore
    Feb 2012 - Jun 2014 · 2 yrs 5 mos