Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Decisive, results driven leader with uncommon blend of operational, business development and international experience. Exceptional ability to convert strategic vision into ground level results. Deep domain knowledge and practice managing businesses in mainland China, including private and joint venture/state owned enterprises. Skills; Highly organized approach to lead, manage and re-shape large, complex, cross-cultural organizations. Architects and implements high growth, acquisition integration, and market entry initiatives. Particular focus on process, controls and developing high performance teams. Comprehensive, life cycle business development experience including ownership of post-acquisition outcomes. Industry/Geography; Technology enabled services, including; video commerce, media production and distribution, and online games / virtual currency trading. Eleven years international domicile and management experience (seven in mainland China, also Japan and United Kingdom). Conversant in Mandarin. Profile; West Point graduate, Army Ranger. 85th high altitude mountaineer to complete the “Seven Summits” (including Mt Everest, Nepal) and 23rd American to reach the peak of K2, Pakistan.
Board of Directors VGL group, an electronic retailer of discount fashion jewelry and lifestyle accessories in the US, Canada, UK and Republic of Ireland. VGL owns Jewelry TV shopping channels in UK and USA broadcasting it’s live programming in over 116 Million homes. VGL group also offers its products through web in US/UK. VGL Group is a public limited company listed on BSE and NSE, India
央广购物（CNR Mall) is a TV shopping joint venture formed in 2012 between China National Radio (CNR – China’s founding state owned broadcast media company) and QVC, the world’s largest video commerce company. From its headquarters and studios in Beijing, CNR Mall broadcasts live and taped programs 24 hours each day to over 100 million Chinese homes. It has served three million customers from logistics centres in Changchun, Beijing, Nanjing and Changsha. The joint venture comprises a complex, international, public-private partnership relationship between QVC and a Chinese SOE (state owned enterprise). The fully-integrated management team includes pre-existing local managers and small contingent of expatriates.