Middletown, Maryland, United States
Experienced Sales Management, Sales Training and Brand Development/Management. Innovative relationship builder serving the needs of the client achieving fast but longstanding results.
30 plus years in the Optical industry leads me to now represent these great brands; adidas(sport and Original), Harley Davidson, Timberland, Skechers & Hollister
having fun helping my accounts enjoy great products like Callaway, Betsy Johnson, Robert Graham and more
Define opportunity, promote and educate the process of sports vision to be better by seeing better. Corporate account manager for adidas America. Service and support adidas headquarters, retail stores, outlets, all adidas sports and retail divisions in the US. Work directly with adidas corporate to create additional revenue streams, Including adidas Team sales reps and their retail accounts, Taylormade Golf and all golf reps and managed and doubled sales with Amazon.com. Direct increased brand presence in the market for adidas Sport eyewear through development of adidas influencers, athletes, school athletic directors and equipment managers. Responsible for creating product assortments, merchandising, training and sales relationships for all new and existing retail accounts in US Develop, promote and display at major US sport trade and buying group shows and events. Provide sports sunglass training for optical sales at National Sales meetings and support reps individually in their territories. Company ended retail operations in US. License not renewed. Notably, I worked with USA Volleyball, MLB and PGA athletes and managers helping to improve vision and performance. Thanks to all.