Seasoned retail professional with over 20+ years of experience in buying, planning, operations, and sales management experience in both large traditional and small startup companies. Her most recent role was at a start-up company where she launched a private label branded retail and e-commerce merchandise program. This included all aspects of sourcing, buying, design, forecasting, and visual marketing. Additionally, her responsibilities included purchasing uniforms, paper products, and some food and beverage categories. Additionally, she has experience in growth management having multiple experiences with companies on a fast growth track. She has a Bachelors degree in Economics and Retail Management from Simmons University. She is well versed in MS Office products, highly proficient in Excel, Powerpoint, and Word and has experience with Shopify, Magento, and various ERP systems.

A Harvard Fellow and a graduate of Babson College. She has a degree in Entrepreneurship and Marketing, which has provided a proven track record of helping entrepreneurial companies realize their vision. She has thrived when immersed in new industries and has experience in Banking, Education, Software, Telecomm, Nanotechnology, Recruiting, and Health. She has also relocated 8 companies, mostly to Boston proper. Her expertise in business design stems from her commitment to innovation and ability to reveal company needs by partnering with internal, as well as external clients. She has primarily built operational departments in the last 20 years – to include HR, benefits, recruiting, state-specific compliance, training, finance, budgeting, payroll, and legal. C.R. has most recently been consulting for a variety of companies – including Sibilance, Mavenir, and BCBS. She recruited C-level candidates for focus groups and other marketing projects. Starting in 2015, C.R. managed 8 employees and hired 6 additional Veterinary Compounding Pharmacy team members, as she expanded to an additional 9 states and 7 days a week with a business increase of 55% in the first year and 78% YOY for 2018. Between 2009 and 2014, she established an additional line of business for a marketing firm by recruiting employees (10, in different states and countries) for an ATT project. This produced an additional $4M revenue per year. She extended this solution to Santander Bank, which produced an additional $1M per year. She is proficient in Apple and PC environments (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Access), is certified in HRIS (Kronos, ADP, and Paychex), and an expert in QuickBooks. Fluent in Spanish and English.

Finance professional with 18+ years of experience in accounting positions. In her previous experience working as an accountant in a variety of industries, she has managed the subcontractor’s financial transactions plus the ability to record and reconcile all accounts and balance sheets. Additional experience includes Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, payroll, production of the statement of income and expenses, the statement assets depreciation, and the production of cash flow and yearly balance sheet.  She has 15 years’ experience in Albania and 3+ years’ experience in the US. From July 2017 to December 2020, she managed a team of 6 people at Middle East Bakery, and she assisted the CFO as needed in the areas including budgeting, analyzing costs, bank reconciliation, monthly reports, P/L, Balance sheets and Cash Flow. From 2011 to 2015 she has worked as a CFO for an international company where she was exposed to a dynamic and complicated business work environment running their financial management and investment proposals. From 2001 to 2011 she has worked for Diesel and Gas companies where she has managed the full cycle of Account Payable, Account Receivable, Payroll, and all balance sheet reconciliation. She has a Bachelor’s and CPA from Albania. She has strong knowledge of accounting and corporate finance, and experience with QuickBooks, Sage, Microsoft Office, and Outlook.

Seasoned account executive offering 10+ years of sales and marketing experience working for reputable brands across multiple industries. Experience includes generating sales leads through aggressive prospecting. Responsible for doubling the small-to-medium business sector for both Vineyard Vines and Zagat Survey. Advanced experience serving as a day-to-day client contact while supporting clients’ marketing objectives. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and top-notch interpersonal skills. A strong history of managing client relationships and interfacing with multiple departments skillfully. A self-starter, organized, polished, detailed and a demonstrated background with an excellent experience. Proficient in using Microsoft Office, SalesForce and Blue Cherry. She has a Bachelors in Political Science from Rollins College in Winter Park, FL.

Seasoned, administrative professional with both executive and general administrative support experience spanning 20 years. K.F. has worked both in the non-profit and for-profit sectors. She has strong administrative skills such as scheduling/calendaring management, arranging travel, processing expense reports and purchase orders. She has worked in several higher education institutions. K.F. handled a variety of duties including event planning, budget management, program coordination, contract and database management. She has been responsible for multiple grant-funded programs working with subcontractors and funding agencies to ensure adherence to grant stipulations. She is an expert in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. She has advanced skills with Raiser’s Edge, Workday, and CRMs. K.F. has prior experience with QuickBooks, FactSet and Bloomberg. K.F. has a Master’s degree from the University of Miami, a Bachelors from Syracuse University and a Certificate in Professional Fundraising from Boston University.

Senior level HR, Finance and Office Administration professional with 13+ years of experience in education, life sciences and start-up tech companies. From 2008-2015 she was the business manager for a private international school, consistently meeting or exceeding EBITDA targets while also acting as the HR administrator for a global staff. From 2015-2017 she was involved in higher education in administration for MIT Medical. She was recruited in 2017 to a Life Sciences Consulting Firm where she achieved a significant cost savings by bringing all of the outsourced HR and finance accounting to handle personally in-house. Recently she is helping a start-up tech company develop HR programs and grow staff and office while improving employee engagement. Her tech skills include proficiency in MS Office Suite, Google Suite, Sage Financial, Great Plains Financial Software, Rippling, ADP, Blue Marble, 15Five, Expensify, Concur, Jira, Salesforce, she is an experienced PC and Mac user.

Innovative, results-driven marketer with years of proven success driving brand awareness, store and website traffic, and revenue for a top ranked Fortune 500 company. From 2011-2018 she earned four promotions over 7 years in retail and assumed responsibility for overseeing a 13-member graphic design and demonstration team, managing four locations’ websites and social media accounts, designing digital strategies, and managing an $80k donation budget for community partners. She was selected by management to support a six-member team that guided the planning and efficient execution of four new store openings within strict deadlines. Her experience includes campaign management, SEO, PPC, content creation, event management, conversion optimization, and web analytics. Software proficiency includes Microsoft 365, G Suite, Google Ads and Analytics, Salesforce.com (SFDC), Hootsuite, HubSpot, MailChimp, SEMrush, WordPress, Tableau, R, Qualtrics, and Sprinklr; proven ability to quickly master new concepts and technologies. She holds an MBA, an M.S. in Marketing from Suffolk University in Boston, MA.

• 30+ years of marketing, market research, and advertising sales experience both globally and locally in publication, travel, and restaurant industries.
• 20+ years of experience with National Geographic, where she was instrumental part of team that created NationalGeographic.com. Built sales, ad content and marketing operations to achieve annual revenue goals of $25M.
• Independent Consultant (2011-present) for major print and digital brands. Sold ad space, created marketing strategies, ran ad operations, and cross-trained sales teams.  Worked with the same Publisher and CFO of many these brands at multiple companies.
• Proficient in primary and secondary research development and analysis, MS Office, Sales Force, Media Radar, and Google Analytics.

• 20+ years of experience in Business Operations and Financial Analysis working for both large consulting firms (Booz Allen Hamilton and KPMG) and small businesses. Eager to return to work after a career break and utilize organizational, analytical, and process improvement expertise to support growth.
• Currently consulting for family-owned business where she manages Zendesk for e-commerce and conducts marketing analysis and data research.
• Senior Financial Analyst at Booz Allen Hamilton (2001-2013). Managed all strategic, operational, and tactical aspects of a $900M+, 3000+ FTE business unit.
• Previous roles include financial analysis, budgeting, and inventory analysis.
• Advance proficiency in MS Office Suite.
• MPA from Troy University and BA in Economics from East Carolina University.

• Senior Communications Manager with 20+ years of expertise developing and delivering digital content and communications strategy, building, and supporting digital user communities, and managing editorial processes.
• Currently leads dispersed team providing messaging, training, and support to a global stakeholder community using SaaS technology, including health researchers at many of the world’s leading universities.
• Led multiple international initiatives to support the production and dissemination of peer-reviewed academic research at Cochrane, a globally recognized medical research policy institute (2001-2018).
• Significant accomplishments at Cochrane include providing operational and editorial leadership of global communications and content strategy; leading establishment and growth of organization’s online presence, including social media channels and flagship websites; and managing an international team of freelance copy editors on behalf of the publishers and editorial leadership of the Cochrane Library, an internationally ranked health research journal.
• Proficient in a variety of office, digital content, and customer management platforms.
• BA from Boston University.