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Magic Castle Consulting
Management Consulting
Owner
1/2016 - Present
Ideated various travel products for a media company
Execute engagements in growth strategy and consumer insights for clients in AlcBev, Food, CPG, private equity, and consulting – engagement lengths vary from full-time, multi-month to one-off projects
Stepped into a full-time brand insights and innovation insights role in the Strategy & Insights department of a major AlcBev company. Managed all global insights projects for two major global brands.
Conducted commercial due diligence and evaluated synergies for private equity owned companies in the CPG space
Conducted market scan of Food Tech startups for External Innovation / R&D for major snack/beverage CPG
Execute engagements in growth strategy and consumer insights for clients in AlcBev, Food, CPG, private equity, and consulting – engagement lengths vary from full-time, multi-month to one-off projects
Stepped into a full-time brand insights and innovation insights role in the Strategy & Insights department of a major AlcBev company. Managed all global insights projects for two major global brands.
Conducted commercial due diligence and evaluated synergies for private equity owned companies in the CPG space
Conducted market scan of Food Tech startups for External Innovation / R&D for major snack/beverage CPG
Magic Castle Management
Start-Up
Owner
9/2017 - Present
Owner of New Park Event Venue & Suites (newparkeventvenue.com) since 2021, a boutique hotel with 7 unique suites and an event space used primarily as a wedding venue
Purchased Finger Lakes Mill Creek Cabins (fingerlakescabins.com) in 2018 and Brookside Cottage in 2017
Purchased a restaurant with commercial kitchen in 2023
Oversee a team of 8-12 staff who run the day to day operations
Manage a business with annual revenue of $1-1.5M and value of approx $3M
Purchased Finger Lakes Mill Creek Cabins (fingerlakescabins.com) in 2018 and Brookside Cottage in 2017
Purchased a restaurant with commercial kitchen in 2023
Oversee a team of 8-12 staff who run the day to day operations
Manage a business with annual revenue of $1-1.5M and value of approx $3M
Butterfly
Management Consulting
Associate Director
3/2019 - 10/2021
Conducted innovation and brand strategy projects, specializing in Food, CPG and Retail
Built and grew the New York office of a London-based agency
Responsible for business development, client development, and people development
Met 150% of my 2019 business development target
Built and grew the New York office of a London-based agency
Responsible for business development, client development, and people development
Met 150% of my 2019 business development target
Idea Couture
Management Consulting
Senior Innovation Strategist
4/2017 - 1/2019
Lead innovation projects for Fortune 500 companies. Mostly focused on Food, CPG, and Retail, as well as some pharmacy and healthcare projects.
Gillum Strategy Partners
Management Consulting
Engagement Manager
8/2016 - 10/2017
Contract EM for boutique strategic consulting firm. Conduct high level growth strategy projects with small, medium and large cap firms. Projects include market analysis for major CPG, synergy assessment and commercial due diligence of CPG for private equity firm, and strategic planning process for energy storage company.
The Hershey Company
Corporate Strategy & Development
White Space
5/2013 - 8/2016
Developed innovation process including Ideation, concept development, rapid prototyping, and qualitative and quantitative insights.
L.E.K. Consulting
Management Consulting
Consultant
9/2011 - 5/2013
Strategy consultant in a variety of industries. Case work included commercial due diligence, corporate strategy, post-merger integration, PMO set up and management and sales / marketing strategy.
Deloitte
Management Consulting
Consultant
11/2006 - 8/2009
Management consultant in the commercial and federal healthcare space. Case work included process improvement, financial process evaluation and improvement, organizational effectiveness and change management.