Leo Betancourt: in Santa Cruz, CA

Global manufacturers of Personal Electric Vehicles and creators of the Inboard M1™, the most innovative electrical skateboard in the world. Responsible for developing and executing the overall corporate strategic plan, attaining an aggressive revenue plan, create a global multi-channel management program, departmental budgeting, inventory release schedule and forecast planning per category/territory. Key Contributions: • Attained record sales in just one year through a multi-channel sales approach that included: direct sales, specialty retail, big box and international distributors. • Lead negotiations to introduce Inboard into the Big Box channel and successfully did it through Best Buy. • Successfully negotiated and executed exclusive international distribution agreements for EMEA, APAC and LATAM. • Responsible for putting together a team of sales professionals that included inside sales agents, independent sales agents plus an international distribution manager.

Premier watersports and lifestyle retail company based in South Florida who's largely responsible for the introduction of Kiteboarding and Paddleboarding to Miami. Key Contributions: • Oversaw operations for all retail locations and watersport concessions. Responsibilities included hiring personnel, monthly work schedule creation, establish sales goals, create standard operating procedures, create various email marketing campaigns and organize sales driven in-store events as well as hardgoods demo events. • Through the creation of a private sales division that catered to high profile customers from the Latin America, Caribbean, and Europe helped the company attained record sales. • Contribute to further develop TKS private label apparel line by advising on fabric selection and design selection. • Main buyer for hardgood brands such as North Kiteboarding, Cabrinha Kiteboarding, Naish SUP’s, GoPro, Surftech as well as Softgood men’s apparel brands like Patagonia, Katin, Banks, Topo