Marc Patient: in Edgewood, WA

Key revenue driver and new business development leader with P&L oversight for Baden Sports' Food & Drug Retail Division. Hired and developed premier team of 15 broker sales representatives to partner on chain headquarter presentations and marketing plan execution. Pioneered the development of the Sports Ball Category for grocery and drug retail channel of business and positioned Baden Sports brand as the absolute dominate market share leader for the sports ball category in national grocery and drug stores. Targeted national grocery, drug, mass and sporting goods retail chains and achieved national product placement in over 9,000 retail stores generating $5.6M in annual sales. Led sales team in securing accounts and developed ongoing business with national grocery and drug retail chains, i.e., Safeway, Albertsons, Kroger, HEB, WinCo, Walgreens, Rite Aid and CVS. Developed new business from cold-call presentations to product placement at mass retailers in U.S. (Fred's, Inc. - 900 stores) and Canada (Zellers - 300 stores) generating over $1M in annual sales. Tripled past business to $1M with national sporting goods distributors, i.e., Maurice Sporting Goods and Big Rock Sports by developing new products, creating line extensions and national roll-out of ESPN-branded line of sports balls and toys.