Innovation for modern living

Track record

I spent more than two decades at Polder Products, a better-tier housewares brand. I started there as Director of Marketing and rose through VP of Marketing & Sales, Executive Vice President, and finally to CEO (2024–2026).

As CEO, I led the company through tariffs, retailer shifts toward private label, and shifting consumer spending and demographics. During this time, I moved 45% of our supplier base out of China to balance the tariff scenario and optimize costs. Throughout, I kept the brand focused on what has always set it apart: original, innovative product solutions.

Across my years there:

• I pursued steady, managed growth that let the brand build lasting equity, centering on four categories across multiple channels.
• I created a new subcategory in hair-styling tool storage starting with the Style Station product. This product sold more than 3 million units and grew into a lasting multi-channel storage line.
• I built Costco into the brand's #1 customer across the U.S. and all international divisions for multiple years.
• I led a fast-moving development team that launched 20–23 new items a year.
• I consolidated the supplier base to get better volume pricing and develop long-term engineering and development partnerships.
• I played a central role in the brand's sale to private equity in 2016.

Before Polder, I was in marketing roles at Cuisinart and Conair. I started my career with nine years at prototype, industrial design and tooling firms. That's where I learned how things actually get made, and it still shapes every product I design.

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