Armando Solano

Responsible for market strategy and execution.Support stores by helping create consistency, calibration and continuity. Help motivate store teams by establishing consistent expectations, course-correcting and celebrating team successes. Inspire others to achieve results by leading them in person and remotely. Help improve sales and financial performance by executing market team strategies for success. Support development of teams helping build a talent pipeline through developmental experiences and interpersonal connections. Work with Business teams to build and develop relationships with local entrepreneurs and enterprise customers. Represent Apple in community.

Drove strategy and infused business vision into management and store teams in each market location. Fostered consistent practices for all locations, but was flexible enough to manage unique variances in market. Developed talent - build strong business team that helped companies succeed and enabled our stores to reach and exceed performance goals.

Supported the Southern China Market ( 12 stores ) and helped lead teams in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Nanning and Kunming.

Helped Grow Apple Brand and implement vision for Business in 7 Apple Stores in Arizona and New Mexico.

Lead hiring, training, development of first set of business teams in market.Drove strategy and infused business vision into store teams. Delivered successful and consistent results during time in AZ. Left legacy of operational excellence, people development and strong collaboration and fun culture were highlights of first 4 years at Apple Retail in USA.