David Adams

Goal-driven strategic leader and decisive business professional brings track record of success in start-up companies. Outstanding background managing multiple products from ideation to market launch and profitable monetization. Strong entrepreneurial spirit, open mind, and willingness to take on new challenges that require patience and perseverance.

• Develop business idea, name, logo, plan
• Develop products, packaging
• meet in person with more than 30 China based factories, negotiate and develop relationships lasting more than 15 years with more than 15 different factories
• Calculate and determine quantities of which products/SKU's to produce at the appropriate time
• Sell directly to fishing tackle shops by way of in person meetings
• Develop marketing campaigns
• Hire sales people
• Conducted regular inspections of merchandise to ensure quality standards were met.
• Hire warehouse workers
• Grow from small fishing tackle brand in Florida to both tackle and apparel now found in retailers in 29 countries
• Lifetime professional HISTORY
• Rigged rental sailboats and gave private sailing lessons at the age of 12 - 14 (1971 - 1973)
• Fished professionally on charter and private sportfishing boats from 1974 - 1986 obtaining "Ocean Operator" captain's license at the age of 19 (1978).
• Began a very successful 32 year yacht sales career in 1986, personally selling $15 million in 2026.
• Opened International Marine (Ocean Yachts dealer in 1991 and became the #1 dealer in the world in that difficult year). Financier had major damage to a new car dealership due to Hurricane Andrew and walked away from the yacht business.
• After two years with Gilman Yachts as their #1 broker, Opened Premier Yacht & Ship in Jupiter, FL, as owner/operator in 1994.
• 2004 - began Tormenter Fishing Products, continues today. Fastest Selling Offshore Fishing tackle brand ever at West Marine and lifestyle apparel sold to retailers in 29 countries.
• 2007 - 2011 - was recruited to design and build the Argos line of high end motoryachts and ended up designing and building a large Shipyard in Zhuhai, PRC and ended up running the shipyard with 100 employees for two years. Built the highly acclaimed 92' Argos, the 78' NISI, and the 70' Argos.
• 2011 - Consulted for the Weichai Power Group out of Beijing who purchased the Ferretti Group consisting of 8 major yacht brands. Inspected all Italian facilities' production & quality as well as Bertram Yachts, writing reports for each of these. I was offered the position of CEO of China Operations of the Ferretti Group however, I had placed my focus on Tormenter by the time they closed on the Ferretti Group. also persuaded the Weichai Power Group not to purchase either Hatteras Yachts & Cabo Yachts, saving them from enormous loss.
• While selling yachts, I also managed & performed around $6 - 7 million worth of service on yachts between 1986 and 2007.
• Currently managing Tormenter Fishing Products, Inc
• While working with (selling to) West Marine for five years, I have discovered the absolute need for new leadership and middle management. I am 100% certain that I can increase sales/profits at West as the dramatic failures I have witnessed continue to occur, and in an even larger way.
• I not only have experience (profitably) running respectable sized businesses, but I pretty much know how every single item is used which is sold at West Marine.
• I am fully experienced in marketing profitably, cost saving, working efficiently, delegating, and minimizing non-essential positions.