Kristopher Hart
Salado,TX
Summary
Bio Business Development professional with 15+ years of Executive experience. Additionally, project mission and management for Private, Medical, Military and Charter flights for everything from multiple foreign and domestic Government Agencies as well as some of the largest Fortune 500 companies in the world.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Client Services Senior Project Director/Business Analyst
Cogent Analytics
08.2022 - Current
- Working as a fractional CEO with clients to “fix” all aspects of a company through standardization and implementation of GAAP SOP's
- Managed full-time, 11 companies generating a total of 500 million annually.
- Review and disseminate information from financial reports and apply this analysis to operational improvement on behalf of the client
- Identify new issues and opportunities in the client organization
- Create tangible and quantifiable changes that will address these issues and support material improvement in business
- Implementation of business necessity instruments like Cash Management systems, KPI Dashboards, Overhead Absorption rates, Capacity calculation, Breakeven determination, Wealth Driven Budget/ Profit Plan
- Evaluate, assess and train leadership through Leadership Skills Development
- Drove excellence, best practices, innovation and methodology improvements to support company business efforts.
- Established foundational processes for business operations.
- Managed partnerships and strategic business relationships by negotiating contract terms and handling conflicts.
- Built productive relationships with industry partners and competitors to support strategic business objectives.
- Made large-scale financial decisions and supervised company spending to reduce material losses and maximize profits.
- Identified new revenue generation opportunities to maximize bottom-line profitability.
- Engaged positively with staff and leadership colleagues, soliciting and encouraging feedback and collaborative spirit.
- Directed market expansions to propel business forward, meet changing customer needs.
- Analyzed and tracked business metrics and made appropriate adjustments to meet supply and demand needs.
President and Director of Operations
Gamin Spirits Group
11.2018 - Current
- Product Development and Business management
- Increased the Gregarious Grump portfolio 1600% in 2022 adding 12 new states of Distribution
- Market Sales roll out and new state expansion
- In charge of Quality control of all of our products
- Launched “Bodega Cat” a celebrity brand with Mark Normand and Sam Morril
- Business development and management of all our core products
- Originate new products in concert with customer needs, business model and capabilities
- Selects correct design concepts and fundamental technology used for new products or improvement for existing ones, optimizing the results for more efficiency and profitability as much as possible
- Collaborate, support and follow up the leadership team, overseeing key projects, processes and performance reports, data and analysis, always looking for improvements/opportunities and reduction of unnecessary costs
- Develop and implement methods and procedures for monitoring projects such as preparation of records of expenditures and research findings, progress reports, and staff conferences
- Reviews projects regularly with various internal or external teams to ensure timelines, financial goals, and quality for all projects under their responsibility are being executed.
- Oversaw operations and provided corrective feedback to achieve daily and long-term goals.
- Managed daily operations while overseeing multiple locations to foster increased productivity.
- Formed strategic partnerships and connected with potential clients to drive business development.
- Evaluated company documentation to verify alignment with regulatory requirements.
- Assisted with sales and marketing strategies to foster achievement of revenue goals.
- Oversaw supply chain functions to verify inventory levels and budget adherence.
- Optimized operational processes using analytics tools to address client-specific metrics.
- Drafted and distributed reports to assist board members with critical business decisions.
Director of Operations
Select Spirits Group
10.2015 - Current
- Managed a team of approximately 40 people
- Works with more than 400+ Brands on National and State Brand rollouts, Package design, Quality Control and Pricing
- Marketing for the company
- Project Management
- Staffing/
- Oversaw day-to-day production activities in accordance with business objectives.
- Oversaw successful implementation of operational strategies and policies to drive organizational growth and productivity.
- Monitored budget and utilized operational resources.
- Negotiated with vendors, suppliers and other stakeholders to acquire mutually beneficial contracts and agreement.
- Analyzed customer feedback and identified areas for improvement to drive business success.
Director of Product and Quality Development
Cadeco Industries
12.2020 - 05.2022
- Business development and management of all our core products
- Originate new products in concert with customer needs, business model and capabilities
- Selects correct design concepts and fundamental technology used for new products or improvement for existing ones, optimizing the results for more efficiency and profitability as much as possible
- Collaborate, support and follow up the leadership team, overseeing key projects, processes and performance reports, data and analysis, always looking for improvements/opportunities and reduction of unnecessary costs
- Increased sales 1400% in the last 12 months and profitability 500%
- Develop and implement methods and procedures for monitoring projects such as preparation of records of expenditures and research findings, progress reports, and staff conferences, in order to inform the CEO
- Reviews projects regularly with various internal or external teams to ensure timelines, financial goals, and quality for all projects under their responsibility are being executed
- Manage all distribution agreements nationwide for our core brands.
- Translated information highly technical in nature to investors and senior staff and aligned product strategy with market.
Master Operational Specialist
Universal Weather And Aviation
03.2011 - 03.2021
- Care for all aspects of client trips, on a global scale, including performing daily reviews and tasks to manage the requests and needs of the client and provide all that is required to get anywhere in the world in a timely manner
- Provide clear and concise communication between small and large flight departments and every governing civil aviation authority in the world, as well as being the main point of contact between all parties in order to coordinate requests accurately and efficiently
- Maintained the relationship and profiles for a select handful of Special Care clients for some of the worlds largest corporations to make sure all of their unique needs and requests were met on a daily basis
- Worked on Quality Management with every regulatory body, Globally, for permits, Slots, PPR's and appropriate regulatory red tape to arrange both single leg flights as well as flights large enough to circumnavigate the globe
- Represent the company on various client visits as well as industry events such as NBAA
- Reviews projects regularly with various internal or external teams to ensure timelines, financial goals, and quality for all projects under their responsibility are being executed.
- Conducted root cause analysis in deficient areas to identify and resolve issues.
Education
Associate of Science - Occupational Safety and Health
Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach, ALBachelor of Science - Business
Columbia Southern University
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Columbia Southern University
Orange BeachSkills
- Microsoft Office
- NAVBLUE Flight Planning
- Live Client Interaction
- Interpersonal Communication
- Excel
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Licensed FAA Dispatcher
- WSET II
- SEO Strategies
- CRM Systems
- Portfolio Asset Management System
- Project restructuring
- Project development and life cycle
- Managing client relations
Timeline
Client Services Senior Project Director/Business Analyst
Cogent Analytics
08.2022 - Current
Director of Product and Quality Development
Cadeco Industries
12.2020 - 05.2022
President and Director of Operations
Gamin Spirits Group
11.2018 - Current
Director of Operations
Select Spirits Group
10.2015 - Current
Master Operational Specialist
Universal Weather And Aviation
03.2011 - 03.2021
Associate of Science - Occupational Safety and Health
Columbia Southern University
Bachelor of Science - Business
Columbia Southern University
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Columbia Southern University
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