Managing Founder at Step Two Advisors

Step Two Advisors is a consulting firm specialized in CPG early stage startups. Understanding that most companies are in need of the same things but cannot necessarily afford 3 full time C level hires, I started a business to help them avoid errors and grow their business and distribution in the best disposition possible. I can also work on due diligence for CPG corporations, venture capital and share deal flow.Services offered are :Finance   - Cost/margin analysis & optimization   -Improving or building financial model (with projections)    -investor deck preparation    -future cash flow needs, funding needs   -valuationBusiness development    -distribution model   -what revenue channels?    -operationsStrategy    -targeted customer acquisition [retailers + end clients]    -equity raising (timing, amount need) Sales & Distribution (Retail, Food Service, B2C)E-commerce and Online Marketing/Social Media  - Low hanging fruit approach   -blogs, vlogs , online endorsement and paid ads (insta, FB)
    
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      Step Two Advisors
        
  

We are a collective—of minds, talents, experiences and dreams. Passionately channeled to deliver results for our partners and clients that are beyond all expectations. We've spent years getting here. From the most respected natural products companies, to the most recognized consumer brands in the world; we exist to do one thing. Help new entrepreneurs and established companies provide better, healthier, more organic and sustainable products to our homes and into our daily lives.We dream of a brighter tomorrow, one brand at a time...How We Work? We’ve brought the best international consultants and experienced game-changers together in one shared service model, where our clients get to work closely with their Visionary Dream Team, whom focuses on the success of each unique project. Our 16 Co-Founding partners oversee all areas of our business practice and the broader "Collective” of over 60 specialists can be contracted through our agency individually, or in teams, to act as outsourced management, from retail on up to boardroom.
    
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BeyondBrands

New York’s Conscious Consumer Products AcceleratorWe accelerate innovation & entrepreneurs within the consumer products industry. We accomplish this through our best in class accelerator program driven by a community of serial entrepreneurs & industry experts.During our 12 week program, SKU provides each company with best-in-class core curriculum and a deeply customized, mentor led, experience.
    
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      BeyondSKU
  

Handcrafted batches and gravity strained greek yogurt, this is Nounos Creamery. Packaged in glass jars, this company is currently in over 1,500 stores and delivers the most authentic product done the traditional way. Sold in WFM, Wegman, FreshMarket, FreshDirect, Central Market, Earthfare, Jewel and more outlets across the country.
    
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      Nounós Creamery
  

Partner and Advisor at Love Grace Inc. Love Grace is a certified organic cold-pressed juice and smoothie company, offering cutting edge products since 2011. We ship directly to your door, are distributed as well in selected retailers and copack highest quality beverages for hospitality groups, startups and more.
    
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Love Grace

Joined a 2-year-old healthy beverage company in need of robust foundations (restructured its financial operations, accounting and created processes for production, distribution and HR). Focused on accurate pricing, margin/cost optimization while setting up four distinct revenue channels. Within 2 years, grew the company from $600k (2013) to $1.4M in 2015 through organic growth-	Joined a self-financed start-up as CFO to restructure its financial operations, accounting and processes -	Improved profitability margins by 25% (analyzing weekly COGS) and anticipated produce price fluctuations-	In charge of weekly production numbers. Generated a historical volume database to predict demand patterns as well as follow the impact of specific campaigns. Reduced inventory spoilage rate by 70% from 7.5% to under 2%-	Fostered internal change, creating a culture of professionalism, accountability and innovation-	Took on business development functions and build up a partnership with retailers such as Whole Foods Market, Union Market, Gourmet Garage and helped establish the Private Label arm of the company (over $600k in 6 quarters)-	LoveGrace is today one of New York's top organic cold-pressed juice brandsDemonstrated strong results in:•	Business Development & Strategic Planning•	E-commerce/Social Media	•	Operations & Distribution•	Sales and Marketing 	•	Financial Reporting & Cash Management•	Budgeting & Forecasting
    
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mood33 was created for people seeking smoke-free cannabis experiences to enhance their diverse lifestyles and consumption preferences.  Inspired by ancient herbal remedy, Ayurveda principles and traditional Chinese herbal medicine, mood33 cannabis infused sparkling tonics were developed by organic beverage pioneers and life-long cannabis advocates to celebrate the plant’s mood enhancing health benefits and wellness-inducing qualities.mood33 offers refuge for the stressed, sore, and under-rested people of today through a combination of synergistic herbs, terpene blends and mind-and-body nourishing cannabis extracts. We infuse triple-lab tested cannabis oil into each mood33 beverage for those seeking to enhance their diverse lifestyles with a smoke-free, drinkable cannabis experience. We remove the risk of overconsumption as seen with other edible cannabis products with reliable, consistent dosing and by leveraging improved cannabinoid absorption techniques, typically resulting in quicker onset within 15 minutes after consumption.
    
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      mood33 Cannabis Infused Sparkling Tonics
  

TERRA is a first-of-its-kind program bringing together the industry’s most disruptive startups and progressive corporations to fuel cross-industry innovation and set a new standard for food and agriculture. Unlike other accelerator programs, this program is designed to be an ongoing innovation platform that will result in a continuous stream of commercially viable solutions. Combining RocketSpace’s global tech ecosystem and startup network with Rabobank’s food and agribusiness leadership and expertise, TERRA’s unique model will provide startups with the opportunity to work hand-in-hand with our corporate partners in a dedicated pilot centered program.
    
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      TERRA Food & Ag Accelerator
  

Pilotworks operates high fidelity culinary incubators across the United States. They provide specialized products and services to entrepreneurs in the food community to help them bring new companies and ideas to market.Through their holistic approach, selected companies benefit from flexible and affordable infrastructure, outsourced services, personalized mentorship, educational events and workshops as well as a vibrant community of culinary professionals looking to innovate the industry.Pilotworks is empowering the next generation of food entrepreneurs.
    
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      Pilotworks
  

Blue Marble Organic Ice Cream is a Brooklyn based company manufacturing an artisanal/handcrafted super premium product since 2008.It is also USDA certified organic. This means the ice cream is free from GMO's, pesticides, and artificial flavors/colors.  Available in Whole Foods, Fairway Market and most retail chains in the North East, it is also found in Central Market TX, Kings/Balducci's in NJ, Heinens in OH and growing its distribution. You can also enjoy their ice cream on Jet Blue's Mint class, at the Bareburger and Burger Joint locations as well as at the Barclays Center and more!This now 10-year-old company was in need of an acting COO to run the day to day. Available in 15 states, the ambition of the company is to become the organic alternative to Häagen Dazs and be available nationwide. The mandate was large and lasted a total of 15 months. It included the below tasks: Sales and Marketing (Oversee top line growth of all wholesale projects, increase velocity in current wholesale accounts, oversee and attend important trade shows, grow/expand sales in the U.S. across Grocery, Natural, Club, Foodservice and e-commerce, foster and maintain relationship with key distributors such as UNFI, Kehe, and more)Finance (cost structure analysis, SKU cost, create 5Y financial model, investor deck, improve company financial structure)Strategy (e-commerce, endorsements, social media marketing campaigns)Business Development (growth opportunities, partnerships with distributors and other wholesalers, new product development, new user acquisition, roll out and launch of new products/innovation)Retail (brick and mortar with two locations open 7 days a week)
    
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About us

  Blue Marble Ice Cream is a USDA certified organic company that manufactures a artisanal/handcrafted ice cream that is super premium and uses the best ingredients possible. 
This means our ice cream is free from GMO's, pesticides, and artificial flavors/colors.  
Our sugar is Fair Trade certified, our cocoa comes from the farmer-owned CONACADO Cooperative in Dominican Republic. 
Our cream is sourced from organic farms in upstate New York.  We manufacture our ice cream in Rhode Island and Brooklyn, using the traditional technique of low temp-long time pasteurization that retains the healthy enzymes in the dairy and results in the old fashioned flavor and smooth texture we are so well known for.  
We have been included on Food and Wine's list of top ice creams in the U.S. for many years now (and acclaimed many more times in the press), and we are proud to say that our product really and truly is the very best ice cream out there.

Blue Marble Ice Cream

Running the Crude Oil Options business worldwide. 24 hours book.Primarily a customer flow book (80% of P&L) with some Proprietary positions (20%) -	Providing liquidity (quoting markets) to Corporation (airlines, oil producers, refiners) as well as financial institutions (Hedge funds, mutual funds).-	Managing risks for the bank on a daily basis.-	Generated revenue also through directional plays based on Macro and Micro economic factors and Oil market fundamentals.Market innovation:-	Built new trading tools, accessing more market information and optimizing costs.-	Gained a competitive hedge by investing in systems and always reinventing the wheel to push the business forward.
    
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About us

  With nearly 12,000 employees in 38 countries, SG CIB is present in the main financial markets with extensive European coverage and representative offices in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Americas and Asia-Pacific.

As a key pillar of the Societe Generale Group’s universal banking model, SG CIB supports the economy by playing a key intermediary role, offering broad market access to issuers and smart investment solutions to investors. The service we bring to our corporate and financial institutions clients revolves around three main activities - investment banking, financing and markets - and our global franchises of equity derivatives and natural resources.

For our clients we stand out because we are a trusted advisor with a worldwide leading engineering expertise and a quality product suite.


      Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking - SGCIB
  

Co-Book runner on the Energy options' desk. Tasks are mainly market making for our customers, risk management, prop. Particularly focused on crudes (wti, brent, dated, dubai).Crude options focused trader co-managing the banks’ volatility exposure on the oil forwardcurve. Market making on various types of Crude Oil such as WTI and North Sea Brent.Publishing volatility levels for the bank in real time.
    
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      Société Générale
  

I worked 7 months as part of a rotation, in the Fixed Income Structured Product department. I was pricing IR based products and developping payoffs. Finding new solutions for the clients and working in close relationship with the exotic desk.


I worked as an options' trader on Energy. Covering crudes (oil, fuel...) mainly but also products. Pricing in currency was also part of my job.


I worked on the Italian Market, being based in Paris. I mainly covered the market making obligations of the bank (stocks and index) on the Italian Stock Exchange (IDEM). This Junior trader position gave me the opportunity to develop derivatives' trading skills (vanilla options).


****COMMERZBANK SECURITIES, Paris, FRANCE*** Structured Products Sales - Scandinavia  Covering a new region: Building a client database and starting new relationships in Scandinavia  Dealing with investment products (Equity & Fixed Income) for the HNWI segment mainly
    
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      Dresdner Kleinwort Benson
  

Member of the operate team of the FX and Commodities' trading floor ·  Trading support (spreadsheets, pricing tools, internal software)· Project-based work. Planning and building tools (straight through processing spreadsheet on MS EXCEL, reporting engine on MS ACCESS)
    
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For over 200 years, JPMorgan Chase & Co has provided innovative financial solutions for consumers, small businesses, corporations, governments and institutions around the world.

Today, we're a leading global financial services firm with operations servicing clients in more than 100 countries.

Whether we are serving customers, helping small businesses, or putting our skills to work with partners, we strive to identify issues and propose solutions that will propel the future and strengthen both our clients and our communities.

© 2017 JPMorgan Chase & Co.  JPMorgan Chase is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer Disability/Veteran.


      JPMorgan Chase
  

****BNP PARIBAS PRIVATE BANKING SWITZERLAND SA*** GENEVA, SWITZERLAND Internship assistant in the "Workout and Recovery" department · Dealing with the claims of private clients (potential problems in the portfolio management, fees dispute, etc.) · Debt redemption - studying and analyzing suspect clients
    
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      BNP Paribas
  

HEC School of Management

INSEAD is The Business School for the World. We bring together people, cultures and ideas to develop responsible leaders who transform business and society.

With locations in Europe (France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi), and now North America (San Francisco), INSEAD's business education and research spans four regions. Our 165 renowned Faculty members from 41 countries inspire more than 1,300 degree participants annually in our MBA, Global Executive MBA, Specialised Master’s degrees (Executive Master in Finance and Executive Master in Change) and PhD programmes. In addition, more than 11,000 executives participate in INSEAD Executive Education programmes each year.

INSEAD continues to conduct cutting-edge research and innovate across all our programmes. We provide business leaders with the knowledge and awareness to operate anywhere. Our core values drive academic excellence and serve the global community as The Business School for the World.

INSEAD

General Engineering and Information Technology

Managing Founder at Step Two Advisors

Managing Founder

Partner and CFO

Finance & Business Planning

Finance Director

Board Member

Partner

Co Owner and CFO

Board Of Advisors

Mentor

Business Mentor

VP of Business Development & Sales

Senior Vice President

Energy Options' Trader - VP

Interest Rates Structurer

Energy Trader

Equity Derivatives' Trader

Private Bank Sales

Trading Support

Private Bank Trainee

International Finance

MiF

Finance for Executives

Management of Information Systems

Masters