Christopher M. Consorte

Chief Executive / Chief Of Operations

Personal Profile

Multi-dimensional, entrepreneurial, executive – with 22 years of experience - providing leadership, vision, and business acumen in driving revenue and margin growth. Proven marketing and sales expert with acquisition, retention, cost containment, and strategic planning experience. Consulted with hundreds of clients and worked within various industries leading to a track-record of successes in multiple verticals including food, manufacturing, real estate, etc. Broad-based strengths and accomplishments in:

  • Entreprenurial Success
  • New Business Development
  • Building Direct & Interactive Marketing
  • Operational Efficiency Pro
  • Sales and Marketing Strategy
  • E-Commerce Development
  • Cost Containment
  • Staff Management & Team
  • Multiple Business Vertical

Professional Experience

Chief Executive Officer at Union Holding Group / Union Property Group LLC

October 2009 - Present

Direct all operations, finance, sales, & marketing initiatives. Co-manage contracting staff of 8 and marketing / finance support team of 4.

  • Manage Financials, P&L and budgets for 24 tenant-occupied rental units
  • Maintain over 50% annual revenue growth since formation in 2009
  • Develop and manage all direct mail, internet marketing and sales lead generation initiatives
  • Responsible for all new property acquisitions - roughly 20 annually and growing
  • Oversee all financial aspects of business including overseeing accounts payable and accounts receivable

Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at Jersey Famous Foods / Pyramid Food Service, Inc

July 2010 - September 2012 / January 2018 - Present

Direct all sales and marketing initiatives - including development and management of sales force - to target multiple prospect audiences. Staff of 12.

  • Engineered sales & marketing strategy to assist company growth by over 20%
  • Developed and managed client and prospect database as well as sales lead generation initiatives
  • Direct development of all corporate branding, marketing collateral, PR, web marketing and direct marketing
  • Managed sales team - responsible for acquiring all corporate accounts consisting of over 250+ active grocery stores

Chief Marketing Officer at Integrated Direct LLC / Integrated Interactive LLC

December 2003 - July 2010

Managed daily operations for direct and interactive agency. Services provided, to active client roster of over 50, include lead generation, media services, direect mail, marketing strategy and web marketing. Staff of 42

  • Developed entire client roster and overall billings from zero, then grew overall revenues by 300% (on average) annually.
  • Direct sales and business development staff and provide direction on new client acquisition efforts.
  • Supervise all creative and strategic projects, including overall operations
  • Provide client-care and retention supervision for all clients, including managerial support in weekly and monthly meetings.

Vice President of Marketing at BLS Funding

December 2001 - December 2003

Managed all lead generation, collateral development, online advertising, print advertising, public relations, broadcast and mass-media advertising, event marketing and database development to support nationwide sales staff of 250. $3MM budget. Direct staff of 10. Indirect staff of 25.

  • Implemented both short and long-term marketing strategies which directly enhanced company growth by $500MM while simultaneously containing costs to maintain ROI efficiencies of 700-800%
  • Directed and initiated integrated marketing efforts in support of 10 branch offices throughout the Us, to boost overall production and sales-force effectiveness through local promotions and geo-targeted efforts.
  • Provided strategic and creative direction for design and e-marketing of premier websites Refinance.com, FastCash.com, BLSFund.com, and PremiumCapitalFunding.com. Includes opt-in email marketing, search engine optimization, paid-inclusion, banners, pop-ups and interstitial media placement.
  • Developed and maintained corporate branding and image including collateral, logos, all trademarked and copy-right materials. Includes all copy, press and investor relations material associated with brand-building.

Director of Web Marketing at Jupiter Media Metrix

October 2000 - December 2001

Managed all online advertising, website development, direct marketing, opt-in email marketing, sales lead generation, special events, PR, collateral, and database management/development to support corporate sales and marketing objectives. $800K budget. Staff of 8.

  • Directed a team of developers in building a company-wide CRM database, for client and prospect data, that allowed for efficient direct mail efforts, reduced lead time to close sales, and greater overall customer service.
  • Managed direct sales support efforts, including collateral development and prospect/client events, which resulted in increased renewals and new customer acquisition
  • Spearheaded e-Commerce efforts contributing $900K in sales and significant new customer acquisition.

Manager, Electronics Promotions at John Wiley & Sons INC

March 2000 - October 2000

Manager, Direct Response Marketing at John Wiley & Sons INC

May 1998 - March 2000

Managed all online and offline book marketing efforts, including direct mail, opt-in and email marketing, online advertising, website development and database management to drive revenue growth. $700K budget. Staff of 5.

  • Provided strategic direction and management oversight for opt-in email, promotional web pages and banner ads, which contributed to internet sales growth of 25% annually
  • Successfully expanded e-commerce sales utilizing existing offline and online promotions; developed integrated promotions, with online banners, opt-in e-mail and direct mail, that drove traffic to online commerce store. Migrated many offline customers online and increased overall e-commerce revenue over 30%.
  • Supported direct sales force with direct mail/interactive efforts, contributing 20% to departmental revenue growth.

Sr. Account Executive at Draft Worldwide

February 1997 - May 1998

Managed multiple strategic and created projects, including web, print, mail DRTV, radio and database modeling for Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO). $2MM budget. Staff of 16.

  • Intituted traffic processes and procedures for all members of the account team to reduce missed print deadlines and provide means to hold individual A/E's accountable; resulted in 95% of print deadlines met, and significant cost savings due to reduction in late fees and missed print runs.
  • Consulted with client to implement an integrated multi-media plan (print, broadcast, internet) based on less-costly interactive communications and remnant media space that achieved 80% prospect and new client retention while adhering to clients 30% budget cut.
  • Created a six-phase direct mail program targeted at former customers and current customers approaching service expiration to reverse decline in customer renewals; with standard direct mail average response rates fo 2%, won back large percentage of former customers and achieved a high customer retention/renewal rate.

Marketing Manager at Travers Tool Company

January 1996 - February 1997

Marketing Associate at Travers Tool Company

October 1995 - January 1996

Managed marketing efforts including production and mailing of catalog and brochures, web development, print, events and database management. $150K budget. Staff of two.

  • Increased annual catalog sales with development of full-color, 1000 page catalog with better merchanidising that played direct role in increasing sales and repeat-buying by current customers.
  • Expanded advertising capabilities, and increased promotions while working with limited budget; initiated and developed co-op advertising program through effective partnership with key-product vendors.
  • Successfully increased overall response rates by 30%, while increasing overall sales revenues generated from prospect brochures; analyzed in house database and rented prospect files to target more responsive.

Additional Experience

Adjunct Professor of Marketing & Management at Iona College / Fashion Institute of Technology

October 2002 - Present

Education

New York University, New York, NY

MS, Interactive & Direct Marketing, Cum Laude - May 2000

Saint John's University, Queens, NY

BS, Marketing Major, Concentration in Business Administration - May 1996

References available upon request