Rick Maher 🚀

MIT Sloan School of Management

Arizona State University, W. P. Carey School of Business

Sr. Director Commercial Strategy

Greater Boston

At Lord Hobo Brewing Co, I led the sales, marketing, and new territory teams as we grew sales by >900% in 900% in 900% in <3yrs, achieving the distinction as single fastest growing regional craft brewery in the country.

I partnered with industry veterans to build distribution partnerships in 11 states, coordinated retailer relationships reaching 10,000 accounts, and guided consumer marketing strategies to craft a differentiated brand among a sea of 7,000 competitors. Aligned with our fast-growth strategy, as part of the executive team I raised a series-B growth investment round and set up our professional board of directors governance structure.

Lord Hobo Brewing Company

Chief Commercial Officer

Operations and process improvement project manager with a track record of exceeding expectations by working through challenging business problems to deliver bottom line improvements greater than $1MM per year.

Using a fact based, hypothesis driven methodology, I have worked with over 40 large companies on 3 continents to scope and design project portfolios, research and analyze performance, identify practical and creative solutions, and manage project teams through implementation.

I was honored when a client described me as "understanding of our challenges, but ruthless in helping us beat them once and for all."