Sean Harrell is a seasoned sales and marketing professional with over 20 years of experience. He is dedicated to driving growth and revenue through high-impact sales, marketing, business development, and strong leadership. Harrell has a multicultural background in both corporate and entrepreneurial settings, providing him with a real-world understanding of the importance of sales and relationship management to the bottom line. He has held key senior executive level management positions at NIKE, Converse, Creative Recreation, and Brooks Sports, providing leadership and effective solutions for emerging brands or categories, established brands looking to expand their impact, and creating opportunities to maximize the benefits of strategic partners.

Harrell's specialties and skills encompass sales and marketing leadership, product development, business process consultation/performance improvement, strategic planning, distribution and brand management, client relationship management, business and partnership development, e-commerce management, market and competitive analysis, research and competitive intelligence, national/regional account management, brand marketing, go-to-market, digital strategies, business administration and allocation, cross-functional team leadership and staff development, project management, development and implementation, line planning, merchandising, and distribution strategies.

Harrell studied Mass Communications/Marketing at the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently the Principal, President/Chief Strategist at the Cohesive Group and was a former consultant of Channel Strategy, Merchandising & Sales (Basketball) at Adidas, Director of Sales at Brooks Sports - Brooks Heritage, Global Sales/Product Development/Marketing at Putnam Accessory Group, VP Director of Sales & Marketing N.A. at Royal Elastics, National Sales Manager at Creative Recreation, Senior Manager at The Adecco Group, Strategic Account Manager at Nike, and Account Executive at Converse.