Bellevue University

University of Nebraska at Omaha

President at HC Brands

•	Responsible for the entire P&L of HC Brands portfolio; 20M+ privately held company 
•	Strategically reorganized the entire business including top grading of executive staff 
•	Consistently increasing both Sales and EBITDA by implementing growth, scale and efficiency initiatives
•	Implementation of new company wide Operating System leveraging the EOS Model; https://www.eosworldwide.com/ 
•	Development and implementation of controls based executive scorecard and KPI’s 
•	Transformed a stagnant legacy culture into a high-performance, metrics-based environment
•	Oversight and implementation of NetSuite ERP
•	Managed quarterly cadence alignment of strategic goal setting, planning and execution of organization

HC Brands

President

•	Marketing
o	Leadership and oversight of all marketing channels and initiatives
o	Management of $2M+ marketing and advertising budget
o	Leadership of all marketing teams and channels to include SEM, SEO, Email, Display, Social and Influencer
o	Leadership and oversight of all partnership and marketplace channel execution to include Amazon, Etsy, Chewy, Jane, Zulily, etc
o	Strategic planning and development of new channels and opportunities to include affiliates and B2B
o	Leadership of Business to Business marketing, lead development and execution
o	KPI/Scorecard management to include ROAS, traffic generation, Conversion Revenue Optimization, CPA, CPC
o	Demand planning and forecasting of overall sales revenue for $20M sales budget
o	Accountable for overall inventory planning and scheduling to include open to buy, inventory turns, etc.
o	Accountable for new product development and design
•	Technology
o	Member of Executive Leadership Team responsible for all areas of technology and product development.
o	Integration of M&A organizations
o	Management of a multi-million dollar capital and operating budget including those for large scale projects.
o	Enterprise architectural design/definition of full HC Brands technology platform
o	Technical leadership of 15+ individuals responsible for engineering, quality, program management, database mgmt, systems and network engineering, etc. 
o	Re-platforming ecommerce platform from .net framework to Magento. 
o	Responsible for aligning Holmes Custom business strategies with the technology strategy 
o	Systems and technologies include:

Chief Marketing and Information Officer

Leveraging innovative technology solutions to drive substantial growth across the organization. 

Responsible for defining and executing the technology strategy and oversees the company's retail and e-commerce systems, engineering, infrastructure, quality assurance, and security.

eCommerce Sites:
www.904custom.com
www.SimplyStamps.com
www.AllStateNotarySupplies.com
www.Nametagwizard.com
www.CustomSigns.com
www.HolmesCustom.com
www.Promo180.com
www.corpconnect.com

Chief Information Officer

Strategic Leadership and Management of all Enterprise technologies:
- (Financials, OMS, WMS, Manufacturing, EDI/B2B, Procurement, Merchandise Planning, PLM, etc.).

Design, development, implementation and maintenance of enterprise systems.

Evaluation, selection, planning and implementation of best of breed, package solutions to support the overall enterprise.

Fanatics, Inc.

Vice President Technology: Enterprise Technology Solutions

Strong IT Leader responsible for:
- Enterprise Business Systems
- Strategic Planning and Oversight of IT Portfolio
- Quality Assurance of Business and E-commerce Systems
- Enterprise Systems Analysis and Design

Vice President Technology: Enterprise Systems, EPMO & QA

Vice President IT: Enterprise PMO & Quality Assurance

Hayneedle, Inc.

Vice President of Technology – Product Strategy, Program Management & Governance 

•	Oversight of the IT project portfolio and enterprise initiatives.
•	Responsible for IT governance including strategy and planning, change management and IT compliance (ITGC, PCI DSS, etc.).
•	Responsible for aligning business strategies with technology strategies.
•	Define and manage the IT organizations SDLC and develops a maturation plan to move the organization up to and/or beyond CMM level 3.
•	Oversight of the enterprise project portfolio and business priorities.
•	Leadership of the IT executive steering committee.
•	Manages PMO, Compliance & Change Management personnel, budgets and scheduling.
•	Responsible and accountable for project success and ensures that project milestones are delivered with quality, on time and within targeted budgets, meeting or exceeding internal or external customer expectations. 
•	Develops and manages change management policies, controls, approvals and workflow for systems and development changes.
•	Directs staff in administration and management of change management policies, procedures and systems.
•	Oversight of the organizations Change Approval Board (CAB).
•	Management and oversight of the IT release processes (based on a continuous deployment philosophy) and schedule.
•	Lead capabilities assessment and software selection to identify tools required to support business needs.
•	Establishes and manages the organizations IT Security and Compliance team to develop compliance initiatives, define compliance policies and procedures, manage compliance projects, and support auditing functions. (PCI DSS and ITGC).
•	Manages relationships with external ITGC compliance audit partners.
•	Established a Product Management team and process responsible for creating clear, transparent product roadmaps that are in line with business needs and priorities.
•	Responsible for the security and stability of all technology systems.

Jim Gruhn