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Head of Growth at Ronin Art House — enterprise client work for Google, Meta, CoverGirl, and Lululemon. Previously a top-10% producer at Allstate, driving $500K+ in monthly premium across a 50-state regulated territory. Targeting Account Executive seats in fintech, HR tech, payroll, EOR. Native English + Kiswahili. Houston-based, open to global remote positions.

The record

Top 10%
of 500+ producers nationally
$500K
monthly premium production
50 States
licensed territory
~2x Quota
27-33% close rate vs. 14% target
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Certifications

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals [AZ-900]

In Progress

Q2
2026

Cisco CCNA

Studying

Work Experience

RONIN ART HOUSE

Head of Growth

Apr 2025
Present

Drive RevOps integration across Ronin's enterprise client portfolio — binding marketing, sales, and customer success into one revenue motion — scaling Ronin from $600K toward a $1M ARR target. Own enterprise account servicing for clients including Google, Meta, CoverGirl, and Lululemon — brand activations, influencer launches, and ambassador events. Build and maintain CRM-driven client engagement workflows, deploying automation that reduces onboarding friction across SMB and enterprise accounts.

Allstate Corporation

Licensed Inside Sales Specialist

Apr 2025
Jun 2026

Top 10% of 500+ producers nationally — driving $500K+ in monthly premium production (~$6M annualized) across a 50-state regulated territory. Hybrid 80/20 inbound/outbound full-cycle motion: outbound prospecting, consultative discovery, proposal, close, post-sale handoff coordination. Swivel-licensed across Allstate and National General / Direct Auto product lines — one of a small group authorized to sell and bind across both carriers. Drove ~18% improvement in lead-to-opportunity conversion through CRM-based segmentation, outbound sequencing, and structured multi-touch follow-up cadences. Coordinated complex cross-functional handoffs between sales, underwriting, and operations.

RONIN ART HOUSE

Director of Business Development

Jan 2018
Mar 2025

Built Ronin's outbound corporate sales motion from zero — sourced and closed the enterprise client portfolio that defines the company today. Architected and ran full-cycle B2B sales targeting brand activation, corporate event, and creative production accounts — closed enterprise clients including Google, Meta, CoverGirl, and Lululemon. Multi-stakeholder selling across brand teams, marketing leads, agency partners, and procurement — coordinating decision-makers in 6-9 figure activation budgets. Drove 28% P&L revenue growth through CRM-backed engagement workflows, custom backend automation (HoneyBook, Trello), and data-informed operational strategy. Reduced content delivery cycle times by 40% through Media Asset Management implementation.

One Little Parrot

Creative Director (Contract)

2018
2021

Go-to-market strategy and sales consulting embedded with client portfolio — drove a major B2B placement deal landing client products in HEB locations across Texas. Designed and executed comprehensive GTM strategy that successfully placed client products in HEB stores across Texas — full-cycle B2B deal motion from pitch through retailer commitment. Full-cycle brand development across client portfolio — established brand identity, oversaw creation of all marketing and sales collateral. Provided ongoing strategic direction for media content, ensuring sales and marketing assets aligned with commercial objectives. Operated as embedded consulting resource — combining brand strategy, sales consulting, and creative direction in a single accountable role.

RONIN ART HOUSE

Creative Director

Feb 2013
Oct 2017

Shaped Ronin Art House's early brand identity, operational systems, and creative direction — foundational work that helped the company later win enterprise brand-activation clients including Google, Meta, CoverGirl, and Lululemon. Led brand identity development across the master brand, secondary properties (.FIVE), and concept development (AROMA), engaging tier-1 creative collaborators. Helped establish the operational and aesthetic standard behind the corporate sales motion that followed (2018+), and built out early multi-location creative production capability across photography, film, and art direction.

Frost Town

Operations Manager

Jan 2016
Nov 2020

Multi-site operational leadership — increased P&L profitability by 17% through data-driven operational decisions backed by custom analytics infrastructure. Designed and built MySQL-based sales analytics dashboards integrated with Tableau, giving leadership real-time performance data across multiple locations for operational decisions. Standardized cross-site operational workflows and POS training — reduced onboarding time and ensured consistency across distributed teams. Drove 17% profitability improvement through data-informed operational strategy and supply chain optimization. Managed vendor relationships and streamlined supply chain processes — directly reducing costs and increasing margins.

Continuous Education

Self-Directed Technical Development

Mac Studio LLM Cluster · Claude Code · spec-driven development · Obsidian second brain · Shipping iOS applications in SwiftUI

2004
Present

Languages

English
Native
Kiswahili
Native

Deep familiarity with East African markets and cross-border payroll compliance, including the Kenyan regulatory environment — a genuine GTM edge for global HR, payroll, and EOR platforms operating across the region. Open to relocating to Nairobi, Lagos, or EMEA roles for the right opportunity.

Competencies

Sales & Pipeline

Outbound prospecting · Cold calling · Consultative discovery · Lead qualification & scoring · Pipeline generation · CRM optimization

CRM & Tools

Salesforce · HubSpot · HoneyBook · Tableau · MySQL

Technical Fluency

Azure · Docker · Nginx · VLAN · MDM · UniFi

AI-Native Workflow

Claude + Obsidian as a second brain · Local LLM cluster on Mac Studio · Claude Code + spec-driven development · Graph-linked account research and pre-call context surfacing

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