PREMIUM ITALIAN FOOD MANUFACTURER / ILLINOIS (MARCH 1996 - PRESENT) * Director, North America (MARCH 2002 - PRESENT) Responsible

for all aspects of the business in North America, including specialt y food products & luxury travel divisions, currently valued at $10 million. Dev elop, propose & implement plans & strategies for short, medium & long-term compa ny goals. Manage all aspects of sales, distribution, spending, product mix, pri cing & human resources. Develop sales budgets, trade programs & spending alloca tions per market, per customer. Develop & oversee all marketing efforts, mercha ndising materials & communication campaigns, including POS, catalogues, and loca l/national trade & consumer events. Coordinate all corporate PR efforts & devel op direct media, strategic & celebrity relationships. Oversee all logistics act ivities including forecasting, import, clearance, warehousing, inventory, distri bution & deliveries. Manage all budgets & accounting including spending, A/P an d A/R. Develop synergies & collaboration with overseas team, and handle all repo rting to Italian parent company. * Foodservice Manager (JULY 1997 - MARCH 2002) Manage all U.S. foodservice and Canadian retail customer service, logistics, mar keting, A/P and A/R functions, including order processing, container maximizatio n, overseas and domestic logistics, production planning and forecasting, invoici ng, order tracking, customs and FDA release, delivery, customer payments, deduct ions, product packaging, FDA compliance and GL spending. Coordinate all aspects of trade fairs and customer promotions, design sales and promotional materials. Prepare all departmental reports and period closings. * Import / Export Manager (MARCH 1996 - JULY 1997) Follow all U.S. imports, including order tracking, customs and FDA release, and product delivery. Manage domestic warehouses, including costs, inventory, produ ction planning, forecasting, replenishment and distribution. Oversee all pricin g, reclamation and system maintenance issues. SCHENKER ITALIANA SpA / PORT ELIZABETH, NJ (FEBRUARY 1995 - FEBRUARY 1996) * International Freight Forwarding / Customer Service Coordinate air and ocean import / export traffic between Italy and the U.S. Pro vide customer service and sales support to U.S. clients. Prepare customer rate quotes and attend trade expositions and fairs. BERLITZ INTERNATIONAL / NEW YORK, NY (NOVEMBER 1994 - MARCH 1996) * Translation Services Proofread manuals translated from English into Italian. SECURITIES PLANNERS, INC. / NEW YORK, NY (OCTOBER 1993 - FEBRUARY 1995) * Marketing Director / Assistant Director of Compliance Coordinate all presidential and corp. conferences. Maintain and update all comp any Public, Private and Institutional Offerings. Process commissions and orders for sales agents. EDUCATION KELLER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT / LINCOLNSHIRE, IL Coursework for M.B.A. program in General Management / Marketing. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY / NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ (SEPTEMBER 1989 - MAY 1993) B.A. in Italian. Concentration in Italian Literature, Language and Culture and M ass Communications. Coursework in Finance, Translation, Italian History, Twentieth Century Italian L iterature, Classic Italian Literature, Public Speaking and Mass Communications. UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE / FLORENCE, ITALY (SEPTEMBER 1991 - MAY 1992) Coursework in Communications and Medieval Italian Literature. UNIVERSITY OF URBINO / URBINO, ITALY (SUMMER 1990)

Coursework in Medieval Italian Literature. Fluent in Verbal and Written Italian References Available Upon Request