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Vanir Construction Management, Inc.

-- Acted as a Project Manager overseeing the design phase for two large elementary school projects in Dallas, TX.
-- Responsible for coordinating Architect and Dallas ISD stakeholders to meet design deliverable milestones. 
-- Received final scope to budget sign-offs (both within assigned Bond Program budget) from Dallas ISD Construction Services. 
-- Key player in achieving agreement on scope between the design teams, school principals, HOA organizations, and SBDM committees.  
-- Adapted to the Dallas ISD Construction Services design guidelines/procedures rapidly to effectively manage and lead my assigned teams.  
-- Taking an active lead in applying my past experience with LEAN best practices (i.e. pull planning) to improve design deliverable schedule dates and to make critical processes much more efficient.  

Project:
-- Dallas Independent School District Bond Construction Program ($1.6 Billion)

Project Manager

-- Lead a team of five County maintenance personnel to perform quality assurance level commissioning to ensure that systems ran efficiently and within design parameters.  
-- Oversaw the transfer of all MEP related equipment data into the County facility management system.
-- Coordinated submittal comments from the various groups within the County to ensure that the Basis of Design was being complied with.
-- Carried out all final punch list walks with the Contractor across 25 buildings and back-checked items to ensure 100% completion prior to turnover.  
-- Worked closely with multiple Project Managers to verify accurate percent complete for all phases of work on monthly billings.
-- Attended regular coordination meetings for technology installations, MEP commissioning, and detention equipment and software roll-out.

Project:
-- County of San Diego Las Colinas Detention and Re-entry Facility ($222 Million)
-- This 460,000-square-foot design-build  jail project comprised of 25 buildings across 45 acres, and featuring 1,216 beds.  The facility was designed to be the first of its kind in the United States to create a calming built environment to encourage positive interactions between inmates and deputies, thus helping reduce recidivism over time. 
-- The project finished ahead of schedule, on budget, and with a zero punch-list at turnover.
-- Achieved LEED Gold.
-- Recipient of 16 awards.  Of them, the most notable were the Marvin M. Black Partnering Excellence Award, the Project Achievement Award from the CMAA, and the Design Excellence Award from DBIA.

Assistant Construction Manager

Kiewit

-- Lead the implementation of linked digital PDF drawings and the roll-out of tablet devices in the field.
-- Took an active role within the BIM team to work closely with subcontractors to resolve all clash detection prior to construction.
-- Coordinated a survey team and utilized both AutoDesk Civil3D/Trimble technology to provide coordinate locations for roadways/bridges, soil excavation quantities, and as-built data.
-- Ensured that all project plans were updated with the most recent RFI and ASI documents.
-- Tracked daily reports and verified that monthly pay applications to the client remained accurate.

Project:
--Green Build Terminal 2 Landside Expansion Project at San Diego International Airport ($230 Million)  
--This design build project consisted of additions and modifications of all roadways, bridges, and parking facilities.  The most notable achievement was a 1,200 foot long, dual-level roadway that separates arrival and departure traffic, improving the airport efficiency and safety.  
--Was the recipient of the Project of the Year Award from the San Diego Chapter of the CMAA.

Project Engineer

Absher Construction

-- Worked closely with school staff to deliver final closeout documentation and extra stock.
-- Participated on weekly safety walks and documented findings with Safety Manager.
-- Verified that on-site material deliveries matched up with submittal documentation.
-- Managed a campus wide temporary signage program to ensure student travel paths kept away from construction activities.

Projects:
-- Nathan Hale High School Addition and Modernization Project ($60 Million)
-- This modernization project consisted of a 14,500 square-foot library and renovation to the existing building.  Unique elements of this project included open concept learning space, art gallery, a revitalized dining hall, and an overhauled courtyard.
-- Achieved LEED Silver.

Intern

Charter Construction

-- Assisted the Project Manager with ensuring that all projects stayed well within client budgets.
-- Responsible for all facets of construction documentation and making daily updates.
-- Worked closely with site superintendents to resolve critical field issues to mitigate schedule impacts.
-- Performed weekly site visits to log construction progress and inspect workmanship quality.

Projects:
-- High end custom residential properties (Up to $15 million)

DLH Inc. General Contracting

-- Gained experience with wood framing, roofing, drywall, painting, and demolition.
-- Worked closely with excavation crews to ensure proper grades were being met prior to foundation pours.
-- During heavy rains, managed multiple sump pumps to keep work moving.
-- Managed daily site cleanup prior to departure.

Projects:
-- High end custom residential properties (Up to $5 Million)

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I founded Black Label Advisor in 2020 after I sold my e-commerce business for $5 million. After I exited, I immediately felt the calling to start providing strategic consulting to brand owners looking to scale but not have to hire a full management agency. 

The response has been phenomenal.  I have consulted 100+ brands ranging from total beginners to 7+ figure legends like Caden Lane, Skin Grip, and Dr. Sebagh. My clients make up more than $100 million in Amazon revenue. 

I enjoy working with brand owners who have aggressive growth strategies and are willing to expand off of Amazon to diversify their revenue. Amazon is just the beginning!

My specialty is helping brand owners grow their online presence rapidly, increase profits, expand the revenue channels, and optimize for a lucrative 7+ figure exit.

My mission has remained the same: provide a high level of service for my clients from a place of experience and authenticity. Most gurus you'll run into have never sold on Amazon. Be careful out there!

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🤝 Partnerships Manager with hellotax 🚀 Co-founder of XTREME POWER brands and Partnerships Advisor with 30+ Companies in the eCom Space 🎙Webinar Host 🏠 Fully Remote since 2010! Long before it was cool 😎

🏠 Fully Remote since 2010! Long before it was cool 😎
👊 Co-founded Xtreme Power brands in 2010 - Private Label Supplements development company
🚀 Developed and launched 20+ Private Label Supplement brands across Europe
💰 Exited all brands in 2020
👊 Rebranded  XTREME POWER brands into a Partnership as a Service agency and network for eCommerce service providers
🚀He and his team help eCommerce companies to grow through partnerships in the eCommerce space
🎙️ Participated as host and speaker in 200+ webinars,podcasts and events in the eCommerce space
🤝Runs a network with 1000+ eCommerce partners
🚀 Co-founder Scayul - SaaS tool for proactive introductions and referral swaps!

Co-Founder and Head of Marketing and Partnerships

🚀💻🌍
Back in 2010, XTREME POWER brands launched with the daring mission of elevating private label ecommerce brands through growth and scalability. With a partner and affiliate network of over 1000 companies spanning Europe and the USA, we successfully developed, scaled, and exited 20 ecommerce brands in 2020.

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In 2020, XTREME POWER brands underwent a rebranding to become a Partnership-as-a-Service agency and network. Our goal is to help ecommerce service providers and agencies grow through partnerships, and we've already assisted over 100 companies in doing so. With a partner network exceeding 1000 companies, we've organized, participated in, promoted, or sponsored over 200 events in the ecommerce space.

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Additionally, we maintain a newsletter with 20k eCommerce subscribers and a social media following of 70k. Our passion for bringing people in the industry together is at the heart of everything we do.

🌿 𝗗𝗮𝗯𝘂𝗿’𝘀 𝗘𝗨 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: From Heritage Brand to Digital Powerhouse

With decades of trust built across Asia & the Middle East, Dabur set its sights on Europe — one of the world’s most competitive and regulated marketplaces.

And the leap paid off.

The Challenge: Entering Europe meant navigating:

🌐 Highly competitive categories
📜 Tough regulatory + compliance rules
🏷️ Fragmented marketplaces & price pressure
🗣️ The need for localized messaging + brand trust

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: Transform Dabur into a top-performing brand across Europe’s leading marketplaces — while protecting brand equity, pricing, and growth potential.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆: With Operator One’s full-stack Marketplace Operator model, we:

🇩🇪🇫🇷🇮🇹 Deployed market-specific strategies across key EU countries
🛡️ Built a defensive pricing + MAP protection structure
📦 Optimized logistics, supply chain & compliance across all channels
💬 Localized Dabur’s positioning for Western consumers

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀:

✅ Profitable expansion across core EU marketplaces
📈 Significant boost in brand visibility & retail readiness
🔥 Consistent month-over-month revenue growth
💚 A long-term scalable EU marketplace foundation

If you’re a brand looking to expand into Amazon + 100+ European marketplaces with clarity instead of chaos…

💬 Drop “𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗻𝗲” in the comments and I’ll send you the 𝗗𝗮𝗯𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗼!

🚀 Co-founder @ XTREME POWER brands 🔥 eCom Hot Sauce and 10x5 Hack Series 🤝 Partnerships Advisor @ hellotax and 100+ Companies in the eCom Space 🎙Webinar Host 🏠 Fully Remote since 2010! Long before it was cool 😎

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🎯 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘅: 𝗮𝗸𝗮 “𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆, 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲"

Retail strategy is basically Tinder for markets: swipe right on the winners before everyone else figures it out.

The usual suspects—US, China, Japan—yeah, they’re huge.

👀 But let’s be real: 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗩𝗜𝗣 𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲. The UK and Germany are already giants, but the whole continent is a buffet of stability, spending power, and croissants that somehow cost €1.40 no matter what inflation does.

🗒️ 𝗕𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲? Play the game everywhere, but Europe MUST-PLAY market now where the smart money vacations, invests, and orders espresso like a local.

If your budget doesn’t reflect that, you’re basically benching Messi in the World Cup!

💬 Who wins in the end? Wins the brand which expands first!

🎯 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 👇

▶️ 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁... 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸, 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗽@𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘅.𝗰𝗼𝗺 and we'll do a marketing research to let you know if you should bother and what is the opportunity.

▶️ We'll take care of the VAT compliance and product compliance,logistics,localization and translations and much more!

❓What you are waiting ecom peeps ... get in touch .... start expanding to Europe today and leave your competitors in the dust. 😉

🙌 Big shoutout to my partner Artur Stańczuk, Founder of MarketMaze, for droppin’ this gem post and banner!

Subscribe into his newsletter here, it’s straight fire: 👉 marketmaze.me/subscribe

🚨 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗔𝗧 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄

Expanding across Europe sounds exciting — until VAT hits your dashboard.

Here’s what matters most when choosing a VAT compliance partner:

 • Cheap services often lead to costly fines & account risks

 • Ensure full EU + UK coverage, especially for Pan-EU & FBA

 • Automation that syncs with your Amazon data is a game-changer

 • Human experts are crucial when tax authorities come knocking

 • Transparent pricing beats “hidden-fee traps” every time

👉 Read the full breakdown by hellotax here: https://lnkd.in/d3z-NSqe

🔥 𝗗𝗜 𝗢𝗥𝗢 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱 — 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝟯𝗫𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻 𝟵𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀… 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗚𝗣𝗧.

💬 Joe from their marketing team told us:

 “𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘞𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 3 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴. 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥-𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘎𝘗𝘛!”

So what changed? DI ORO had been stuck doing traditional SEO — ranking on page 2 or 3, getting trickles of traffic, but not breaking through.

Then we switched them to 𝗔𝗘𝗢 — 𝗔𝗜 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. This is where everything shifted.

🧠 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆:

 1. 𝗪𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗜 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀, not search engines — structured data, schema markup, and answer-ready content AI can instantly parse and recommend.

 2. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 — Reddit, Quora, LinkedIn, and trusted platforms that feed ChatGPT and Perplexity.

❓ 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗜-𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗔𝗜:

 “What spatula won’t melt?”

 “Best spatula for non-stick pans?”

 Not keywords — answers.

📈 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀:

 • 3× organic traffic in 90 days

 • Featured in ChatGPT recommendations

 • Consistent visibility across high-intent AI searches

🏆 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿: This isn’t about hacks. We made DI ORO the obvious, authoritative answer whenever someone asks AI about kitchen tools — capturing buyers at the exact moment they’re ready to purchase.

💬 Want the full DI ORO step by step blueprint for your company? Comment “𝗔𝗘𝗢 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲” and I’ll hook you up!

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🌍 Expansion to Europe "VAT Shorts Series" by hellotax and my close partner Vova Even!
👀 Secret Map Of VAT Rates In Europe
🎯 Explained short and sweet in 1 min!
👉 Watch Here: https://lnkd.in/d5EBdJpc

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