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Passionate and driven Strategy & Operations leader. With 15+ years of leadership experience I have helped startups and large enterprise organizations with: — Revenue Growth — Scalable Processes — Business Development — Successful Partnerships — Customer Experience & Engagement Start Up 🚀 As one of the 1st US hires for Gorillas Technologies, I shaped our NYC presence growing our network by 400% in 6 months as Market Launcher and Expansion Manager: Project Owner for new warehouses, managing project timeline: real estate sourcing, construction PM, tech and equipment set up, hire, onboard and train all staff, launch! Scale Up 📈 Grew Gorillas order volume from 0 to +100K in the 1st year, Leading 300+ direct and indirect reports in a new Company + Industry: on demand grocery & household goods delivery as New York City Operations Manager running 7 days a week. Enterprise 📊 General Manager owning the $22MM+ P&L at one of the country's busiest & best reviewed multiplexes, leading 100 employees and serving +1MM annual customers in a 24/7/365 day environment. Business Development 💰 Led Beer, Wine & Spirits vertical for Gorillas: sourcing, negotiating and maintaining dozens of B2B small business relationships enabling a 1-stop-shop for our customers convenience needs generating 7 figure ARR Partnerships 🤝 Managed relationships to monetize and reduce food waste: TooGoodToGo saving 16,000 meals and City Harvest, donating 67,000 lbs of food. Continuous & Process Improvements 🧩 Reduced Gorillas order pick time by 46% using sales data to rearrange store SKUs based on velocity, improving delivery time by 8%. Eliminated $125k or ~27% of annual utility costs from a 85K sq ft multiplex for Regal. Culture Campion 🙌 Seek out + shout out individual wins and accomplishments which bolsters morale, increases buy-in and strengthens organizational culture creating a dynamic and exciting place to work Volunteer 🌳 at Long Island City Community Boathouse enabling access to NYCs waterway to all NYers & Green Shores LIC maintaining the beauty and accessibility to NYCs miles of waterfront for all NYers for generations to come. Personal 🏃‍♂️Avid runner, Outdoor enthusiast, love history and traveling to new places. What’s Next ➡️ I’m driven by opportunities where I contribute to company growth focusing on improvements to products and services that improve people's lives. Start Up / Scale Up / New Vertical with strong growth trajectory and a collaborative team. I love connecting with new people! You can reach me at stephenjlapadula@gmail.com