Driving Instructor Chemical Corporation

David M. Crisp, Jr.

Naples, FL. • 239-***-****

*********@*****.*** • linkedin.com/in/davidmcrispjr

Leadership Executive Management Operations Management

Professional with 25 years experience in corporate executive management, law enforcement entrepreneurial start-ups (VC & PE funded). Emotionally intelligent, service-oriented leader of people and teams with emphasis on organizational culture. Experience and proven competency in a myriad of environments requiring nimble versatility, strategy and decisiveness. Inspiring teams and getting them across the finish line.

CORE COMPETENCIES

CEO • Chemicals • Start-Ups • Board of Directors • Sales • Personal Care • Private Equity

Operations • Publishing • Venture Capital • Marketing • Food • International Business

Law Enforcement • P&L Management • Joint Ventures • Change Management • Security

Customer Engagement • Entrepreneurial Mindset • Leadership • Emotional Intelligence

Stress/Anxiety Management • Conflict Resolution • Listener • Motivator • Decision Making

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

●Self-published wife’s first science fiction novel, via indie publishing start-up. Achieved Amazon Best Seller list. Executed all aspects of business, procuring editor, formatting, cover artist and established market channel through Amazon KDP. Established marketing and promotion through multiple social media outlets and author website. Second book in series published in 2021 and achieved top 4 placement on Amazon’s science fiction sales list.

●Elected President of Police Academy and Top Gun award recipient in Class 135. Most requested Field Training Officer. Awarded Gallantry Star for bravery. Selected as one of Agency’s first drone pilots and completed certification for FAA UAS license. Part of training cadre as high-liability driving instructor and active-shooter training instructor. Assigned to Special Enforcement Team.

●As CEO of WooHoo Foods, LLC. delivered recipe reformulation of all natural, gluten-free snack food for kids. Sold online and through Whole Foods.

●Established personal care start-up SolarAegis, LLC. Formulated all natural, mineral-based sunscreen and received FDA certification. Utilized third party contract manufacturing company for production and sold online and through Whole Foods.

●As part of Lehigh Technologies’ executive management team, secured $35 million in venture capital funding from Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers (Kleiner-Perkins, Menlo Park, CA.) and Index Ventures (Geneva, Switzerland).

●Completed center of gravity study and detailed supply/demand forecasting to determine West Virginia as ideal location for Esseco sulfites chemical manufacturing plant in North America. Developed relationship with state government employees and worked closely with the Governor’s office to obtain tax incentives to lower plant construction and operating costs to optimize overall financial results.

●Reporting to the Board of Directors, led buy-out of General Chemical's Sulfites business via joint-venture with Esseco S.p.a. of Milan, Italy. Created and developed corporate infrastructure for the establishment of Esseco USA division in North America. In less than six months, hired a team, secured a new office location with design and build-out, IT systems, including purchase and implementation of ERP, all aspects of HR function including employee retirement plan, payroll and health insurance. With full profit & loss responsibility, the business was transitioned out of General Chemical to standalone division of Esseco USA with less than 2% loss of customer base and realized a 200% improvement of EBITDA in year one.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2Portal Publishing, LLC.

Naples, Florida March 2020–Present

President

●Indie publishing start-up. Achieved Amazon Best-Seller status with first novel. Second novel published. Approached by other authors requesting publication services through 2Portal Publishing. Currently writing non-fiction work on private sector perspective on policing.

Collier County Sheriff’s Office

Naples, Florida May 2014-March 2020

Corporal

●Appointed to the Special Enforcement Team (S.E.T.), and disrupted the lackadaisical work habits of the team forcing command staff to make critical changes to the personnel in the district. Part I crimes cut by 50%.

●Served four years as night shift patrol deputy in the busiest district in Collier County. Asked to be a field training officer to new recruits after only a year on the road and was one of the most requested FTO’s in the agency.

●Outperformed district personnel in nearly all tracked stats over the course of my tenure. Set standard for work ethic and motivated shift to participate in proactive policing practices when not tending to dispatched call volume.

●Member of the agency instructor cadre and was a high liability driving instructor and active-shooter instructor.

●Selected as candidate for initial drone team at the agency and earned FAA UAS pilot license.

●Drove changes in district where there had been known incidents of sexual harassment and forced agency to address these unacceptable practices.

●Performed night shift security details at several high-end clubs in Naples.

●Excellent professional skills in de-escalation, negotiation, quick thinking and verbal and psychological tactics to assure safe and effective problem solving outcomes.

●Awarded Gallantry Star for bravery.

●Elected President of Police Academy Class 135 in Fort Myers.

●Awarded “Top Gun” in Police Academy Class 135.

WooHoo Foods, LLC. March 2011-April 2014

Naples, Florida

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

●Appointed CEO of a family start-up being operated in entrepreneur’s home. Raised $125K in seed capital from angel investor. Singularly managed all aspects of business development.

●Partnered with a food contract manufacturer in Ohio and reformulated the product with an all-natural, gluten-free recipe.

●Redesigned packaging and marketing angle for product offering in line with strategic vision of business.

●Engaged directly with regional Whole Foods stores to stock shelves and maintain inventory.

●Initiated discussion with UNFI for distribution into Whole Foods stores nationwide.

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

SolarAegis, LLC. President, Naples, FL.

Lehigh Technologies, Inc., Vice President of Sales, Naples, FL.

Esseco USA, LLC., Managing Director, North America, Parsippany, NJ.

General Chemical Corporation, Business Manager, Parsippany, NJ.

OCI Chemical Corporation, Sr. Sales Representative, Columbus, OH.

Rhone-Poulenc, Inc., Sales Representative, Dallas, TX.

Carboline Company, Lab Technician, Lake Charles, LA.

EDUCATION

McNeese State University, Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science. Minor in Chemistry

Attended on Division I baseball scholarship

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