DOUGLAS BLACK

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Boca Raton, Florida 33433

561-***-****

adrvzw@r.postjobfree.com

Resumé

Objectives/Professional Strengths

Seeking to join a company where I can bring my 40-plus years of business experience in managing operations, sales and people, contribute my knowledge and skills, and grow with that company. I am also adept in helping to increase efficiency. Additionally, I work and “read” people well and have an excellent “old school” work ethic. Furthermore, for eight years I managed and operated my warehouse/factory facility; I was in charge of receiving, shipping and supervising day-to-day operations. I have extensive knowledge of material handling equipment such as heavy-duty forklifts, pallet jacks and other types of material-moving equipment.

Currently retired but seeking new challenge.

Education

Graduated from Roslyn High School (Roslyn, N.Y.) – 1972

Graduated from Curry College (Milton, Mass.) – Bachelor of Arts degree in

Business Management – 1976

Career Highlights

Business management -- Essex Manufacturing (Queens, N.Y.) – 1976-1983. Executive Vice President.

My family and I owned and ran the largest slitting/converting operation in the U.S. (based in Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y./ founded in 1946 by my father). I ran the manufacturing/warehouse division and sales department. I was in charge of hiring and managed 75 employees on two 8-hour shifts when needed and I became fluent in Spanish, as many of the workers were from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Jamaica.

From the time I joined the company until the company was sold in 1983, sales increased by 45 percent and profits grew at a rate of 10 to 15 percent per year. Our largest client was Johnson & Johnson, which accounted for more than 50 percent of our revenue. The business became extremely valuable due to its profitability and lack of competition. At that point, an executive with Johnson & Johnson gave us an offer to buy the business.

Owner/Sales Manager – Metro Wall Covering Distribution Corp. (Garden City, Long Island, N.Y.) – 1983-1990. The company had over 3,000 retail accounts with four sales representatives promoting our products on the road at all times. The business was sold in 1990.

Financial Advisor – 1991-2012– New York and Florida – Registered by Securities & Exchange Commission which included a Series 7 License. I grew my business from zero clients to more than 50 clients and managed approximately $40 million.

Day trader – 2012-2021

I left the financial industry in 2012 and, up until recently, I was a day trader of my own stocks, mutual funds and bonds.

Languages

Bilingual – English and Spanish

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