Experienced Sales Leader with 12+ Years of Team Growth

KENNETH MARK OCHETTI

*** ******* **. ******* *****, Ca. 92660

C. 949-***-**** **********@*****.***

Professional Summery

I have extensive experience selling, promoting, marketing and managing new business products and companies. I have many contacts throughout the USA, Canada and Mexico and they are independent retailers, chain accounts and distribution companies. I have helped to developed and pioneer several new products and brought them from the idea stage to store shelves in national retail accounts and Big Box stores.

Experience

Nuline Health Products 03/2019 to May 2025

Independent sales and marketing and selling several lines of health related products in the USA to guard against Covid. They included masks, gloves, hand sanitizers and Covid Test kits. Cal Bev Imports/Myka Cellars - 3/2012 to 01/01/2019 PRESIDENT

Co-partner in a wine importer and distribution company in the city of Orange, California. We imported several wines from Italy and sold a top line of domestic California Wines. I managed 6 outside sales people and also sold direct to retail chains and box box accounts. The Company also partnered with a winery in Northern California in 2018. Forced to close in 2019 due to California decision to close ALL restaurants. 70% of our business was on-premise restaurants.

Viking Glacier Spirits – 5/2006 to 3/2012

Sales Manager

Director and West Coast sales representative for a Award Winning Vodka called IS Vodka.i managed California, Arizona and Nevada. We had 10 salespeople selling and distributing throughout the Western States.I handles trade shows, budgets, advertising and marketing plans. Is Vodka sold to an international group in 2013. USA Tobacco/Prime Time – 7/1998 to 3/2005

West Coast Sales Director

Helped to develop market and made direct sales for an innovative flavored, small filtered cigar displayed in a plastic tube. The company went from 400 retail stores in 1998 to over 100,000 locations in the USA, Canada and Mexico. I opened up top chains like Circle K, AM- Pm, Costco and retail chains in Canada and Mexico. Company was purchased by Japen Tobacco.

College

I attended Cypress College and Arizona State. I Majored in Business Administration. Married and have an 18 year old son